''205 – Room of Fear'' (german: 205 – Zimmer der Angst) is a 2011 German

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directed by

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. It's a remake of the Danish film ''Room 205''. The film stars

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recorded an original song for the ending credits as well as performed vocals on the score.

Cast

Release

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

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, 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

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Home media

''205 – Room of Fear'' will be released in Region 2 on

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and

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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

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score of 5.0 out of 10. ''Echo Online''s Dirk Henninger praises the acting and finds the story thrilling, while ''Near Dark''s 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

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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.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:205 - Room Of Fear 2011 films 2011 horror films German horror films 2010s German-language films Horror film remakes Remakes of Danish films 2010s German films