of Elizabeth. The typical Narcissistic abuse cycle repeats six or seven times, thus there are six copies clones of Elizabeth, all of them created by Henry. In the sick mind of the Narcissist he virtually "creates" and "destroys" his partner. By saying to Elizabeth not to enter the forbidden room, Henry set a trap for her. He knows that she will "disappoint" him at some point of the "relationship" by disobeying him. So he plans her devaluation and annihilation in advance. The Narcissist even creates his new false ego - Oliver. He has a lover a secondary source of supply - Claire and a friend - a tertiary source of narcissistic fuel. The Narcissist harvests energy positive or negative from the emotional reactions of other people. The drained emotional energy boosts his ego. He needs constant validation and attention. "You can either torture or be tortured." The most important thing for the Narcissist is to be in control because he feels superior this way. In order to break free from the abuse the Empath has to acquire new knowledge about herself - she has to face her childhood traumas which brought her to this kind of "relationship". Elizabeth educates herself - symbolically represented by the picture of the owl. This is the only thing that she takes when she finally escapes her prison. In the movie there are several references to Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece - "The Shining" - 1980: the road, the tunnel, the villa/Overlook hotel, the secret harvesting room/room 237, naked woman in a bathtub...etc. Brilliant movie! 10/10 Enjoy and educate yourselves!

Henry's smart house. He has fingerprint code locks on every room. He gives her a tour of the home and at the end of the tour, he brings her to a frosted glass door that her fingerprint will NOT open, she's forbidden and must never disobey her husband by entering. But of course curiosity killed the Kat pun intended But Henry was well aware that she would in fact enter the room, he was counting on it. Elizabeth has a very deep dark secret and I won't unravel it it unravels itself fairly early in the film. But there are multiple twists after the room reveal that I found intriguing and brilliant. The movie is for intellectuals, not for the brain capacity of a fast and furious fan as another critic noted. If you have the brain capacity of a 19 year old frat boy skip this one you will be bored. No need for the 1 -3 Stars from some reviews as it simply went over there heads.

to explore the room after her husband goes out of town on business. It is at this point she learns more than she bargained for and her life takes a turn for the worse. That is about all I can say about the plot without adding spoilers but I didn't see what was coming and I love that about this film. You are introduced to several different plot twists that pull you in different directions. I've seen that a few people weren't impressed by our lead actress and felt that her acting was off. I didn't feel that way. I felt that her acting was very much in line with her character and what may have initially seemed like bad acting is revealed to be a part of her character. I liked it and felt as though it was a good watch.

Matthew Beard are intriguing and mix of good and diabolic as they can be without much effort. The underrated Carla Gugino perfectly handles a mysterious character whose motivations are unclear until the very end.The only major critics could be; the pace that is sometimes a bit slow and those looking for pure horror will be disappointed; this is mix of science fiction and horror; but overall there are many interesting things to think about that will stay with you after the movie ends.In brief; far from shallow a movie that deserves to be seen