Rewatched the movie, The Roommate, it came out in 2011. It's honestly one of my favorite thriller's that I've seen over five times at least. The first time I saw it, was a few months after I graduated high school, so it kinda fitted the timing, since for the past year in high school, the teachers were trying to prep us for going to college. At the time, I thought I was going to go to college right after high school, so I thought it was humorous, and fun to watch another horror, thriller movie. I was glad that I was watching a movie, with characters that were around my age, or perhaps a little bit older than me. The first time I watched it, I thought the pacing was good, not going overboard with all the characters back stories, basically getting straight to the point of the film, within the first ten minutes or so, showing the main character Sara Mathews moving into her new dorm, getting settle into the new college life, it shows her moving in, but her roommate Rebeca hasn't shown up yet.
Finally after a few days, Rebecca shows up, at first everything seems to be fine, Sara and Rebecca are getting along, till Sara introduces Rebecca to her other college friends. Her two friends try making jokes about Rebecca's name, but Rebecca coldly shut it down, stating that she likes her name the way it is. Slowly over time, Rebecca becomes more and more obsessed with Sara, driving away anyway that could potentially come between the two of them. First by scaring her friend Tracy in the shower, threatening her, telling Tracy to stay away from Sara, and that if she tells anyone, she will kill her. After that, Tracy moves to another dorm, staying away from Sara, then soon after, Rebecca invites Sara to her house for Thanksgiving, Rebecca shows Tracy around her old town, where she grew up, they go to a coffee shop, and bump into Rebecca's old high school friend Maria, which Sara finds out that Rebecca drew pictures of her, before they leave the coffee shop, Maria tells Rebecca "We were never friends".
After a few days they go back to school, Rebecca tries to push Sara's friend away, Irene, she goes to the club, and seduces Irene, going back to Irene's house, and Rebecca trapping her there. At one point in the movie, Sara tried having a kitten, but because they weren't allowed to have pets, Sara was going to move in with Irene and take the kitten with her, soon after Rebecca realizes that Sara's reason for moving out was because of the kitten, Rebecca takes the kitten, and kills it by putting it in the dryer.
Sara find out that Rebecca is on medication for schizophrenia, after that, Sara moves out of the dorm, but because she can't find Irene, she moves in with her boyfriend Stephen. Sara's ex boyfriend Jason comes to town to visit Sara, leaving a note in the dorm room, which Rebecca find, she then dress's up as Sara, goes to the hotel where Jason is staying, with Jason thinking that Rebecca is Sara, with the lights off, and Rebecca using Sara's perfume, she quickly kills him.
By the end of the film, Sara finally goes to Irene's place to find out what happened to her, when she discovers that Rebecca was behind it all, killing Sara's ex boyfriend, killing the kitten, tying Irene up in the bed so no one would know where she is, and also getting rid of Sara's professor who harassed Sara. Rebecca telling Sara that she was trying to help her this whole time, and that she only wanted to be Sara's only friend. Sara makes Rebecca think that she forgives her, and finally stabbing Rebecca in the back, killing her. She takes her necklace off Rebecca, and the movie ends with Sara moving back into her old dorm, asking her boyfriend Stephen to help her push the other bed out of the room, stating she doesn't want to have another roommate for a long time.
It may not be the best thriller horror movie of all time, but for me, it is, at least I like it anyways. Would I recommend it? Yes. If your in the mood for a quick popcorn movie night, something to just watch and enjoy, because the plot isn't that dense, characters are simple to understand, and the runtime of the movie is not even two hour's, it's about an hour and thirty minutes which is fairly short when you compare that to a movie that's over three hours long. It might sound lame, but I've probably have seen this film over six times by now, I don't watch it that often, but when I do, it feels kinda nostalgic for me, since it did come out around the time that I graduated high school. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but for me it is a fun movie to watch.
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