FilmPsychological Splatter & Gore

Roman2006

Name: Roman
Genre: Psychological, Splatter & Gore
Released: 2006-07-07
Rating: 5.7

“Sometimes Death Is Not So Natural”

Directed by Angela Bettis

5.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 5.4TMDB 4.8

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Year

2006

Runtime

92 min

Box Office

Budget

$250,000

🏆 1 win & 1 nomination

The premise

Roman (Lucky McKee) is a lonely young man who yearns to find love, happiness and companionship. Tormented by his ungrateful co-workers and trapped in a life of tedium as a welder in a local factory, Roman's one pleasure is his obsession with the elusive beauty (Kristen Bell) who lives in another apartment in his building complex. When a chance encounter with the young woman goes horribly wrong, a moment of frenzied desperation triggers a chilling turn of events leading to the girl's murder. As he teeters between deranged fantasy and cold reality, Roman's struggle to hide his grisly secret is further complicated by an eccentric neighbor named Eva (Nectar Rose) who develops an unlikely attraction to Roman and forces herself into his dark and tortured world.

Horror Vault's take

Roman is a deeply uncomfortable portrait of a socially isolated man whose fixation on a woman he can never truly reach spirals into something irreversible. Director Lucky McKee — who also stars in the title role — brings a raw, unglamorous quality to this story of shame, fantasy, and the unbearable weight of a hidden act. When a quirky neighbor forces her way into Roman's guarded existence, the line between his inner darkness and the outside world begins to dangerously blur. This is slow-burn psychological horror built from loneliness rather than spectacle.

Content: Violence Against Women, Depictions Of Murder, Disturbing Psychological Content, Some Gore