The Disappointments Room - horror movie realness day two

THE DISAPPOINTMENTS ROOM 2016

Dana, David and their young son Lucas have moved into their new home in the countryside. It's a big, rundown manor but Dana is excited to work on it and turn it into something special. Dana and her family have a troubled past due to the death of their second child. One night when Dana can't sleep she stumbles upon a secret room in her house with no key and that isn't on the floor plans. Luckily the key is hidden in the door frame and Dana gets inside only to be locked in and terrorized by spirits.

Now Dana must battle inside her own home to keep her family safe, who don't believe any of this is really happening, thinking she is having another mental breakdown.

But what was kept in this tiny hidden room? And who is that old man with his black dog she keeps seeing on the property?

Alright...what did I love about this movie?

• I loved the stay at home dad with the working mom aesthetic and I loved the shop lady get turned the fuck down about this situation.
• The house was beautiful and I'm honestly annoyed that I don't live in a giant decrepit mansion yet. 
• The kid and the Dad singing Gilbert and Sullivan gave me major flashbacks to my childhood, me and my Dad did the same thing! Amazing!

What didn't I love?

• Pretty much everything else. 
• Who was Ben? Why was he even there? Was he even real? What the fuck happened to him? Why was he such a dick?  

Overall

This is a hot mess. It's choppy and boring and a stereotype of itself. By the third act I was completely lost and couldn't keep track of what was happening. Scenes were cutting so quickly and showing nothing of importance, characters went missing, and there was absolutely no payoff or logic.

Garbage.

BUT....as always with terrible horror movies, I end up learning some cool facts...so lets talk about the real story behind The Disappointments Room:

This movie is based on real events slightly....a real room was discovered in a home in Rhode Island which had been built in 1857. Laurie Dumas was the owner and discovered the strange room in her attic. Apparently it was true that back in the day disappointment rooms were a thing for wealthy families who had reputations to maintain. This house was originally owned by Job Smith Carpenter who was a Judge and his wife Frances Ellen Carpenter.

(the real room)

When Laurie found out what this room was she did some digging into history and found a cemetery database that included a small plot in the Woodland Cemetery where the Judge and his family were buried. Alongside their graves was one for a young girl named Ruth who was the Judge's daughter. She was born in 1895 and died in 1900. Looking through old newspapers, Laurie tried to find some more info on Ruth but although there were many articles about her parents, she was never mentioned except for a small note of her death. It's believed that the Judge kept his young girl in this locked room due to a disability.

The real disappointments room was made out of wood with a metal floor and a drain. The door only had a knob on the outside as well as a deadbolt.

Spooky shit ya'll.

But also way more interesting than the movie I just watched.

4/10