The Innkeepers

Name: The Innkeepers
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: February 3, 2012
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Kelly McGillis, Pat Healy, Sara Paxton

2012

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Magnet Releasing | Release Date: February 3, 2012 | R

Starring: Kelly McGillis, Pat Healy, Sara Paxton

Summary: After 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 hunters”After 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 hunters” begin to experience strange and alarming events that may ultimately cause them to be mere footnotes in the hotel’s long unexplained history. (Magnet Releasing)… Expand

Director: Ti West

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 100 min

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Jesse Cataldo

Jan 30, 2012

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. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Jan 25, 2012

Wide-eyed Sara Paxton and hipster-bespectacled Pat Healy play the joint's only two employees, working each other into a lather of what turns out to be well-founded hysteria. Kelly McGillis is a surprise treat as a grouchy medium. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Feb 2, 2012

Will The Innkeepers be enough for the young folk? These days there's little middle ground between the determined lack of gore in the "Paranormal Activity" franchise and the determined overabundance offered by so much else. West works in that No Man's Land, intelligently. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Jan 29, 2012

Slow-burning buildup, lack of explicit mayhem and overall low-tech approach may strike cineastes as amusingly quaint. Read full review

Steven Rea

Feb 2, 2012

The humor and chops are there, but the story isn't quite. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Feb 2, 2012

Passably creepy chiller. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Feb 2, 2012

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. Read full review

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MegWhiteley

Mar 2, 2012

The Innkeepers is like an old horror film, but one of the best old horror films, the story is sorpresive, the cast, the situation, oh my god! a really scare film. The Innkeepers is a classic.

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mcmanusthebrave

Oct 11, 2012

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.

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tampr

Jan 13, 2013

Great movie, reminds me of the 1970's horror movies. The slow pace and peculiar timing creates atmospheric tension. One of the best ghost stories since 'The Others'.

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JLuis_001

Sep 7, 2017

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 notA 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.… Expand

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Tss5078

Feb 22, 2013

I was looking for a good horror movie, that fell under the radar, to promote for halloween, and I was told that the Innkeepers was that film, but it wasn't. This film is so clique, stealing almost everything from other films of the same genre. They had the nerve to give this movie an RI was looking for a good horror movie, that fell under the radar, to promote for halloween, and I was told that the Innkeepers was that film, but it wasn't. This film is so clique, stealing almost everything from other films of the same genre. They had the nerve to give this movie an R rating and call it the must see horror movie of the year, but truthfully, its slightly more scary than a Disney movie! An old hotel is going out of business and the two remaining employees decide to investigate the long history of ghost sightings at the establishment. There are only a couple guests, giving them the perfect opportunity to investigate. The only thing this film uses in order to frighten you is random things jumping out at you, which most of the time aren't what you expect them to be. There is also a creepy old woman staying there who can talk to the spirits and predict the future, but if that isn't bad enough, there is of course the investigations themselves. Using nothing but a old tape recorder, they go looking for EVPs, using every phrase and question they could steal from Ghost Hunters. Yeah, the Innkeepers really is that ridiculous and the only really shocking thing about this movie is that someone actually gave it an R rating! Was the MPAA associate a little girl or elderly woman, because honestly, Monster House was scarier than this thing was.… Expand

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Blackthorne20

Nov 5, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is boring and predictable. Why is it that the ghosts NEVER move? Why do the characters who have just had a panic attack suddenly decide to split and never show up again, even if they say they'll be back in a minute? If your colleague saw a piano being played right in front of her, and she ran up to your door and started banging on it, begging and screaming, don't you think you'd get out of bed and open it with some urgency? In the movie, we are told that Madeline wanted to live. So, what did she gain by killing Claire? I kinda thought she was going to possess her and take over her body or something. Also, I noticed how Claire carried around an inhaler, meaning she had asthma. Right away, we as an audience can already tell that that spells her imminent doom. But it's not played very well. How about a scene where she has an attack and realizes she lost her inhaler by dropping it? That would have been tense watching her frantically looking around for it and therefore potentially putting herself in harm's way. The old man was possibly the only scary scene, which I must admit, I thought he was a full bodied apparition from Madeline's time (or maybe that was the case). Leanne was a completely useless character. If she were removed from the story, it wouldn't have changed it one bit. Oh well, this movie was disappointing. It hurts to see all the opportunities that could have been fleshed out. We need better writers because I'm honestly starting to get sick of all these lame budget movies ruin one of my favorite genres. I guess the difficulty with storytelling is that it all has to reach a climax and when your movie deals with ghosts, that's kinda tricky to pull off. The one here feels contrived and ineffective because the rest of the movie is just boring.… Expand

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StevenAlan

Jun 20, 2014

It Sucks! Slower than frozen molasses flowing uphill. Very predictable; no real surprises. Doesn't qualify as a "B" movie, barely a D. Maybe 50 years of watching and reading horror makes me a tougher audience, but I feel it was a huge waste of my time and celluloid. After 90 minutes thereIt Sucks! Slower than frozen molasses flowing uphill. Very predictable; no real surprises. Doesn't qualify as a "B" movie, barely a D. Maybe 50 years of watching and reading horror makes me a tougher audience, but I feel it was a huge waste of my time and celluloid. After 90 minutes there were 2 scenes that were "eery" but it was all never scary. Mostly I had to stay awake through the bad writing and uninspired acting. After 60 minutes of torture I allowed myself to fast forward a few times. There is NO Reason to watch this film unless you want to die from boredom. I watched this film because it was rated 3 of 4 stars. I would now like to inflict bodily pain upon the person who gave that rating for putting me through the pain of experiencing this extremely dull snooze fest.… Expand

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