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When it comes to horror flicks, I'm a nice guy. I am not too picky and I have a very high tolerance for cheesiness and things that make little sense. With "Room 6", I was willing to leave aside the unintentional funny moments and the occasional bad acting, but, unfortunately, the ending just ruined the whole thing, and this is not exclusive of this particular movie. Horror films that came out during the last five years (or so) appear to follow the same trend: a lot of intriguing things happen during 80 minutes and, then, towards the last minutes, something extremely stupid ruins what, at first sight, seemed like a decent flick.

In "Room 6", a young school teacher named Amy, finds herself struggling with very unpleasant circumstances, after a tragic car accident she suffers with her boyfriend, Nick. Amy, who has a phobia of hospitals, decides to face her aversion and looks for her boyfriend... except, the doesn't even know where he is. Right after the accident, Nick was mysteriously taken by two ambulance workers, who refused to give Amy any information about where they would take Nick. Desperate and with no one else to turn to, the young school teacher, hopelessly tries to find her boyfriend in a strange reality, full of people who seem to be hiding something from her and some weird demons on the loose. Simultaneously, another young man named Lucas, who was involved in the same car accident, finds himself in a similar situation and decides to team up with Amy in a search that makes them experience some of the most bizarre circumstances.

I actually believe the story is not all that bad, the problem is that the execution was terribly done. First of all, there are things that simply don't have and explanation and they only add confusion to a simple story that doesn't need all these "comes and goes" that lead to nothing. Also, even though the two leading actors are fairly respected (Christine Taylor and Jerry O'Conell), their acting just seemed... off. Ellie Cornell was the best thing about this film and not only because of her acting, but also because her character, a low-class and foul-mouthed trailer-trash woman, works as some kind of comedic relief.

"Room 6" is not unwatchable, if anything, it is worth the watch, at least to enjoy some eerie moments and creepy imagery, but, in the end, it's just one of those frustrating flicks that leave you thinking "Aw, well, this could have been a decent flick, if they had done [...] instead of [...]".

Overall this wasn't a horrible film, but wasn't overly impressive either. This film had some interesting parts and ideas to it. The demons were done quite nicely. It kinda reminded me of a badly made Stephen King made for TV movie. I enjoyed the actors in this film, though not real sure what Jerry O'Connell was thinking when he signed on to this movie, he's much better as a comic actor such as in "Kangaroo Jack". There was several scenes where i'm not quite sure what the director was thinking when he added them other then he just wanted to get some T&A included in the film. It wasn't overly scary, my 4 year old son watched it and didn't blink an eye if that tells you anything. It is however worth watching if your bored and have nothing else to do or watch, just don't have high expectations for the film and you'll enjoy it.

A woman and her boyfriend get into a car accident. After the man is taken by ambulance to an unknown location, the woman (Christine Taylor) goes on a hunt to find him along with her new friend (Jerry O'Connell) -- along the way encountering demons for some reason.

I am sad to report that Christine Taylor makes for a very weak leading lady. I loved her in "Dodgeball" and "My Name is Earl", but for some reason she comes across as very flighty here (more in the first half than in the second). Is she not capable of drama? Is acting scared just not something she can do? I don't know, but I was let down. (I'm still jealous of Ben Stiller for having such a hot wife, though.) The early parts of the film are very tedious. There is lots of empty, repetitive dialogue (both in the opening hospital scene, and shortly after when Amy is getting picked up from school). The less each person says, the better the scenes are in this movie. Unfortunately, in the first ten minutes no one will shut up long enough to let the movie have a solid start. (The phrase "I'm awake" probably is said no less than twenty-five times in the first five minutes.) What I found also odd was that although the makeup was decent (the demons looked like demons), the special effects were not very impressive. Rather than use a trick syringe for an injection, for example, they slid the syringe under the sleeve of a patient. Maybe I'm picky and the average viewer wouldn't notice, but I felt cheated.

Now, the scenery was nice. The abandoned hospital, the ambulances, the demons. There is a scene with vampire lesbians (or something like that) which I thought was quite alright, although it was more of a tease than anything.

