Dark thriller about a young woman who becomes obsessed with a serial killer.
Kelly-Anne is a lonely model and hacker. Roaming the darkest corners of the internet, she becomes obsessed with ‘The Demon of Rosemont’, a serial killer who livestreamed sadistic murders in so-called ‘red rooms’ on the dark web. When Kelly-Anne attends his public trial, she starts to lose her grip on reality.
This bone-chilling psychological thriller blends courtroom drama and cyber paranoia with utmost restraint, never actually showing anything gruesome. It still manages to shock, though, delivering a sharp critique of our fascination with true crime and the obsessive, parasocial relationships we cultivate through social media and the internet. The character of Kelly-Anne is the embodiment of our digital desensitisation, shaped by endless consumption of disturbing content. Driven by morbid curiosity, she descends further and further down the rabbit hole, making Red Rooms a perfect fit for our Ghost in the Feed programme. Of all the recent media horror films, this one best depicts the way the internet feeds on us.
