5.2 /10 1 Votes
Directed by Rainer Matsutani Music by Wolfram de Marco Initial release 4 April 2013 (Germany) Music director Wolfram de Marco Cinematography Jan Fehse | 5.2/10 IMDb Written by Eckhard Vollmar Edited by Marco Pav D'Auria Director Rainer Matsutani Box office 309,172 EUR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Boris Schönfelder
Michael Kölmel
Stefan Gärtner Starring Jennifer Ulrich
André Hennicke
Inez Bjørg David
Julia Dietze
Tino Mewes Cast Jennifer Ulrich, Julia Dietze, André Hennicke, Inez Bjørg David, Tino Mewes Similar Room 205, We Are The Night, Gangs, Ernesto Che Guevara, Over My Dead Body | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
205 – Room of Fear (German: 205 - Zimmer der Angst) is a 2011 German horror film directed by Rainer Matsutani. It's a remake of the Danish film Room 205. The film stars Jennifer Ulrich.
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Box office
Originally planned for an opening in 2011, the movie was pushed back. After it was questioned to do a theatrical release or rather releasing it direct-to-video, the movie opened in German theaters on 4 April 2013. The film failed to open within the Top 5 of its opening week and grossed €309,172 at the end of its theatrical run. Before the official opening in Germany, 205 - Room of Fear was part of the German films Go North festival and was released on 20 July 2012 in Turkey.
Home media
205 - Room of Fear will be released in Region 2 on DVD and Blu-ray on 10 October 2013 in Germany. It will be released with an FSK 16 rating.
Reception
The response to the film has been mixed. Based on twelve reviews collected by moviepilot, 205 - Room of Fear has an average score of 5.0 out of 10. Echo Online's Dirk Henninger praises the acting and finds the story thrilling, while Near Darks Ash Williams thinks it's finally a "good horror thriller" from Germany, giving 205 – Room of Fear four out of five stars. Spielfilm.de gave the film the score 8 out of 10, enjoying the focus on Katrin's psyche. Cinetastic gave the film 6 out of 10.
Rajko Burchardt wrote of the scary movie "with East German feel" that while it's honorable to give the German horror film a try, the film failed miserably. Lida Bach of Filmrezension gave the movie another negative review with giving it one out of five stars.