Somebody decided to cast Jerry O'Connell, and I'd like to know whom that was. In all fairness, Jerry was a better actor in this film than Christine Taylor. But he just calls to mind crappy films like "Tom Cats" and the show "Sliders". I like Sliders, but this guy is a cheesy actor. He's right up there with Brendan Fraser. His very presence makes a movie's suck factor increase. This one was no exception.

Horror icon Kane Hodder (better known as Jason Voorhees) shows up to be a demon bum. I enjoyed seeing Kane Hodder, but the part was not important and could have been played by pretty much anyone. (And really, if you're casting for a bum, get someone who's bum-looking, not a weightlifter.) I will give the Best Actress award in this film to the little girl named Melissa (played by Chloe Moretz). She actually had my full attention when she was on the screen, like everything she said or did was crucial. Excellent. Moretz is becoming what I would call "the Dakota Fanning of horror", because she seems to be the person you call when you need a little girl. (Moretz has so far also appeared in "Wicked Little Things" and "Amityville Horror".) My biggest problem with this movie, besides the poor acting and weak production value, was I was constantly asking myself: did any of this add up? Demons, lesbian vampires, a hospital that doesn't exist, ambulances that steal loved ones. The film makes some attempt to explain this, but that attempt is incredibly weak and I was left trying to piece things together. But I felt like I opened a 500-piece puzzle and 700 pieces fell out. What the heck? 2006 has offered some quality horror films. "Slither", "Feast" and "Saw 3" just to name some off the top of my head. "Room 6" is not one of them, so unless you spend most of your free time watching really crappy movies (like I obviously do), don't pick this one up.

Plot

A schoolteacher with a phobia of hospitals finds herself searching for her boyfriend inside one while teaming up with a man suffering the same ordeal that she's in.

Cast

Christine Taylor leads, Jerry O'Connell supports, Chloë Grace Moretz comes along for the ride and we even get a short appearance from Kane "Jason Voorhees" Hodder.

Verdict

I boo-booed, see I'd already seen this years ago but when movie night rolled around I picked this as my choice as I didn't remember it. By the time I realized it was too late and I didn't want to turn the movie off as my other half was invested.

Alike the first time I called the "Twist" in the first 5 minutes and that's no exaggeration. And it's not just the predictability that's the problem, it's "That" twist the one which is in a frustrating number of horror films and leaves you feeling cheated at the end.

The journey? Incoherent, random sequences, nothing flowing, nothing making sense and both O'Connell and Taylor come across very much like they're phoning their performances in and just don't want to be there. I'd argue Moretz delivers the best performance in the movie and she's a child here.

Messy, unsatisfying, brings little to the table and insults you with its finale.

Rants

No spoilers here but the "Twist" that I speak of is what I like to call the Dallas effect. It's a slap in the face to the viewer, and should never be put to screen let alone the amount that it is. I'm not exaggerating when I say I've easily seen this trope 100+ times. Enough is enough, it's unforgivable at this stage.

Breakdown

Decent cast Kane Hodder is always appreciated Story is a mess Never feels like it gets going Twist is insulting and predictable.

I've watched a fair amount or horror movies and I know that a lot of them don't amount to much. Either they're not scary enough - sometimes to the point of being ridiculous and funny - or they're just lacking logic. What's the point of a complex and confusing story if the viewer never gets the answers? Also, there is a misconception that people watching horror movies (teenagers if you ask the studios) don't really care about cinematography, lighting etc. This is of course plain wrong. The classic horror movies are not scary only because of the visual effects etc but because of a skillful use of the mentioned qualities as well as music and tempo. Room 6 fails completely by these standards and is just a total waste of time (and money). There's no point to the story at all and it qualifies as one of the worst horror movies I have ever seen. It contains a beginning without intrigue (you're ready to switch off after 15 min), a middle with scary zombie looking people that appear here and there just to be scary, a lead character that spends most of the film running around screaming and an end that makes an embarrassing attempt to bring some logic to the story (and fails utterly). Why is it that studios invest in scripts like this one when there are so many talented young filmmakers out there with actual stories to tell?!? Don't watch this one - if you want to see something scary, just watch "The Ring" or something over again or better yet, a classic Hitchcock!

