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* HauntedHouse: The house is haunted by a judge and his deformed daughter, [[spoiler:who he killed]].

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* HauntedHouse: The house is haunted by the ghosts of a judge and his deformed daughter, [[spoiler:who he killed]].

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* AdultFear: The death of a child, in particular an infant. [[spoiler:Dana's daughter suffocated because she fell asleep while holding her, smothering her.]]


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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Dana's daughter suffocated because she fell asleep while holding her, smothering her.]]

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I think getting whacked with a shovel rules out suicide


* AbortedArc:
** [[spoiler: Ben's fate]] is left unclear at the end of the film.
** The death of Dana's daughter is brought up only once by [[spoiler: the judge's ghost]], and doesn't appear to factor into her spiralling mental state.
** Whether Dana [[spoiler:was going insane or the events of the film were actually the work of a ghost]] is never revealed by the end of the film.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Ben]] apparently hangs himself in the family's yard. [[spoiler: It's unclear if it was real, though.]]
* HauntedHouse: The house that the family moves into.

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* AbortedArc:
** [[spoiler: Ben's fate]] is left unclear at the end of the film.
**
AdultFear: The death of Dana's a child, in particular an infant. [[spoiler:Dana's daughter is brought up only once by [[spoiler: the judge's ghost]], and doesn't appear to factor into her spiralling mental state.
** Whether Dana [[spoiler:was going insane or the events of the film were actually the work of a ghost]] is never revealed by the end of the film.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Ben]] apparently hangs himself in the family's yard. [[spoiler: It's unclear if it was real, though.
suffocated because she fell asleep while holding her, smothering her.]]
* HauntedHouse: The house is haunted by a judge and his deformed daughter, [[spoiler:who he killed]].
* InterruptedSuicide: A flashback shows
that Dana attempted to slit her wrists after the family moves into.death of her daughter, but David showed up in time to stop her.



* LazyBum: David. At one point, he says that he plays Xbox and takes naps while he watches Dana work, when he's asked what he does for a living.
* MamaBear: Dana is very willing to protect her son from [[spoiler: the ghost of the judge]].

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* KarmicDeath: The judge used a hammer to bash in the skull of [[spoiler:his deformed daughter]]. Dana returns the favor when he tries to smother her son. Though, being a ghost, this doesn't necessarily kill him.
* LazyBum: David. At one point, he says that he plays Xbox and takes naps while he watches Dana work, when he's asked what he does for a living.
living. That said, he does actually have a job in the city, though it's not clear what he does.
* MamaBear: Dana is very willing to protect bashes the judge's skull in for threatening her son from [[spoiler: the ghost son. [[spoiler:To David, it just looks like she's swinging a hammer into her son's bed while he's still in it.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The end
of the judge]].film leaves it ambiguous whether [[spoiler:the ghosts are real or if Dana is merely hallucinating from not taking her medication, though the little porcelain figurine that belonged to the daughter hints at the former]].



* SanitySlippage: Dana suffers this once the room is unlocked, thanks to [[spoiler: the ghost of the judge ([[MindScrew maybe]])]].

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* SanitySlippage: Dana suffers this once the room is unlocked, thanks to [[spoiler: the ghost of the judge ([[MindScrew [[spoiler: ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane maybe]])]].



* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: The judge killed his own deformed daughter, and tries to kill Lucas as well (possibly)]].

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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Most of the film is from Dana's perspective, [[spoiler:which ties in to the twist where the viewer is left to question if any of the strange things she saw were real]].
* VorpalPillow: The judge tries to do this to Lucas, but Dana shows up in time to stop him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ben disappears from the film after his [[spoiler:seemingly fake hanging]], leaving his fate up in the air.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: The judge killed his [[spoiler:his own deformed daughter, daughter]], whacks [[spoiler:Ben]] with a shovel and hangs him, and tries to kill Lucas as well (possibly)]].well. [[spoiler:Those last two may or may not have actually happened.]]
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Dana (Beckinsale) is an architect who moves to an old house with her husband David (Mel Raido) and her son Lucas (Duncan Joiner) in an attempt to restart their lives after the death of her baby daughter. However, she starts hearing strange noises in the attic, which leads her to discover an old locked room. She unlocks it and inadvertently unleashes the evil ghost of a judge, who is intent on harming Lucas, along with that of his daughter. Dana tries to protect him from the judge, but soon starts to lose her grip on what is real and what is not…

