Australian Creature Feature Grief Thriller ‘The Room Below’ Trailer​

“I want you to tell me what’s going on.” Uncork’d Entertainment revealed the trailer for an Australian indie horror thriller film titled The Room Below, from filmmaker Kurt Martin. This thriller is getting a direct-to-VOD release coming up in September if anyone is interested. Yet another grief manifesting as a monster movie to join all the others. After losing her young son to cancer, a grieving mother living with a mysterious creature in her home befriends and then kidnaps a young boy to replace him. But when a retired detective begins investigating the child’s disappearance, her carefully constructed world starts to unravel. Bringing the film’s creature to life is award-winning special make-up effects studio Make-Up Effects Group, also from Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Talk to Me. The Room Below stars Alyssa Sutherland as Mia, along with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Bobby Gilchrist, & Gilbert Bradman. This is a peculiar concept that is interesting as a creature feature, but not interesting as a kidnapping to deal with grief thriller. Skip this one.

Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Kurt Martin’s thriller The Room Below, direct from YouTube:

Haunted by the loss of her son, a mother (starring Alyssa Sutherland) sees a second chance in a boy who enters her life at the perfect moment. But as the creature hidden within her home grows more dangerous and difficult to control, a retired detective investigating a missing child begins unraveling a web of secrets that leads straight to her door, forcing a deadly confrontation with the truth. The Room Below is written and directed by international filmmaker Kurt Martin, director of the film Moon Rock for Monday and the series “Squirrel Boys” previously, plus other short films. Produced by Chris Chard, Ty Linegar, Jim Robison. This will screen at the upcoming Grimmfest in the UK. Uncork’d Ent. debuts Kurt Martin’s The Room Below film direct-to-VOD in the US starting September 1st, 2026 coming up soon. Anyone want to watch this?

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