Altered Innocence is bringing the offbeat horror drama Room Temperature to Blu-ray on December 1, 2026. The unsettling film explores family dynamics, obsession and the disturbing fantasies people impose on those closest to them.
Every Halloween, a family living in the isolated California desert transforms their home into a homemade haunted house for the neighbourhood. What begins as a family activity gradually becomes the father’s personal obsession, with everyone expected to participate in bringing his increasingly elaborate vision to life.
Blending uncomfortable humour with an atmosphere of unease, Room Temperature offers an unusual take on haunted-house cinema. The film also earned a place on filmmaker John Waters’ list of the top 10 films of 2025.
Room Temperature
- Director: Zac Farley
- Starring: Charlie Nelson Jacobs, John Williams, Chris Olsen, Ange Dargent, Stanya Kahn, Virginia Adams, Lili Tanner, Atlas Mole James
- Genre: Drama, Horror
- Runtime: 92 mins
- User Rating: ★ 5.8
Cast
- Charlie Nelson Jacobs as Andre
- John Williams as Dad
- Chris Olsen as Paul
- Ange Dargent as Extra
- Lili Tanner as High School Teacher
Filmmakers
The film is directed and written by novelist Dennis Cooper (The George Miles Cycle, The Sluts) and visual artist Zac Farley (Permanent Green Light).
Blu-ray Bonus Features
- Deleted scenes
- Video Game Walkthrough: A home-haunt video game created by Cooper, Farley, writer Sabrina Tarasoff, composer Puce Mary and 3D design company partyTime.jpeg. The project was presented once, on Halloween 2021, at the Pinault Collection in Paris.
- U.S. trailer
Blu-ray Specifications
- Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
- Subtitles: English SDH and Spanish
- Region-free
