The Roommate
“2,000 colleges. 8 million roommates. Which one will you get?”
When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.
This film feels like a coiled spring of escalating paranoia and possessive fixation. It's an unsettling journey into the dark side of friendship, where every gesture carries a hidden threat. The atmosphere is thick with dread, building to a chilling, inevitable confrontation.
