In Red Rooms, one of the most disturbing horror movies of 2024, it’s not the serial torturer and murderer you should be scared of.
For what it’s worth, there is something genuinely terrifying about Ludovic Chevalier (Maxwell McCabe-Lokos). When we first meet the “the Demon of Rosemont,” he’s standing trial for the murder, dismemberment, and assault of three teen girls — acts that he filmed and later sold on the dark web for patrons in spaces called “red rooms.” His trial provides the framework for Pascal Plante’s harrowing feature, turning a harrowing tech-noir into a compelling courtroom drama. But Chevalier still isn’t the actual focus here. Instead, Red Rooms is more interested in Kelly-Anne (Juliette Gariépy), a professional model, part-time online poker player, and studied internet sleuth. She also happens to be one of Chevalier’s many groupies.
