The Room

The Room is a 2019 thriller film directed by Christian Volckman and starring Olga Kurylenko, Kevin Janssens, Joshua Wilson, John Flanders and Francis Chapman. The film follows a young couple who discover a way to fulfill all of their material desires, but then go too far by using it to create a child. It premiered on 15 April 2019 at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. Plot Matt and Kate, a young couple, move to Upstate New York, having purchased a home. While renovating, they discover a large hidden room and that a murder occurred on the property decades before. That evening, Matt learns that the killer is a "John Doe" and that he is still alive and in a psychiatric hospital. He also inadvertently discovers that the Room can grant any wish. He tells Kate and both quit their jobs with the Room providing everything they desire. Kate falls into depression when she realizes that nothing they wish for has any real value. To cheer her up, Matt tells her he wants to try for a child, but she becomes angry, reminding him of two previous miscarriages. She exclaims that she can't put herself through that pain again and storms out of the room, but ends up using the Room to create a baby, Shane. Matt wants her to use the Room to uncreate the baby, but neither she nor Matt are actually able to bring themselves to do so. Later, Matt goes to visit "John Doe."