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What Lives in Room 214?

2026 · 55 min

A slow, uneasy drift through a hotel's shifting corridors, where ambition curdles into paranoia and nothing stays quite as it seemed.

Directed by
Brandon Rice
Starring
Adam Joseph Turner, Timothy J. Cox, Michael Carrino
Overview
"What Lives in Room 214?" is a psychological horror featurette that follows actor Cory King who moves into a hotel for semi-successful actors, producers, and directors. The longer he stays, the more he notices things around him have never been what they seemed. "What Lives in Room 214?" tells a cautionary tale about the cost of fame.

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Directed by
Brandon Rice
Starring
Adam Joseph Turner, Timothy J. Cox, Michael Carrino
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • ambition
  • isolation
  • deception
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Directed by
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Starring
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Runtime
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