The Dead Room is a 2015 New Zealand horror film directed by Jason Stutter, who co-wrote it with Kevin Stevens. The Dead Room was inspired by the 1970s urban legend of a haunted farmhouse in Central Otago, New Zealand. It stars Jed Brophy, Jeffrey Thomas, and Laura Petersen as ghost hunters who are hired to determine if a house is haunted. It premiered at Sitges Film Festival in October 2015 and was released later that month in New Zealand.

Plot

An insurance company hires three ghost hunters to investigate the haunting after a ghost scares a family out of their home. They include Liam, who handles their technological tools; skeptic Scott; and psychic Holly. At first, Holly senses nothing in the house, and Scott's tools measure no electromagnetic disturbances. After Liam sets up several cameras with sensors, they go to sleep. At 3 am, the cameras pick up movement, which Scott later dismisses as a draft. As Liam and Scott discuss their previous cases, Scott describes his theory that low-frequency sound can disperse a ghost, and Liam shows Holly footage of a chair rocking by itself. Scott admits that he cannot explain the footage, and he says he wants to find a scientific explanation for the paranormal.