Green Room

— Here’s a film that attracted a more diverse audience than I normally experience, including a larger than usual crowd of under-30-somethings. Maybe it’s the punk music or the overall dark look of the film. Maybe they can just spot a really good B movie when it comes out. I’m no expert on the horror-thriller genre, although I’ve seen my share of gore, but this film doesn’t pull many punches with bloodletting and it was okay with me because most of the film was pretty tightly wound and well edited. It moved from a few laughs, including a poorly placed fart joke, to some general feeling of uneasiness, to being downright tense and on to all out slaughter. Although it was intense, I wish the story line had been more complex. If you appreciate this sort of thing, it really does it right. (By the way, with only one showing as a sample, under-30-somethings are more likely to arrive after the lights have dimmed and previews are showing, eagerly using the flashlight apps on their iPhones to find seats.)

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[2016, 95 min., Written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, and Patrick Stewart.]
http://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/green-room-review-1201498852/