Reviews of The Innkeepers 2011
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Very good!
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It's more effective when it doesn't show anything, it creates such a great atmosphere throughout for nothing. It seems the scares are quite effective but they could've been a bit better and the final part explained a bit more. Sara Paxton is a good actress, why isn't she in more?
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A slow burn is great if it eventually leads to something combustible. But this... I respect going for creepy menace over shocks and gore, but man! This could have used more shocks and gore!
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Just your run of the mill generic haunted house film. Nothing special about this whatsoever.
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"This is pretty fucking terrible" I said to myself, as I struggled through what seemed to be the longest 100 minutes of my life.
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"Written/Directed/Produced by Ti West"
The term "less is more" certainly holds true here, and Ti West has proven himself as being a master in slow-burning subtle horrors, first with 2009's The House of the Devil and then with 2011's The Innkeepers.
Great acting (Sarah Paxton is WONDERFUL), interesting camera shots, amazing sound, and a decent enough story leave me with no real gripes. -
Really enjoyed this!
An actual frightening horror movie is a rare thing, and this movie is filled with long scenes that constantly ramp up the scares. It also thankfully does not rely on jump scares.
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Horror generates from being bored at work; tell me about it.
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I must admit I was rather disappointed with The Inkeepers. It focuses too much on the build up and tension Ti West manages to capture, and while it deserves praise it just feels like that's all there is to it. With so much build up the ending didn't at all feel rewarding which I couldn't help but feel as if it was rushed.
The performances from the two leads did however surprise me, especially Sarah Paxton as Claire. She steals…
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Pretty run-of-the-mill; it cheats by getting scares through jumps rather than by building real tension, but it doesn't appear to take itself too seriously, which is for the better!
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The same director of The House of the Devil (2009), Ti West showed once again that he has the ability to make a pretty good horror movie without much of any gore or ridiculous stretches of the imagination. This is a true ghost story, and a nice break from what we have been getting used to with those awful paranormal movies.
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So richtig warm wurde ich mit "The Innkeepers" nicht. Was wohl daran lag, dass sich der Film anfühlte als würde die Einleitung gut 3/4 des Filmes benötigen bis der Film dann mal auf den Punkt kam.
Und selbst dann kam er nicht mehr richtig in fahrt.
Selbst das Ende wusste dann nicht mehr zu überzeugen, denn die Luft war da schon längst raus.Wirklich sehr schade, da hätte wirklich etwas daraus werden können.
So versinkt der Film aber doch im Mittelmaß ähnlicher Produktionen.