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Dana (Beckinsale) is an architect who moves to an old house with her husband David (Mel Raido) and her son Lucas (Duncan Joiner) in an attempt to restart their lives after the death of her baby daughter. However, she starts hearing strange noises in the attic, which leads her to discover an old locked room. She unlocks it and inadvertently unleashes the evil ghost of a judge, who is intent on harming Lucas, along with that of his daughter. Dana tries to protect him from the judge, but soon starts to lose her grip on what is real and what is not…
room.



* DrivenToSuicide: A person hangs themselves in the family's yard.

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* AbortedArc:
** [[spoiler: Ben's fate]] is left unclear at the end of the film.
** The death of Dana's daughter is brought up only once by [[spoiler: the judge's ghost]], and doesn't appear to factor into her spiralling mental state.
** Whether Dana [[spoiler:was going insane or the events of the film were actually the work of a ghost]] is never revealed by the end of the film.
* DrivenToSuicide: A person [[spoiler:Ben]] apparently hangs themselves himself in the family's yard.yard. [[spoiler: It's unclear if it was real, though.]]



* MamaBear: Dana is very willing to protect her son from the ghost of the judge.

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* MamaBear: Dana is very willing to protect her son from [[spoiler: the ghost of the judge.judge]].
* MundaneSolution: [[spoiler: The family simply moves away from the house at the end of the film]].



* SanitySlippage: Dana suffers this once the room is unlocked, thanks to the ghost of the judge.
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: In the poster for the film (above).

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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: The judge killed his own deformed daughter, as seen in one of Dana's visions]].
* SanitySlippage: Dana suffers this once the room is unlocked, thanks to [[spoiler: the ghost of the judge.
judge ([[MindScrew maybe]])]].
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: In the poster for the film (above).
(above). She [[CoversAlwaysLie never appears in the film]].
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: The judge killed his own deformed daughter, and tries to kill Lucas as well (possibly)]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: A person hangs themselves in the family's yard.
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* StringyHairedGhostGirl: In the poster for the film (above).

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* StringyHairedGhostGirl: In the poster for the film (above).(above).

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''The Disappointments Room'' is a 2016 horror film directed by D. J. Caruso of ''Film/Disturbia'' fame and written by Creator/WentworthMiller, starring Creator/KateBeckinsale.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Some mysteries should not be unlocked.]]]]
''The Disappointments Room'' is a 2016 horror film directed by D. J. Caruso of ''Film/Disturbia'' ''Film/{{Disturbia}}'' fame and written by Creator/WentworthMiller, starring Creator/KateBeckinsale.



* SanitySlippage: Dana suffers this once the room is unlocked, thanks to the ghost of the judge.

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* LazyBum: David. At one point, he says that he plays Xbox and takes naps while he watches Dana work, when he's asked what he does for a living.
* MamaBear: Dana is very willing to protect her son from the ghost of the judge.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The titular room is played up in the film's marketing. However, it barely appears in the movie, and a lot of the movie's events have very little to do with it.
* SanitySlippage: Dana suffers this once the room is unlocked, thanks to the ghost of the judge.judge.
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: In the poster for the film (above).
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''The Disappointments Room'' is a 2016 horror film directed by D. J. Caruso of ''Film/Disturbia'' fame and written by Creator/WentworthMiller, starring Creator/KateBeckinsale.

Dana (Beckinsale) is an architect who moves to an old house with her husband David (Mel Raido) and her son Lucas (Duncan Joiner) in an attempt to restart their lives after the death of her baby daughter. However, she starts hearing strange noises in the attic, which leads her to discover an old locked room. She unlocks it and inadvertently unleashes the evil ghost of a judge, who is intent on harming Lucas, along with that of his daughter. Dana tries to protect him from the judge, but soon starts to lose her grip on what is real and what is not…

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!!''The Disappointments Room'' provides examples of:

* HauntedHouse: The house that the family moves into.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Dana is the only one who can see the ghosts in the house, which leads David to believe she's going insane.
* SanitySlippage: Dana suffers this once the room is unlocked, thanks to the ghost of the judge.

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