Hilda (Olga Molina) just desöerately needed a jpb, so when she got one as a nightguard at the local warehouse complex, she didn't think twice and accepted. Though her first day on the job probably ought to be enough to put her off, her office is filthy, half the equipment isn't functioning properly, and the colleague who's to train her on the job, Lucas (Michael Fredianelli) is a hopeless drunk. Plus unhoused drunks and druggies seem to try to invade the area at regular intervals. Then again, Olga doesn't scare easily, and even when she scares she's usually capable to help herself, so warding off a few addicts isn't too big an issue for her, even if they're armed. Then though she learns that the man who held the job before her, James (Rylie Decocq), has died under mysterious circumstances, and nobody seemed to eager to find out how. Now as she figures it might directly affect her as well, she does tome investigations of her own, upon which strance things start to happen at the premises that include a mysterious woman (Sherill Quinn) wandering the complex dressed in all white and seemingly appearing andisappearing at will, and a masked man making several attempts on Hilda's life. That's still not enough to scare Hilda off - but perhaps it should ...

Now true, if you're  into horror thrillers of this ilk, several of the surprise twists and reveals in this film can be guessed early on, only to play out exactly as expected - but that doesn't make The Guard Room a bad movie at all, rather solid genre entertainment carried by a dynamic directorial effort  that also leaves room for plenty of atmospheric filmmaking, and a competent cast with a compelling central performance by Olga Molina, who's mostly left to carry the film on her own. And you combine all that, and you're very likely to find this one an enjoyably horror ride.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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