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Vacancy

(2007) Suspense - Rated R

Directed by: Nimr¢d Antal

Starring: Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale

Overview: Stranded in a motel, a couple become the unsuspecting subjects of a snuff film.

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  • Vacancy

    While stranded at a remote motel, a couple (Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale) discover hidden cameras in their room and learn they are to be the stars of a snuff film.

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    "Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale utwittingly star in a twisted motel owner's snuff film...."  [more]
    — Thomas Leupp

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    • the_Reviewist

      06/18/08 08:16 PM
      this was a real nice break from the normal teenage-girl-running-up-the-stairs-from-masked-killer horror films. i like Luke and Kate too, so that made this film even better.
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    • Thomas Leupp

      ReelzChannel.com, April 20, 2007


      Vacancy's unhappy couple


      In many ways, Nimrod Antal’s new horror flick Vacancy is a welcome breath of fresh air for an exceedingly tired genre. The film heroically seeks to buck the trend in horror films of relying on extreme torture and elaborately choreographed gore in order to shock increasingly desensitized moviegoers. It also refuses to adhere to the trend in thrillers of subjecting the audience to a series of increasingly implausible plot twists. For those efforts alone it should be commended.


      Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale star as a bickering couple stranded in the middle of nowhere after their car unexpectedly breaks down. Miles away from the interstate and lacking cell phone reception (of course), they elect to spend the night at a rundown motel managed by an exceedingly creepy Frank Whaley (Swimming with Sharks, JFK).


      Upon entering their suite, the unhappy couple quickly discovers that the low-budget slasher movies provided for their entertainment all appear to have been shot in the very room in which they’re staying. Unfortunately, the realization comes too late, as they’ve already been slated to star in a gruesome snuff film directed by Whaley and his disturbed toadies.


      Vacancy features competent performances from its stars Beckinsale and Wilson, who do their best with the clichéd “unhappy married couple” lines they’ve been tasked to deliver. It’s Whaley who steals the show as the film’s villain, able to make us squirm every time he enters the frame.


      Antal and his cinematographer, Andrzej Sekula, do an excellent job of building suspense throughout the first two acts of Vacancy, employing a variety of creative camera shots to toy with our emotions and ratchet up our sense of dread.


      Unfortunately, there’s no payoff to their efforts, thanks largely to screenwriter Mark L. Smith’s flawed script. Vacancy’s third act is extraordinarily disappointing, squandering all of the suspense its filmmakers took such great pains to fill. There’s no real climax to the film, at least not a remotely satisfying one.


       


      ReelzChannel Rating:  6

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  • Crew

    Director Nimr¢d Antal
    Producer Hal Lieberman
    Executive Producer Stacy Cramer
    Executive Producer Glenn S. Gainor
    Executive Producer Brian Paschal
    Writer Mark Smith
    Writer Mark L. Smith

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