OMG! I'm gonna make it quick: 99% of the movie is Amy(Christine Taylor) screaming(very annoying). Her acting(Christine Taylor's) is so bad that I kept having the feeling to fast-forward the film just to see how it ended. Also the running scenes with Amy were more like a silly kind of dance. Her running scenes, along with the father-daughter's scene were the worst scenes i have ever seen on a movie(I'm not kidding). Well, I guess the monster make-up wasn't so bad although it looked like they stole them from other movies(That were obviously better than this one). The best scene so far was the one where the nurses make-out(REALLY HOT), but it still doesn't make-up for watching 90 minutes more of the film. Overall, i suggest you save your time and watch any other movie.

This had to be one of the worst films I've ever seen. A woman who has delusional visions of devilish ( awful makeup) people, an accident that causes more of these weird visions.

The acting was poor , the script was even worse than the acting. The plot was convoluted and Where the name room 6 came in I don't know.

This could have been a good film as the premise was a good one but alas It was a total waste of my time. I sat through it until the end hoping that something good would be shown. It wasn't. I don't think this will make it to TV let alone video. The title is the only thing it has going for it and it has nothing to do with the film.

Some films are so bad that they are good. This isn't one of them. I wouldn't pay to see this in a cinema or on video. I'm even embarrassed to say I watched it.

Well, somehow this movie didn't convince me. Poor direction, predictable story and the actors didn't perform as great as they could. It's about a woman who has delusions and hallucinations throughout the whole movie. She and her boyfriend have a car crash and then her boyfriend is taken to a hospital. But which one? The doctors didn't say anything. She calls all hospitals in the area but all of them claim that her boyfriend isn't there. Is he maybe in some hospital that does not exist anymore?

Anyways, you won't miss a thing if you decide not to watch this movie. The title "Room 6" has nothing to do with the story. So don't let it deceive you. It sure deceived me.

"Room 6" is a film that tries to be a mindfak horror, but fails in almost all fields. The idea is interesting, but so confusingly elaborated that instead of keeping you on the edge of a chair, it will keep you on the edge of boredom. The acting is not good enough to connect us with the characters, the dialogues are poorly written, and the overall atmosphere leaves the impression of an amateur film. Only the scenes with Chloë Grace Moretz have some strength, but no matter how good she is and how much I like her, she can't save a failed movie on her own with just a supporting role. I don't regret spending my time, but I advise you to skip it unless you're a big fan.

4/10

OK, someone help me with this one. In this day and age, with the technology and acting talent we have, how can movies like this still hit the streets? This attempt at movie-making is a classic example of why there should be some formal rating standard for movies in order to scrap them before they are released on an unsuspecting public. A public who pays good money and are then fed this complete and utter drivel. Did the makers of this swill honestly think they were onto something good? I do not think there is a single aspect of this movie that falls under the heading of either "skill", "talent", or "professionalism". I have never seen such amateurish, stilted and wooden acting, such a lame, predictable story, or such misplaced characters who seem to spend their entire time waiting for prompts. Simply a terrible and diabolically shameful attempt at making a movie under the guise that it will somehow entertain an audience. Watch it for novelty value and to see that there are still amateurs loose in the film world. A full ZERO out of ten. If the makers of this crud read this, guys, please, please, PLEASE do not EVER give up your day jobs! Many of us like B movies, but when did Z-movies come out?

Well I was in the local game story and looking through the movies and I see this movie with a $1.99 price tag and say "Well this movie has to be worth at least the $1.99 that I pay for it" I'll admit oddly that I was right.

As horror movies go this is definitely an enjoyable watch with some creepy moments that are definitely worth a peek. This movie is much like the movie Sublime about a creepy ghost hospital that takes it's victims away and never gives them back.

There is a fairly good deal of acting and anyone that sees this should be truly creeped out. I say spend your 2-5 on this movie it is worth that much at least.

