The Innkeepers
Claire and Luke are the only people working at an Inn during
its final weekend open. They are fans of
the paranormal (Luke more so) and have seen a few weird things during their
time at the hotel. After a few pop out
scares that turn out to be nothing, Claire records various rooms in the hotel
for ghost interactions. There’s a lot of
nothing recorded until the piano starts playing on its on, which freaks Claire
out.
One of the three other guests staying at the hotel is a spirit
healer psychic of some sort and is in tune with the spirits a little. The lady says she can feel three spirits who
want to live again in the inn and a tragic mistake happened sometime a while
ago in the basement. Then the she says to
Claire don’t go down there. Well that’s
not fair.
Two people check out and an old man checks in, requesting a
particular room that he stayed in during his honeymoon. That night Luke goes out listening for
spirits this time. He and Claire get a
little drunk, which makes them come up with the idea of investigating the
basement.
When they get into the basement, the scariness is all too
much for Luke who cheese’s it out of the inn.
Can’t say I blame him but now Claire is alone and not getting much help
from the psychic healer lady guest. Reluctantly
the psychic goes down anyway and has a freak-out moment of her own. She says things aren’t good and they all need
to get out of the hotel stat. Claire
packs her things and remembers about the old guy who checked in earlier.
He’s totally dead in his bathtub and there’s a ghost hung in
the bedroom. Things aren’t so chill
right now at all. Claire peeks into the
basement even though the psychic said not to only to have the dead guy pop up
behind her causing Claire to fall down the stairs. She makes it to her feet but is being chased
by the dude now. The chick ghost corners
her and closes in.
Text pops up on the screen that says “The Epilogue”. Claire is dead and Luke has to answer
questions for the police. He bumps into
the psychic and learns that she knew this was going to happen but she says
there’s nothing anyone could’ve done.
She did say don’t go in the basement so there’s that.
Rating: 4.5 This was
another Ti West movie (remember The Sacrament) that doesn’t deliver. The first half of this movie had such a good
feel to it. I felt like I was watching a
horror version of The Goonies. It was
fun and adventurous. And then nothing
ever really happened. It’s almost like
they ran out of days to film an ending so they just said lets just skip it and
film an epilogue. The ghosts looked
awful too. Much better makeup work done
in The Battery and they only had a $6,000 budget. Come on Ti.
Favorite Scene: When Claire goes out looking for sounds and
hears the piano. I liked it because at
first I couldn’t tell if I was really hearing something or not.
Memorable Lines: Nah
What I would’ve done as the main character: If I’ve already
seen a real ghost and the psychic who told me they are in the basement told me
to not go down there, I don’t go down there.
What happens in the sequel: It’s not totally sequel. It’s a scene-by-scene remake of the first
hour and then a totally different movie in the second. Lots of time is spent running around the Inn
looking for ways to deal with the ghost and more than two minutes is spent in
the basement, the center of evil.
This is what working at a hotel with no ghosts looks like
This is what being a ghost hunter looks like (boring because ghosts aren't real)
This is what Ti West's lame ghosts look like
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