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There are no real red rooms in Canadian director Pascal Plantes unnerving thrillerRed Rooms.
Plantes interest lies not so much in the criminal or his victims but on the people obsessed with him.
There is no real bloodshed inRed Rooms, but there is a kind of spiritual savagery.
Is she drawn to Chevalier and his alleged acts, or repulsed by them?
Kelly-Anne might be unwell, but shes also quite cool.
So much so that we might even start to question the veracity of what were seeing.
Despite the (thankful) lack of gore and violence,Red Roomsfeels curiouslygiallo-adjacent at times.
Whats missing is the tongue-in-cheek exploitative quality ofgiallo.
By denying us cheap thrills, and by pointedly going in the other direction,Red Roomshighlights their absence.
