The Innkeepers

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Brenton D. @TheaterBat Mar 21 Hard to put my finger on what I love about this movie but it just feels great, like a bowl of soup when a you’re at home sick. The extremely normal scenes filled with unremarkable dialogue create a feeling as if this is capturing the realness of boring life, which makes the events at the end truly shocking. Ty west is one of my favorite directors because of his ability to write interesting stories and pull amazing performances from his cast. This film is one of the few examples of a slow burn that’s worth sticking around for. See more Jason F. @EpIcLyFe Feb 9 Joe Bob said it is a slow burn. It's a good one. Check it out. See more TheMovieSearch R @TheMovieSearch Dec 12 The Innkeepers is a slow-burn horror film set in a closing, supposedly haunted hotel. The story follows Claire and Luke, two employees trying to document paranormal activity before the hotel shuts down. While the concept has potential, the execution falters due to uneven pacing and a meandering screenplay. Director Ti West creates some effective atmosphere with dimly lit corridors and eerie framing, but tension builds sporadically, and jump scares feel inconsistent. Sara Paxton and Pat Healy deliver engaging performances, their chemistry providing small moments of levity, though supporting characters are underdeveloped. The supernatural elements remain vague, and the tonal mix of subtle horror and dark comedy clashes at times. Sound design and cinematography are competent but never fully elevate the film. Overall, The Innkeepers is partially engaging for fans of slow, atmospheric horror, but its uneven execution and lack of sustained scares make it a frustrating and incomplete See more Jason L @RT00495569 Oct 30 The Innkeepers is a fun ghost story with relatable characters and a great payoff. See more Cindy L. @clove224 Oct 30 It’s a horror/ comedy movie to watch about ghosts in an old inn that’s going out of business. I loved it! See more Richard L @KaneLived Oct 24 Only a 'horror film' by lack of a better fitting genre, The Inkeepers might best be described as a thinly stretched out first third of one. In its slow and undercooked narrative, it never manages to frame the hotel as a scary place, nor does anything particularly scary happen until everything is basically over and the viewer is left with nothing to do but shrug at the waste of a fun concept and somewhat decent characters. See more Read all reviews

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