Criticisms deriding The Room's protagonist's lack of personality or psychological depth (particularly in comparison to James Sunderland) are fair, but I personally feel as if Henry's muted demeanour and mundane everyman personality suits the wild premise of making something as mundane and commonplace as an apartment the source of mounting dread. The Room is not scary per se, but it is uniquely disturbing in a way that few mainstream horror titles ever manage to be. I'm a lover of the franchise and the genre, so it's an easy sell, but even in such hallowed company as Silent Hill 2, I think The Room is a fantastic survival horror experience.