Nough said

Don't waste your time

The movie ,a part of it being without any acceptable story, was full of small but ridiculous mistakes anyone would notice even if he had no idea about hospitals

first, the nurses were placing the 5 cm needle perpendicular to the skin which was impossible do be done with out hitting the bone or injuring the deep arteries, the needle should be as horizontal as possible the reach the vein second, the nurse after taking the needle full of blood , she turns around , changes the angle and there it is, empty

third, any drug causing muscle paralysis should paralyze the respiratory muscles as well , causing death in less than 3 minute without artificial help

and lastly , what's with the abdominal incision? are they going to drink his gall bladder or something , ridiculous.

even the nude scene with the nurses, so pathetic , they go "Oh , we have nothing to show in our stupid movie , so let's show some tits"

trust me, if you have high blood pressure , you do not want to see this movie

I should've listened to the other reviewers....turn away and don't press the play button! Just bad...the plot is ridiculous. No horror..just in acting and script.

I just finished watching this movie, and I decided to register with IMDb JUST to warn other people not to watch this movie.

My girlfriend is a production designer, just finished her school and I can say first-year students movies are better than this one. Technically its nothing (lighting doesn't fit, clichés all over the place, but very badly done and strange shots that don't make any sense) and the script doesn't make ANY sense (the characters don't have any motivation to act like they do, even the main characters) and the acting is VERY bad.

Like the previous commentator, I like watching bad movies when I'm bored, and I enjoy them. But this movie was just too awful to be even interesting..

So, if you want to spend some time watching a cliché yet OK B-movie, go watch a cliché B-movie. Just don't waste your time on this one..

As the trailer shows, a woman and her boyfriend get into a car accident after which he is whisked away by unknown paramedics to an unknown hospital. From there the movie can be broken down in 2 major parts. For the first hour of the movie she struggles to find where he's being held and some haunting memories of hers are alluded to. The rest of the movie is comprised of her having to face her dark past if she wants to save her boyfriend from an uncertain fate. I say uncertain because the immediate danger to him is never made clear. The whole movie lacks the sense of desperation and urgency that horror movies depend on. It really felt like everyone involved was merely going through the motions in front of the camera. I never got attached to any of the characters. There is a twist at the end that should invoke an emotional response from the viewer but I felt nothing. The direction and camera work is lackluster, as is the make-up and special effects. The entire thing has a made for TV feeling attached to it, which isn't surprising given the cast. There are plenty of moments where the viewer is supposed to jump out of their seat but they are executed so poorly that I found myself looking at the flaws in the make-up and totally detached from the story. Believe me though, this isn't the worst movie ever made. I'd call it a good idea in a mediocre movie. You won't hate yourself for watching it, but there's plenty of better movies to watch first. Oh, and I love nudity as much as any other man but the one nude scene in the movie is so out of place I actually wish it had been taken out.

5/10 -- Mediocre

as far as horror movies go,this one has nothing new.and the movie is pretty slow,but not as slow as some.for awhile the movie was just that,a slow horror movie.but then it degenerates into some absurd subplots that have no point to the movie.the acting becomes laughable,and the movie joins it.there's some completely pointless female nudity/lesbian/vampire scenes,which scream porno,in my mind.Christine Taylor,the lead actress,was OK,but nobody else really was.and calling this a horror movie is a big stretch.it's not scary in the least.it's also predictable for the most part.i also think it should have ended way before it did.as for the ending,i didn't like it.it was pointless,but that fit well with the rest of the movie.the only reason i don't give this movie a 1 or even a 0 is because i've seen many movies worse than this.i give Room 6 a 3/10

Seriously, a lot of useless running and very annoying scream at least one per minute. Bad acting. Surprisingly weak considering there are quite a few well-known faces.

The school teacher Amy (Christine Taylor) has been proposed by her boyfriend Nick (Shane Brolly) early in the morning and she promises her answer later in the afternoon. After her class, while coming back home, Nick has a car accident in a crossroad with a truck driven by Lucas Dylan (Jerry O'Connell). He breaks his leg and an ambulance takes him to the hospital. Amy has phobia with hospitals, but she gets a taxi and goes to the nearest hospital. However, Nick is not there, and she meets Lucas, who is also looking for his sister that has disappeared in the same weird circumstance. They decide to team up and search together where the victims might have been interned, while Amy experiences the most bizarre and scary situations.

