PREVIEW: The Oak Room (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

RJ Mitte (The Recall), Peter Outerbridge (Lucky Number Slevin), Ari Millen (Farhope Tower), Martin Roach (The Shape of Water), David Ferry (Man of the Year), Nicholas Campbell (Antiviral), Amos Crawley (The Virgin Suicides), Avery Esteves (The Kid Detective), Coal Campbell (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Cody Calahan (Antisocial), director, producer; Peter Genoway (film debut), writer; Chad Archibald (The Drownsman) and Ari Millen (film debut), producers; Steph Copeland (I’ll Take Your Dead), composer; Jeff Maher (Gods of Accident), cinematographer; Mike Gallant (The Duchess of Cancun), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the middle of a raging snowstorm, drifter Steve (Mitte) arrives at a blue-collar bar named The Oak Room, located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. To settle an old debt with grizzled bartender Paul (Outerbridge), Steve tells him a story which leads to a series of dark events that occurs over the rest of the night…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The Oak Room sees a wave of dark, disturbing revelations play out in a tense and isolated bit of storytelling from director Cody Calahan, and lead actor RJ Mitte of Breaking Bad fame.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 26TH APRIL 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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