The Lost Room (DVD)

The Lost Room is a three part miniseries that aired in the US on the 11th December 2006 on the Sci-Fi channel. Since then it has gained a massive cult following due to the fascinatingly mysterious and intricate Sci-Fi world created. The History _________ In 1961 an "Event" took place which caused an ordinary motel room from the Sunshine Motel on Route 66 to be wrenched out of normal reality and the objects within to gain strange and often desirable properties. There is no accurate number for how many of these objects actually exist scattered around the world but it is suspected to be around 100. The ...  Read the complete review

The humble mini series can be a fickle beast. They are often used as extended pilots by a channel to decide whether they want a full series or not. However, some act as merely extended feature films e.g. 'The Stand'. These shows will give you more than a mere taste, but still leave you hungry for more. I often find these mini series a bit boring and not too representative of what it may become if it went to series; different actors may be used, or too much time is spent introducing the main protagonists. However, sometimes you come across a feast of entertainment crammed to the gills with fresh ideas and executed to perfection. All I can say about 'The Lost Room' ...  Read the complete review

My sister lent me the Lost Room on DVD to watch as I was bored and over the past 2 days I have watched the entire series and I have to say it was so much fun to watch. It is a good series which I have not really heard of before and to be honest my sister only got because it has a nice shiny box and Peter Krause in who we like. Well worth the money though in my opinion. So the Lost Room is about just that a Lost Room. Basically in 1961 a Motel room somehow had something happen to it and now every object in the room is a magicak object which has its own special power. However they are all governed by the most powerful object which is the Key which when used ...  Read the complete review

The Lost Room is a relatively unknown TV mini-series, which broadcast for one series in 2006 before it was (criminally) cancelled. It tells the story of a police officer named Joe Miller, who attends the crime scene of a man who has been literally cooked alive. In tracking down a potential witness to the crime, he encounters a young Hispanic man, who has taken possession of a key that is being hunted down by a shadowy group of ruthless individuals. When the young man turns up in Miller's apartment, he is only able to pass Joe the key before he dies of gunshot wounds, leaving Miller confounded as to how he got into the hallway closet. Whilst Miller's young ...  Read the complete review

The lost room is a series boxset thats very unique and alot of people accidently pass over.Its about a policeman who is investigating an obscure robbery when he comes across a bizzare key that when turned in a lock opens a door to a very different place,when the keys owner turns up at his flat looking for it he escapes with the policemans daughter through one of the doors,the police man starts a desperate search to find her and in the process comes across other unusal objects. Its quite a gritty drama and is well shot for a tv series ,it has a number of special effects that are quite good too,i think though the plot isnt that strong i got bored about halfway ...  Read the complete review