Welcome To Movie Recall. In Today's video, we will be going through the 2019 mystery,
science fiction film : “The Room”. It's Time To Recall.
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A young couple, Matt and Kate move into their new home in upstate New York. Both
of them enjoy the early times of being a young married couple as they start anew.
Their new house requires renovations and repairs here and there, so they start to
work around it. Upon organizing the kitchen,
Kate sees a dead bird inside a cabinet and goes
outside to bury it. She gets distracted by Matt,
who talks to her from the window and looks back to
see the bird disappear. While throwing away stuff
that came with the house, Matt notices something weird in the wall,
so he tears the wallpaper to see it better. In there, he uncovers a large door with a weird
keyhole. In an attempt to unlock the door, he rummages through the pile of old stuff
and finds the key. Matt inserts it into the keyhole and immediately calls Kate to tell
her about it. They open the door together, and the lights in the hallway suddenly
flicker. Matt calls the power company to report the problem, and Kate senses something
weird about The Room, so she follows him. The following day, an operator from
the power company arrives to inspect the cause of the surges. To his surprise,
the wires in the basement are ancient and intertwined in such a weird-looking way. When
Matt asks if he can do anything about it, the operator says that he has never seen
anything like it. Before the operator leaves, he tells Matt about the home's previous
owners who got murdered inside the house. Upon hearing the shocking news, he
immediately does his research about it. In an old news article, Matt learns that the
couple who died are named Paul and Madeline Shaeffer. Moreover, the identity of the suspect
remains unknown and is aliased as "John Doe." Matt, being an artist, tries to draw John Doe's
face on his sketchpad and takes a break from it inside the mysterious Room. He finishes a
bottle of liquor and wishes that he could have
another bottle to himself. The lamp flickers, and to his surprise, another bottle appears.
Matt examines the bottle and realizes that The Room can grant wishes.
Kate wakes up to the sound of flickering lights in the living room and
goes upstairs to check on Matt. Inside The Room, she finds him far beyond
excited as space is filled with new stuff. Matt happily shows Kate an authentic Van Gogh
painting and explains that The Room can grant any material wish. Thinking that it is one of
Matt's pranks, Kate laughs it off but realizes
that her husband is serious. She tests his theory and asks for a thousand dollars. Matt
rummages around the whole Room and finally picks up the money Kate wished for.
Still skeptical, she asks for a million dollars and
just like that, they are millionaires. However, Kate finds it scary and walks out. Matt
persuades her that they should have fun with it.
The couple spends the whole day wishing their life away. Clothes,
champagne, art, and money are just one wish within their reach. Matt and Kate's happiness
are beyond compare as they drown themselves in expensive things. At the end of the night,
Kate questions how The Room manages to grant their
wishes, but Matt tells her not to worry about it.
For the following days, their fun and lavishness know no bounds.
Every time they make a wish, lights flicker, and so does the power source in the basement.
They celebrate their overnight wealth by partying
together inside The Room with drinks and gifts.
However, the fun and action do not last long. Kate
wakes up the following morning feeling empty as
the material things fail to fill a void inside
her. Matt gets concerned about it and surprises
her with a crib, hinting that they should try to have a baby. Contrary to his expectations,
Kate gets upset about the surprise as she already
had two miscarriages and storms out of the house.
Later, Kate returns inside and spontaneously wishes for a child
inside the mysterious Room. As Matt learns about it, he gets mad that she
did not consult him before wishing for a baby.
Both get into a heated argument, Kate claiming that she did it as a "shortcut"
to motherhood. Without the possibility of a miscarriage
and the pain of childbirth, Kate explains that they could be happy that way. Matt
is utterly against the idea and urges Kate to bring the baby back to The Room
to wish for the child's disappearance. At that moment, the couple enters The Room,
but Kate tearfully refuses to give up the baby.
Instead, she hands the baby over to Matt, but he, could not carry out the deed as well.
He could not get himself to wish for the baby to disappear and returns
it to his wife before walking away. Eventually, both of them decide to
keep the baby, and they become parents overnight.
While on his desk, Matt spots his unfinished drawing of John Doe
and does more research about the incident that happened decades ago.
He learns that the
suspected murderer is still alive in a psychiatric hospital. In another archived news
article, John Doe says that The Room made him do
it. Not long after, Matt drives to the psychiatric
institution to meet with John in person and ask
about The Room. At his arrival, a nurse warns Matt that no one has visited
John in 45 years, except for news reporters, so
Matt enlists himself as one. Finally, Matt comes face-to-face
with a much older John and starts
questioning him about the house, especially the mysterious room. Displaying a
sinister smile on his face, John tells Matt that he has been waiting for this moment for a
long time. When Matt asks why John killed the Shaeffers, John tells him that was the only way.
John brushes off the topic and instructs Matt to
leave the house instead. He warns the young man to
do it as soon as possible before it is too late.
Before leaving, John says: "the only thing more dangerous than a person
who can't get what they want is the person who gets whatever they want."
Matt stops by a gas station on the way home, but to his surprise,
his cash turns into dust. Because of this, he rushes home and throws
away the remaining money in The Room to see if it will turn out the same. Then, he tries
to bring the Van Gogh painting by the door, confirming his theory that they cannot bring the
things outside, or else it will turn into dust.
In a fit of rage, Matt breaks the walls to know the mystery behind The Room, but to no avail.
He only sees the intertwined sets of wires that are too difficult to track.
Matt then tears a wallpaper and discovers a map of the house with guides
of the connected wires. Meanwhile, Kate brings the baby outside,
but Matt stops her, warning that it isn't safe. He doesn’t tell his wife the real reason
why they shouldn’t bring the child outside. Not long after, the baby screams uncontrollably,
as if it is in pain. While hearing it, Matt has second thoughts about helping Kate and
the baby, but he eventually comes to their rescue.
Outdoors, the baby mysteriously ages to a young child in a matter of seconds.
Once they reenter the house, the couple could not believe what is
in front of them while looking at the grown boy.
Later that day, Matt reveals that The Room can grant anything that their heart desires,
but under the condition that they cannot bring it
outside. If they do, the thing ages and turns into
dust. Kate replies that a baby is not a thing
and is unaccepting that she cannot bring their
son outside. She becomes fond of the boy who she claims to be her son and names him, Shane.
For the next few days, Kate home schools Shane and
explains that he cannot leave home because of the
dangerous germs outside. One day, Shane becomes impatient while Kate teaches him how to read,
causing him to throw a tantrum. His whole life, Shane has never experienced how it
is to be outside; all he has ever known is the walls of the home he can never leave.
Later, Kate receives a package outside and locks the door whenever she goes in and out.
She gives the package to Matt, who ordered it, and unboxes a brand new gun. Unfortunately,
Kate leaves the front door unlocked and completely
forgets about it. While she is busy playing the
piano, Shane sneakily makes his way to the front door and opens it unnoticed.
He sticks his hand outside and feels the fresh breeze,
deeply curious about the outdoors.
Suddenly, Kate notices it and rushes to her son angrily. She embraces Shane,
relieved that he is safe and unharmed. To prevent
Shane from sneaking out, the couple decides to block every window with planks of wood.
That night, Kate wakes up to Shane beside her bed, asking if he could sleep beside her.