Product Details

• Actors: Nectar Rose, Lucky McKee, Kristen Bell
• Directors: Angela Bettis
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000M341T6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,217 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Roman" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

WHEN AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE BEAUTY NEXT DOOR GOES HORRIBLY WRONG, A MOMENT OF DESPERATION TRIGGERS A CHILLING TURN OFEVENTS FOR A RECLUSIVE SOCIAL MISFIT. HIS GRISLY SECRET IS THEN JEOPARDIZED BY AN ECCENTRIC NEIGHBOR WHO FORCES HERSELF INTOHIS DARK & TORTURED WORLD.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If "May" Was a Guy Named "Roman", July 26, 2007

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Captain Insanity "Horror Happy Hour" (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roman (DVD)

Here's your boring plot synopsis...ready..."May"
Want another one? OK.
Roman spends his days working at a metal shop,
With no TV in his apartment, he spends his afternoons staring out his front window,
Staring at a world he wants to be apart of,
Staring at the same girl everyday.
Is he lonely, or is he in love? Or maybe he's just obsessed?

Angela Bettis & Lucky McKee reverse roles in what is essentially the same movie as "May"
I would really prefer to see Lucky direct, but I'll take what I can get.

At first glance this movie appears to be shot on a home camcorder.
But after the first few scenes it gets better
(Or maybe I just got used to it, I don't know)
Anyway it starts off really slow,
but if you stay with it,
you'll be rewarded when it finally picks itself up
Just when you think this flick can't get any duller, your heart does a double back-flip with a half gainer into your throat.
That's when you're hooked.
And when the narrative starts, (Halfway through the movie mind you.) your eyes are glued wide-open.

Now for the details:
The acting is enjoyable, great characters galore. (I love the nature chick) & Lucky does a better job than you'd think he would.
The lighting leaves alot to be desired, but it's forgivable.
Despite the unnecessary, trippy dream sequences it's a good story, starts out slow but keeps you interested & wondering what'll happen next.
My only complaint is that the dialogue is ridiculously low, while the soundtrack is amazingly loud, so you'll have to keep playing with the volume throughout the entire movie.
The bad news is there's no blood in sight,
But the good news is there are 2 emotional death scenes to speak of, and alot of off-screen :( mutilations.
And the ending is pure poetic justice.

In conclusion:
Yeah, it's kinda slow, and it takes it's time ambling to it's point, but it gets there, and gets the job done.
It's definitely an aquired taste, hence all the negative reviews.
If you haven't seen "May", watch that one first, it's superior, and you'll know what you're diving into with this flick.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
'Tis better to have loved & killed than never to have killed at all.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely an interesting film, February 27, 2007

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tunecar (Brookfield, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roman (DVD)

I feel very fortunate to have been able to grab a promo copy of this film. It is a rather dark look into the life of someone who could be your normal 'shy guy'. However, this one's got a secret that he's now got to punish himself for. The movie moves a little slowly, but definitely gives itself time to build up the characters (not hard, considering it's focused on 'Roman' (Lucky McGee), who gets almost all the screen time). By the end of the film, I was really starting to feel for the character and hoping to see things go his way, despite his issues. I have watched this movie a few times now, and will be continuing to do so quite a few more...and am looking forward to the regular DVD release so I can check out the bonus features. I would recommend this film to anyone who loves horror, as well as general fans of Lucky McGee or Angela Bettis. Glad to see another good one come out!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a horror film and different in a bad way?, January 10, 2011

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Styles1333 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roman (DVD)

I will be honest. This movie came in a set with 3 other horror movies (titled CLASSIC horror movies) for $5 so in that case, it was hit and miss if this movie would be good or not. The plot as to what the movie was about seemed interesting when I read it on the cover, but I felt this movie was horrible, mainly the plot. The acting itself was fine. Kristen Bell's character was very lively and funny, especially that part about the baked beans. Lucky McKee, whom I've never heard of, played his very odd, weird, strange character Roman fine and Nectar Rose, whom I've also never heard of, played Eva, who was also a lively character. The acting was overall okay, nothing really to complain about. That's really the only reason I gave it 2 stars/5. There were just some little things I didn't like:

I didn't like how this movie was called a horror movie because there really wasn't anything scary about it at all. Roman kills his neighbor (Kristen Bell), and then at the end Eva (Nectar Rose) kills herself basically after Roman unknowing verbally agrees to it. To me, a horror movie actually has parts of the movie that randomly happen to scare you, or if there is an eventual death, it has good buildup to it. None of that occurs in this movie. In this movie, Roman does hear these voices on occasion in his head, but it's basically his obsession thoughts or him thinking to himself what he should do next. He occasionally has brief flashbacks of the girl he killed. However, it's nothing at all that gets your heart racing, it's basically guilt. So I don't see where the horror comes into play.

I know this was a low budget movie, but still, the way this movie was filmed, it only had like 6 scenery places...Roman welding, Roman in breakroom with co-workers, Roman in apartment room, Roman sitting on rooftop, and Roman seeing Eva's place for the first time. Each of these same places constantly come back so it really makes it a dull atmosphere. Also, add that the lack of suspense and boring dialogue make it rather boring. You can look at a non horror film like Phonebooth...even though it mainly takes place in or near the phonebooth, there is a lot of suspense and things going on around to keep you wanting to pay attention. This movie just lacks it.

This movie would've been a lot more interesting if they had either simply had Roman have nightmares where Kristen Bell was haunting and torturing him and somehow coming back to kill him, or perhaps even had Eva actually been Kristen Bell's sister and tried to attach herself to Roman and exact her revenge at the end of the movie by killing him instead of how she just randomly killed herself. I admit the ending was kind of surprising, but it was just unnecessarily random and pointless.

Overall, this movie is not a horror movie by any means and is very dull. I honestly wouldn't recommend this one