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1BR

1BR

2019

David Marmor

Nicole Brydon Bloom, Giles Matthey, Alan Blumenfeld, Taylor Nichols ...

5.4

2,643

Horror. Drama. Thriller After leaving behind a painful past to follow her dreams, Sarah (Nicole Brydon Bloom) scores the perfect Hollywood apartment. But something is not right. Unable to sleep, tormented by strange noises and threatening notes, her new life quickly starts to unravel. By the time she learns the horrifying truth, it’s too late. Caught in a waking nightmare, Sarah must find the strength to hold onto her crumbling sanity…or be trapped forever in an existential hell. [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Taken on its own terms, it's a solid if hardly revolutionary thriller (...) There are precious few bits of flair (...) to set it apart from other films serving the same purpose."
		Dennis Harvey Variety	"The premise remains intriguing enough to make '1BR' a qualified success, albeit one whose ideas sometimes cry for a more adventuresome and assertive treatment."
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"Bloom is too bland to persuasively dramatize the stakes, and the movie’s shocks (...) are too conventional to scare. But the ending is nicely done"
		Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"'1BR' starts off without much promise, but gets much better once its inspired narrative decision takes full control"
		Joe Lipsett Bloody Disgusting	"Part of what makes '1BR' such a pleasant surprise is the uncertainty of where things are heading (...) [It] boasts a great lead performance, a series of surprising twists and great use of sound (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		J Hurtado Screen Anarchy	"Marmor's narrative takes the concept and goes to a really interesting extreme place with it, but the film feels somewhat subdued in execution."
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"The kind of movie I expected to be entertained by but didn’t have any expectations for otherwise. Maybe that’s why I was so pleasantly surprised that both the plot, acting and pacing of the movie worked so well. (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"It takes about a half hour (...) for the admirably ruthless indie psychodrama '1BR' to get really unpleasant (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Alix Turner Ready Steady Cut	"An impressive psychological horror/thriller from writer/director David Marmor, that will make you ask a new list of questions when viewing possible new homes (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"

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