Green Room

Amidst a world of summer blockbusters just starting, a small horror film gets a release and sadly people don't seem to know about it.  This is a tragedy as this is the best horror film this year so far.  Now I am not saying you shouldn't go see some big named superhero film in the theater, in fact I recommend that movie as for at least the next few weeks it is going to be the most referenced pop culture thing until the next pop culture thing comes out.  But I do urge people to also try to pay a bit of attention to the smaller things that might get overlooked during the season.

Green Room is a fantastic little horror film about the terror of what a human can do to another human.  It also has a great setting.  A punk band consisting of Pat, Reece, Sam, and Tiger, some young um... punks are doing a little tour and things aren't going so well. They seem to be losing money, and spirit when a gig gets cancelled.  They get another gig added because they are very out of money, but are warned that they will be playing for some skinheads.  The band decides to do it anyway and attempt to hide their disgust.

After the gig they accidentally witness a murder and end up trapped in the green room of the venue. The band must either talk, or fight their way out.  The only problem is these people are unreasonable and lead by Patrick Stewart.

If you love horror or thrillers, this is a must see.  Be forewarned however, this movie is brutal.  I don't mean violent brutal, although there is plenty of that.  It is the kind of brutal you see in a movie like Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  During the film, I was disturbed, and genuinely worried for the characters in the film.  Patrick Steward is great and creepy in this movie and I hope he does more interesting movies like this in the future.  The main characters are all pretty likable and that makes the whole film a bit more exciting than your average horror movie.  I love it when this happens because I want to root for the heroes as opposed to the villains sometimes.

I am not going to give anything away though.  It might or might not be playing in an area near you, but keep an eye out for it and avoid spoilers if at all possible.  If even one person sees this and decides to go check it out, then I've done my proverbial job.  If you have any interest in this at all, go see it before it leaves your theater and gets replaced by some movie about mutants fighting some apocalypse guy.