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Not to say that West's script is on the same level, but it is certainly akin to that style and speed of exchange.This is essentially a three-man show though to be more accurate a two- woman and one-man show led by the wonderful Paxton. These scenes are punctuated with silver-tongued dialogue that would make Sorkin or Tarantino smile. Sure, nobody would be mistaken that this wasn't a fright flick, but the debut act is more concerned with the character development of Claire and Luke and showing the simply the mundane nature of running a practically excuse the wording dead business. Overused genre clichés such as "the boo moment." But that isn't to say The Innkeepers doesn't embrace these staples with equal affection, and eventually utilizes them wonderfully and with ample flair as things escalate toward the chilling final act.What initially distinguishes this supernatural thriller from others of its kind is that the first third of the film offers barely a hint that this is a horror movie.
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Ti West has shown himself to be one of the few new directors that really understand what HORROR is all about. My point is, if you are a kid looking for a Z-Generation film, give this one a skip, but if you are looking for a proper horror film, that can actually be accounted as good cinema, not only loud scares, try The Innkeepers and if you haven't already The House of the Devil. I'd much rather see a film such as The Innkeepers, which takes its time to deliver a significant punch and makes you care whether someone actually dies in the film than others like Scream, which begins with cheap thrills and deaths and carry that way all along never caring about the story, the characters or anything that might vaguely resembles a good film. The Exorcist is, to me, the perfect example of an almost flawless horror masterpiece, with PERFECT pacing, PERFECT character build up and TERRIFIC mood setting and all of those three very important pillars of filmmaking can't be rushed. Whenever I see people complaining about things such as idle dialogues and slow character build up I understand why in our day and age there are almost no good horror films anymore, the internet/social media generation has no patience, they seem not to understand that horror films are, first of all, FILMS, and as such some of the same rules that apply to films like, say, Ben Hur, also should apply to horror ones.
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It does not take shortcuts to make young audiences shrill, it has no big jump scenes thank God!!!, it has no unnecessary gore, it isn't fortuitously graphic and, above all, it has no useless explanations. it has pretty good character development, sets an eerie and believable mood and, most of all, has great pacing. Much like Ti West's other great film, The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers takes its time being a FILM before going into the HORROR part of it. and all of that takes time to build and patience from the audience, a scarce good in our times, so it seems.
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The movie never entirely flatlines, and there are some funny touches, but it annoyingly fails to do anything with the kooky situation it elaborately establishes, and there are no real shocks or laughs.Timeless classics not because they focus on making you jump, but on having good characters, good mood and ambiance. Kelly McGillis plays a mysterious ex-soap actress who checks into the hotel, and reveals herself to share their fascination. It is pretty clear, though, that Claire really doesn't know what to do with her life, and poor Luke has undeclared feelings for Claire. Sara Paxton and Pat Healy have a reasonably quirky-amusing sparring relationship playing Claire and Luke, two twentysomethings who – because of their interest in ghosts – have taken desk-clerking jobs at a hotel that is rumoured to be haunted and is on the point of closing down. In narrative terms, it pretty much treads water until the final 10 minutes. T hree years ago, horror director Ti West made The House of the Devil, a movie which, frustratingly, failed to deliver on its promise and the same thing happens with his new film, a single-location haunted-hotel film that is bafflingly bland and unatmospheric.