10 Underrated Horror Movies With Unexpected Twists

4. 1BR

The name “1BR” isn’t the result of someone falling asleep at a keyboard - it’s real estate shorthand for “One Bedroom”. 

This 2019 film centres on fashion student Sarah (Nicole Brydon Bloom), who moves into a small flat in a housing complex in Los Angeles and quickly befriends her neighbours. At first, Sarah seems to have hit the jackpot, but, as with most things in LA, nothing is as it seems. 

It transpires that her neighbourhood is one big cult and that the people who she thought were being friendly to her are actually trying to convert her. She eventually succumbs to their brainwashing and is forced to initiate other potential residents, including her best friend Lisa. 

Played by Celeste Sully, Lisa is able to snap Sarah out of her spell, and the two plot an escape. Sarah makes it out alive and celebrates in the street, which is when something awful dawns on her. 

All of the houses in the surrounding area are part of the same building firm as her complex. Therefore, all the people that live in them are also cult members. Just when Sarah thought she was safe…

 
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Jacob Simmons has a great many passions, including rock music, giving acclaimed films three-and-a-half stars, watching random clips from The Simpsons on YouTube at 3am, and writing about himself in the third person.