Vacancy

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Vacancy

R,

2007,

1h 25m,

Mystery & Thriller

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When David (Luke Wilson) and Amy's (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down, they have little choice but to spend the night at a remote hotel. The couple entertain themselves by watching low-budget slasher movies on TV -- until they realize that the horrifying images they see were recorded in the room in which they are staying. With hidden cameras capturing their every move, David and Amy must find a way out before they become the latest stars in another film in the series of snuff films.

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Critics Consensus

Vacancy's restraint with gore is commendable, the thin characters and B-movie cliches less so.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Jun 15, 2007

2/5

This more than slightly familiar scenario doesn't give the principals much scope for acting.

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

Jun 15, 2007

3/5

director Nimrod Antal settles for a more generic horror-ride as the imperatives of stalk-and-escape take hold. For a while, though, this is first-rate second-hand material.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Jun 15, 2007

Kit out the Bates Motel with surveillance cameras, replace Anthony Perkins with the ineffectual Frank Whaley, and you'd have the location for this irritatingly cheapjack snuff-horror thriller, starring Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale as a depressed couple

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Akos Peterbencze

The Screen

Nov 26, 2024

Every unsettling knock, ominous shadow, and piercing flash of light is there to yank us into the panic and dread that rushes through Amy and David’s bloodstream like snake venom.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 22, 2023

2/5

Entirely forgettable and predictable, ultimately wasting an otherwise talented cast.

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C.H. Newell

Father Son Holy Gore

May 3, 2019

3.5/5

Vacancy doesn't always deliver. What it does is keep things eerie, uncertain, and tries its best to follow in the vein of the slasher sub-genre.

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Luke W

Oct 29, 2018

Vacancy is a nicely compact, tense thriller that loses a little of its punch as a result of a rushed, generic ending. For the most part, the English-language debut of Nimrod Atal (Kontroll) offers a strong sense of atmosphere and escalating suspense. It's more interested in generating dread than offering cheap "boo!" moments and/or splattering the screen with gore. There is a sense that the final scenes may have undergone some meddling, although it's unclear at what stage of the filmmaking process this may have occurred. Whatever the case, the climax isn't up to the same level as much of what preceded it.

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Sep 10, 2018

I'm not really into horror movies because I don't think that most of them are very good, but this movie was GREAT. Lots of suspense. Break out the popcorn!

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Leia R

Sep 19, 2017

Isn't the best horror film ever. But this movie damn sure has its moments. Luke and Kate don't disappoint. I recommend this film to any dude thats trying to give their old lady a good scare on a chill little movie night.

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Anakin W

Sep 12, 2017

3.5/5. Vacancy is a mostly solid horror film that suffers from a mildly lackluster ending. But the antagonist is basically a psycho Ned Flanders, so that's a plus.

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Luke P

Aug 10, 2017

Grungy and fairly effective thriller where a grieving couple tries to avoid being the latest victims in a snuff film enterprise. I wasn't thrilled with the ending, but the rest is some solid B-movie scares.

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Leia S

Aug 10, 2017

Well, the first half of this movie has the thrill feeling but after that it just dies off. I like both the main actors but... neither one are really known for emotions which I think in this setting is something you need. Like I said though the first half had the thrill feeling. Maybe it was just misdirection afterward. Seems like a swing and a miss with it. Pretty predictably but does not really kill the entertainment factor for it.

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Nimród Antal

Director

Luke Wilson

David

Kate Beckinsale

Amy

Frank Whaley

Mason

Ethan Embry

Mechanic

Scott Anderson

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Synopsis

When David (Luke Wilson) and Amy's (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down, they have little choice but to spend the night at a remote hotel. The couple entertain themselves by watching low-budget slasher movies on TV -- until they realize that the horrifying images they see were recorded in the room in which they are staying. With hidden cameras capturing their every move, David and Amy must find a way out before they become the latest stars in another film in the series of snuff films.

Director: Nimród Antal
Producer: Hal Lieberman
Screenwriter: Mark L. Smith
Distributor: Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Screen Gems, Hal Lieberman Co.
Rating: R (Brutal Violence and Terror|Brief Nudity|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 20, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 25, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.9M
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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