The Black Room (1982)

My rating - 6.5/10

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A businessman rents an apartment from a voyeuristic brother and sister so he can bring various women to it and cheat on his wife with them. All the women are found murdered and drained of blood and the businessman's wife starts to investigate.

I first saw this back in the early days of VHS rentals and remembered really enjoying it. I then didn't see it for many, many years so when I found out it had a new release on DVD I had to give it another go and to my surprise it still holds up really well. I'd say it's definitely a hidden gem that's well worth seeking out if you're looking for something a little different from your vampire movies.

The acting is good, there's some nice atmosphere and a couple of good creepy scenes, it also manages to be quite perverse and sleazy. It's not overly gory but what there is, is well done. It was obviously made on a fairly low budget but they make good use of what they had to work with to produce something pretty unique.

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