Ahead of its US theatrical release starting on September 6 at New York’s IFC Center, Pascal Plante’s terrifying serial killer thriller Red Rooms gets a chilling new trailer that will have you think twice about your true crime obsession.
Starring actors Juliette Gariépy (Home Turf) and Laurie Babin (The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond Of Matches), the Quebecois feature (Pascal’s third) follows:
Kelly-Anne, a young woman who wakes up every morning to wait outside the courtroom to secure a seat at the high-profile trial of Ludovic Chevalier, a man charged with the murder of three teenage girls, with the gruesome videos of two of the crimes surfacing for sale online on the dark web. She finds herself bonding with a fellow voyeur, momentarily breaking her out of her loneliness, while also witnessing the emotional decline of the victims’ families. As the proceedings continue, it becomes increasingly difficult for Kelly-Anne to maintain the psychological and physical balance between her normal life and her morbid fixation with the accused killer, with her obsession reaching new lengths when the final piece of evidence reveals itself within reach.
The official press release expands in detail on Red Rooms‘ true crime influence:
Named after the highly disputed violent dark web spaces known as red rooms in online urban legends, RED ROOMS was inspired by the fans who inexplicably flock to serial killers throughout modern history and further motivated by the current state of cybersecurity and tech crimes. The film not only succeeds as one of the most chilling entries to the serial killer genre from the last decade —despite never revealing any of the explicit images that the film’s characters are forced to witness— with Plante creating a fictional killer that is a devastating product of our time, but excels as a cinematic portrayal of how modern civilization engages with technology while holding a mirror up to the loneliness and isolation that exists within the dark side of present-day society.
Alongside Gariépy and Babin, Red Rooms also stars actor and filmmaker Maxwell McCabe-Lokos (Stanleyville).
Behind the scenes, Red Rooms was produced by Dominique Dussault for Nemesis Films, with nightmarish visuals bought to life by cinematographer Vincent Biron (The Twentieth Century), production designer Laura Nhem(The Twentieth Century), and editor Jonah Malak.
Following its North American premiere at Fantasia Festival last year, Red Rooms has been racking up awards and rave reviews, currently sitting pretty with a 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Here’s the new trailer for Red Rooms, courtesy of Utopia:
