292. 31 Days of Halloween 2025 - Day 27: RED ROOMS (2023) dir. Pascal Plante

RED ROOMS is not about a child murderer. RED ROOMS is not about his trial, wherein I learn he livestreamed these murders on the dark web for money. RED ROOMS isn't even about the wailing of one of the victims' mothers, who runs out of the room after video evidence is shown to the jury. RED ROOMS is about a young woman with no connection to the killer, the victims nor their families. She's nobody and somehow, everybody: a groupie, an investigator, a bystander, a protege? Kelly-Anne (Juliette Gariépy) is a woman who longs for the New Wild West of digital life. Beyond the post-"dot com" bubble and tech oligarchy lies the unrestricted promises of cryptocurrency, decentralized servers, hacking so sophisticated that no information nor content lies out of reach. Digital life is the ultimate power fantasy, free of the constraints of time and resources. --- Follow The Movies on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Throw a couple dollars in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tip jar!