
The architect Dana, her husband David and their son Lucas move to an isolated manor in the countryside seeking a restart of their lives after the death of their baby daughter in a tragic accident. Dana overhears noises in the attic and finds a hidden locked room. Soon she finds the keys and is haunted by the evil spirit of an old man. She researches and learns that old rural houses had disappointments rooms where disabled children were locked to avoid embarrassment to the tra... (Full plot summary below)
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The architect Dana, her husband David and their son Lucas move to an isolated manor in the countryside seeking a restart of their lives after the death of their baby daughter in a tragic accident. Dana overhears noises in the attic and finds a hidden locked room. Soon she finds the keys and is haunted by the evil spirit of an old man. She researches and learns that old rural houses had disappointments rooms where disabled children were locked to avoid embarrassment to the traditional families. Further, the spirits of the original owner of the house, Judge Blacker, and his daughter are still trapped in the house. However, only Dana is capable to see and contact them and David believes she is delusional. When Judge Blacker threatens the life of Lucas, Dana tries to protect him but she is not sure of what is reality or daydream.
Leave your thoughts about The Disappointments Room.
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfIt was on the shelf for years, and it should've stayed there. |
| Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubThere simply aren’t enough scares to build tension throughout. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekIt takes guts to put the word "disappointment" in a movie title, but in the case of D.J. Caruso's would-be supernatural thriller, it just represents truth-in-advertising. |
| TheWrapRobert AbeleNamed as if it knew its destiny, The Disappointments Room brings together those horror movie standbys that just can’t quit each other — a creepy old home and a troubled family — for some truly convoluted, non-scary, and execrable psychological mishegoss surrounding a hidden chamber and the noxious historical shame it holds. |
| SF CrowsnestFrank OchiengThe aptly entitled 'The Disappointments Room' is the latest flaccid floorboard frightfest that tries to turn its predictable creaks into gloomy gold. Instead, 'The Disappointments Room' is yet another redundant devious domicile drama |
| The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerDisappointments has the strange confidence of a much slicker, more decisive movie, and all of its sort-ofs don’t add up to much. |
| Sacramento News & ReviewDaniel BarnesThe script is credited to Caruso and Wentworth Miller, and while it deserves credit for mixing some gothic surrealism in with the jump scares, all of the film's ambitions get betrayed by the perfunctory execution. |
| The Straits Times (Singapore)John LuiThings take a turn for the frightening, of course, but the film spends so much time with dramatic dead ends, it becomes hard to care. |
| Bloody DisgustingTrace Thurman[I guess] a horror film called The Disappointments Room is an easier sell than a drama called Kate Beckinsale is Sad for 90 Minutes. |
| Common Sense MediaJeffrey M. AndersonEven though it stars an accomplished actress and has an intriguing design, this haunted-house movie doesn't have much to offer. The Disappointments Room's scares, mysteries, and character relationships are all numbingly routine. |