SummaryAfter over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. The last remaining employees -Claire and Luke - are determined to uncover proof of what many believe to be one of New England's most haunted hotels. As the Inn’s final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of minimum wage “ghost hunte...
SummaryAfter over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. The last remaining employees -Claire and Luke - are determined to uncover proof of what many believe to be one of New England's most haunted hotels. As the Inn’s final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of minimum wage “ghost hunte...
Winding up the tension to an almost stubborn degree, Ti West forestalls the inevitable disappointment of its release, a blow that's further softened by how immaculately the whole movie is shot.
What makes The Innkeepers such an unnerving experience isn't the outright horror but rather the lack of it. West mines every single floorboard creek and shadowy corridor for maximum frisson; this film ventures far beyond creepy and into the rarely explored land of genuine, incremental fear.
the innkeepers is perfect in every way, perfect performances, perfect pacing, perfectly crafted scares, all with no gore whatsoever, ti west is a phenomenal director/writer.
Awesome movie not only for it's creepy jump scares but also for lovable characters, great story, atmosphere, humor and mystery all done very well and preformed perfectly. 10/10.
The result is a largely entertaining picture with too few (and late-arriving) scares to satisfy the multiplex crowd, but one that will please many die-hard genre aficionados.
I wanted very much for West's new movie to evoke films like "The Others" or "The Orphanage," which made me, in the moment at least, a believer in ghosts. The Innkeeper's payoff lacked that kind of oomph, and weirdly, the pairing of Luke and Claire brought movies about work relationships, like "Clerks" and "Office Space," more to mind than ghost stories.
It's not going to shake up the fright-flick world one bit, but The Innkeepers may earn affection from genre-lovers whose memory reaches back to before "The Blair Witch Project."
For too long, this movie asks us to be interested in something that rarely in the history of the service industry has been sustainably entertaining: how dull certain jobs can be.
The Innkeepers occasionally rises to the occasion and manages to be a worthwhile horror film. It could have been a great one were it not for one unfortunate problem: its lead. When the role is as central as this one, it requires a good actress. Sara Paxton could be best termed serviceable, but does not hold interest for long and has some regrettable scenes. In many other ways The Innkeepers is quite good; it features a slow build up to some startling sequences and a thrilling climax. Paxton stars as Claire, an employee at a closing hotel. She and her co-worker Luke (Pat Healy) ponder the story of Madeline O'Malley, whose ghost supposedly wanders the building's hallways. The two are attempting to document her existence with audio (not video) recording devices. For the most part, not much happens. Claire and Luke converse and are generally likable, and every so often one of the few guests appears. These scenes may seem slow, but director Ti West uses them to lay the groundwork for genuine scares and suspense. If the set up sounds similar to Paranormal Activity, the results are different and decidedly better. Dingy surveillance footage is replaced with good cinematography (and a plot), the characters come off as fleshed out individuals instead of pawns for a jump scenes, and the conclusion ultimately satisfies. If only the lead had been more capable. Still The Innkeepers is mostly enjoyable, and hearkens back to the times when horror films were actually scary.
A film of suspense and horror extremely different from what is currently consumed, that is perhaps the main strength of The Innkeepers, the atmosphere catches you and manages to keep you until the end. Of course if you like that style. If you like direct terror and violence then this is not the movie you should be watching.
I liked the directing. The acting was satisfactory. Other than that, the film is poor. The light music and comedic feel provide a childish tone, which fails to build any tension. It leaves a film that is not funny, or scary. The plot is so uninteresting and unoriginal, it almost sent me to sleep. Pat Healy's character seemed to have been given an awfully annoying haircut, which is distracting throughout, to make him seem younger and hipper.
Adding a comedic tone completely defeats the point of it being a horror. At least make it funny. Good effort though.
what is wrong with the world??? this movie is in the top 10 of 2012 horror movies of many sites, but is boring and stupid as hell!! actually looks more like a "horror movie for beginners". TERRIBLE, SIMPLY. Not even funny for the worst. Saved just by a cute actress, sympathetic and charismatic, and good technical aspects that gives its **** story some charm. Seriously so many good scripts in America and this hit the screens. I can't detail better how stupid and childish is this movie, but thats it, if you are 10 years old is the best way to watch a light horror movie. You cant ever trust a movie made by somebody called T West, be warned!