A masterful prequel that respects the past while carving its own bloody niche.
Enter director Natalie Erika James ( Relic ). She isn't interested in mimicking Polanski’s style. Instead, Apartment 7A uses the DNA of the original to tell a terrifying story about bodily autonomy, ambition, and the Faustian bargains of the 1960s.
It hasn’t.
If you are looking for jump scares or slasher violence, look elsewhere. Apartment 7A is a slow burn. It is a film about the erosion of the self. It asks a horrible question: If you achieved your wildest dreams, but had to give up your soul and your child to a coven of Satanists living next door, would you still do it?