"Room 6" is a movie with a promising story, bad acting and a very disappointing conclusion. The idea is not totally bad, in spite of using a rip-off of "Jacob's Ladder", with a troubled woman having to confront with her innermost fears to resolve her traumas and phobias to go peacefully to another life. I have startled many times, reason why I did not totally dislike this flick. However, the screenplay uses lots of unexplained and unnecessary situations just to mislead the viewer, like for example, the girl Melissa Norman, the nurses drinking blood or even the nightmare of Amy with the mysterious St. Rosemary's Hospital in the very beginning. The performances of Christine Taylor, Shane Brolly and Jerry O'Connell are terrible, and the lead actress spends a great part of the film with the most dreadful and annoying screams. Consequently the direction is not good. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Quarto Seis" ("Room Six")

Amy Roberts (Christine Taylor) has a fear of hospitals and nightmares of being awake for surgery. Her boyfriend Nick (Shane Brolly) tries to propose but Amy is in a rush to get to school. Her student Melissa Norman (Chloë Grace Moretz) also has creepy dreams, but according to Melissa, she's not strong enough to help. She and Nick get into a car accident with another driver Lucas (Jerry O'Connell). The paramedics take Nick to the hospital but doesn't tell her where. She can't seem to find Nick anywhere. Lucas can't find his sister either when other paramedics take her to the mysterious St. Rosemary's hospital.

It's a lot of shrill screaming from Christine Taylor. There are a couple of good interesting actors like Mary Pat Gleason, but there are too many amateurs in this. That's what happens when you give strippers actual lines to read. Quite frankly, Shane Brolly isn't good enough to lead his part of the movie. Jerry O'Connell is too standoffish. He is too obvious and the twist is telegraphed.

The biggest problem is that this production just doesn't have the money behind it. It is a big ambitious horror done on the cheap. The monster makeup isn't that good. It looks even worst in the daylight. I can almost see the bigger, more grander movie that the script alludes to. This movie just doesn't look well put together.

Overall, I think this movie was pretty great but I do have a few bad things about it :(. Besides that it's kinda slow it wasn't necessarily spooky at all. I think the director tried really hard to scare the audience so many times but it just didn't work and I even thought it was a joke and funny. I felt a lot for Amy considering she had to face her biggest fear to save her boyfriend and I thought that is really sweet and that not everybody would do that. The ending was very touching. The whole movie is deeper than what it seems.You can see that she really really loved him.What I think is the question this movie provides for the audience is ''How far would you go to save the love of your life?'' ''Would you face your biggest fear to do so''?

i'm not going to go on and say it is the best film ever made because it clearly is not, but i do feel this film has a lot to offer to the audience. the acting in some places was not quite of Hollywood standards neither was the special effects but i feel all of this fit in perfectly with the story and had the impact on the audience that was intended.

Overall the story was quite unrealistic but this is what makes a good film, the actors could have portrayed their respective characters a little better but they did a good job overall. the film is not a must see but is one that is worth a look, it is enjoyable and is very good for a low budget film.

Rare rare rare for me to do a review without finishing the movie. But "Room 6" has beaten me. I am 33 minutes in and I can't go any further. I've read the other reviews and I don't think I'm missing anything, since I pretty much figured out what was going on within the first few minutes. I like Christine Taylor but she is annoying and awful in this, although she really hasn't much to work with. Jerry O'Connell is...Jerry O'Connell. The acting all around is amateurish, the cinematography looks like it was filmed in the '70s and so far I hate every character. At the beginning of the film, Taylor's boyfriend-who's been an unsympathetic jerk after she's just screamed awake from a nightmare-chooses to get down on one knee to propose to her in his underclothes while she's late for work and rushing to get out the door, then is a whiny child when she suggests they talk about it later as a car horn blares outside. I'm like, "Seriously?? What kind of idiot DOES that?" I'm a guy and even I know that's a boneheaded way to ask someone to marry you. So within the first 5 minutes I'm already in a bad mood.

When I first put "Room 6" on my Amazon Prime watchlist it was rated 5.1. A few days later it's down to 4.2. Obviously a lot of people have seen it recently. I give it a 1 although it might have stretched another one or even two (but definitely no further) stars, but I just didn't have it in me to finish it.