Watch the chilling first trailer for Oscar hopeful Room

As summer blockbuster season winds to an end, Hollywood is starting to offer first glimpses at the movies that will be angling for Oscar gold in the months ahead. The first trailer for one major contender has finally dropped: Room, a harrowing drama adapted from Emma Donoghue's bestselling 2010 novel of the same name:

Room follows Brie Larson as a woman confined to a small room with her young son, who has never experienced the outside world. When they finally escape from captivity, they're forced to readjust to an entirely new way of living.

Room hits theaters on October 16.

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