The Baby's Room
The Baby's Room
| 04 November 2006 (USA)
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Juan and Sonia arrive at a large old house, an ideal place to raise their newborn son. When, one night before going to bed, they check the operation of the monitoring device installed in the baby's room, they discover that someone is sitting next to the crib.

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Cristea Mihai

Well, the first half of the movie was so good, I was about to rate it 9/10, but then it started to suck so bad.The whole action later on the movie, it has no sense, I mean everything went so well till the couple started to fight like some retards, without trying to explain the whole situation and everything, NO it has to be a dumb fight and ruin the film with that ridiculous dumb cheap scene.The old lady had almost no impact on the movie, let's not talk about the "mailman" or what the hell was that, because for a second I really thought he would have some impact, but nope, nothing at all.And when Domingo tells Juan to "throw the key and forget everything", he destroyed every single camera and suddenly forgets everything, like it really never happened, what? I mean come on, he was super scared and feared like hell, and after that boom, nothing happened, happy and forgot everything like he was so sure that worked, way too naive.PS: Para Entrar a Virir was better, I still have 4 movies left of this trilogy, hope at least one of them is "good".

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mereiriz

I'm a huge fan of horror. I've seen the classics (The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, The Shining, etc.) and I've seen the not-so-good offerings of today's cinema (The Haunting, Paranormal Activity, etc.). I wanted a change and I decided to look away from Hollywood for a time. I'm so glad I did! After discovering Rec, I decided to try other Spanish movies. I was hooked immediately with what I found. One of my favorites out of all the Spanish movies is this one. The Baby's Room is everything a horror movie should be: creepy, intense, not too gimmicky. The tension builds slowly, but steadily. I found myself getting closer and closer to the TV to grasp every detail, only to retreat myself forcibly in one particular scene. Spanish being my first language, I really enjoyed the dialogue. I don't know what will be people's reaction to the translation when watching it in English or with subtitles. Sometimes this can make a big difference. But, if you like horror and are in for something different, try this one!

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MidnightReviewPresents

I started out liking this movie. It had a couple of good cheap frights in the early stages of the plot, and it was starting to go to different places than your usual haunted house flick.But the characters made me want to cry with frustration. They are probably the worst written couple ever. All their dialogue is actually just arguing, they clearly hate each other, and they fly off the handle at every turn.I felt that about half way through they ran out of steam, and the rest of the movie just spiraled out of control until the awkward and confusing ending.The only scary thing about this movie is the high ranking it managed to get.

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Claudio Carvalho

In Spain, the journalist of sports Juan (Javier Gutiérrez) has a perfect life with his wife Sonia (Leonor Watling): they have just had a baby and moved to an old house that needs to be repaired in a fancy neighborhood. When Juan's sister and her husband visit the couple, they give an electronic nanny to monitor the baby's room. During the night, Juan and Sonia hear voices in the room but they do not find anybody. On the next day, Juan hires an alarm system for the house and a monitor to observe the baby's room. When Juan sees a man in the room, he gets a knife to protect his son; however, Sonia believes her husband is insane and moves to the house of her mother. Juan investigates the happening with the former journalist Domingo (Sancho Gracia), who explains him the paradoxical experiment Schrodinger's Cat and the existence of parallel worlds. Further, he advises the obsessed Juan to leave the house otherwise could be trapped in another world."La Habitación del Niño" is a great supernatural movie, with an original ghost story explained through the complex Schrödinger's thought experiment. The first half of the story is magnificent, with Juan and Sonia showing a deep love for each other; however, Sonia not believing on her husband contradicts their love and friendship and the madness and obsession of Juan recalls Jack Nicholson in "The Shining". Anyway it is a totally different tale of haunted house, with great acting, frightening atmosphere and beautiful cinematography. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Presença do Mal" ("Presence of the Evil")

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