The Innkeepers (2011/2012)
Like
House of the Devil, Ti West's this new spook-fest takes its time to build up the characters & suspense. The story is pretty simple set in a beautiful premise...an old, haunted hotel. The shock factors is kinda low in here which may not satisfy some viewers and with white & fade eyes the main ghost looks kinda silly sometime. But the thing is it's a straight forward ghost story with a little background info and what really interesting is how nicely Mr. West still managed to deliver an effective spooky tale through the doors, rooms & passageways of
Yankee Pedlar Inn.
Mr. West shows his craftsmanship as a promising director for genre films another time here by efficiently handling two major technical aspects in the film...the direction and the background scores & sound. The neat camera works & sound mixing beautifully contributed to create & maintain an unease & eerie atmosphere in every corner of the Inn (somewhat like
The Shinning) throughout the film and that's the main strength of the film, IMO.
My suggestion: This isn't a horror film that you should watch with your friends or family. To feel & experience the real gem of
The Innkeepers, you need to watch it alone in a dark room at night;) (like I did!:D).
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