Fresh
Hardcore horror heads may scorn its snail pace and shaggy-dog sweetness, but for discerning viewers, 'The Innkeepers' is a slow-burning charmer.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
The Innkeepers
Some guests never checked out.
2012 · 1h 41m · R
Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Ti West
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The Innkeepers
Overview
During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
We can't dissociate ourselves from the evil because, as in much of the best horror, what's scaring us isn't external; it's everything we fear seeing when we look in the mirror.
Ian Buckwalter, The Atlantic
Fresh
West freshens up the horror genre with a distinctive, careful camera style and an ability to write with empathy and humor.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
Fresh
The Innkeepers makes such youthful passivity seem nearly as treacherous as opening the cellar door.
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine
Fresh
This film has some of the usual scary cues and tense moments, but the setting, the old Yankee Pedlar inn, emerges as a more interesting character than any of the people.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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