Serial Killers and Women Who Love Them Targeted in ‘Red Rooms’: ‘It’s Such a Widespread Phenomenon’
variety.comMarta Balaga In “Red Rooms,” Pascal Plante didn’t want to show explicit images of violent killings. He wanted to talk about them instead. “During the pandemic, we have been spending all this time in front of our screens, consuming violent images in a very detached way.
Realizing that led me to the dark web, basically,” he tells Variety. His “sort of cyber thriller and sort of courtroom drama” – world premiering at Karlovy Vary Film Festival before opening Canada’s genre fest Fantasia – revolves around the high-profile trial of Ludovic Chevalier (Maxwell McCabe-Lokos), accused of murdering teenage girls and selling videos of his exploits. “It was very deliberate not to show it.
I have been listening to crime-related podcasts and they feel even creepier. This way, the audience almost wants to see them.
In a weird, morbid way,” he says. “This film is about the psychological consequences of extreme violence. I really don’t want it to be perceived only as controversial, but it can make you very uncomfortable.” Plante wanted to take a closer look at people – especially women – who are attracted to darkness. “It’s such a widespread phenomenon.
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