Vacancy

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I didn't have much interest in seeing Vacancy, but I heard terrific things about it over the weekend, and my boyfriend and I saw it last night, but the funny thing was, I know everything that was going to happen next because of the Vacancy trailer. I mean I was like "ok, this is the part where they find the underground hole the killers used to get to their room", it was that predictable. While I would admit that it was a good thriller, the trailer just ruined the movie for me. Not to mention that the ending was predictable and just ended too quickly and was just so off-hand. Amy and David are coming back from a party, they are having a troubled marriage from a tragedy involving their son. But when the car breaks down, they pull into a garage, and a man helps them but the car breaks down again, they head back to the garage to learn that the guy is gone and they have to stay in a cheap and filthy motel. But things quickly get scary when David finds a tape that contains people being brutally murdered in their hotel room! Huge noises happen and all of a sudden the killers are after them! They have to live a night of horror and try to survive what could happen to them! Vacancy is a great thriller, I will always admit, it was scary at times, but like I said, the trailer just reveled too much and I was a little disappointed, but over all I would recommend it for a scary night. But jus to warn you, there are some pretty stupid people in this movie, like the way the characters acted and responded to things, it makes you wonder if they should have been killed. :P LOL, but still go ahead and have fun; and a word to the trailer editor, I advise, please don't reveal the best parts of the movie in your next trailer, because otherwise you might just blow an entire movie! 6/10

I'm convinced that players like Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson take roles in films like Vacancy because they get a chance to overact outrageously and no one notices. That and the fact that slasher films do make a lot of money no matter how good or bad they are. Two newly marrieds, our lead players, get lost on a highway and arrive at an out of the way motel with a car that's broken down. The decor is right out of pest control, but it's better than sleeping in the vehicle so they think. To their horror they discover the place is a trap used for the making of snuff films and the manager who runs it has quite a collection. He's quite the little organizer the manager and Beckinsale and Wilson spend the rest of the film avoiding what they have in store. It doesn't help that the entire place has both cameras and listening devices all over. I would have said bugs, but there are plenty of those too. Acting honors in this epic go to Frank Whaley as the manager, in his performance, he makes Beckinsale and Wilson look like a pair of lawn ornaments. It looks like everybody had a great old time making this, so if you like slasher flicks you'll enjoy this.

This movie was great!! And SCARY!!! My husband and I were jumping out of our seats through the whole thing! You have to go see it you really won't regret it. I am definitely going to buy it when it comes out on DVD which hopefully won't be too long! Saw a preview for 1408 as well, can't wait till that comes out either! Vacancy was suspenseful the entire time, you never know whats going to happen. It was scary because it made you jump when you least expected it, and great acting as well, you really do start to like the "good" characters! It ends the way every scary movie should end!!! Highly recommend it, I really hope people go see it! On a scale of 10 it gets a 10 in my book.

Grieving over the loss of their son, David and Amy Fox are driving thru the night heading towards their destination...the signing of the divorce papers!. David unwisely leaves the interstate looking for a short cut and swerves to avoid hitting a raccoon, this causes engine trouble and eventually they have to settle for staying at a grotty roadside motel until the car can be fixed in the morning. Upon attempting to relax in their dirty and poorly decorated room, they are disturbed by loud banging on the doors to their room, this is merely the start of a night of terror as the Fox's will be forced to fight to stay alive in the confines of this Horror Motel! Seen it before? Yes we all most certainly have, from proto slashers to Euro terrors, the couple under siege formula is as old as the hills themselves. But Vacancy has such a sense of fun and a unique use of its plot setting, that even a terribly formulaic cop out towards the end is mostly forgiven. The setting is one dirty hole of a motel, but the dirt is not merely confined to the structure and basic house keeping of the place, the worst dirt comes in a terrifying form that is fully formed from the moment we meet the creepy motel manager (a wonderfully cheesy Frank Whaley). From here our intrepid couple, very well played by Luke Wilson & Kate Beckinsale, must use the most basic resources to hand, to hopefully escape the clutches of masked assailants intent on gutting them in the name of entertainment. What follows is the usual jumps and perilous set ups, and a quirky line in labyrinth adventure. But then that ending that almost derails the whole picture, it does hurt it because we the viewers can only feel let down that the makers chose to not stay with what would have been an impacting turn of events. But for a film that's homaging films (and thriller maestros) from the past and clearly doing what it set out to do, it's to me a forgivable error. It's not taking itself too seriously, and you shouldn't too, just check in with the Fox's and get involved with the thrills. 6.5/10

I saw this for free, and I want my money back. It's your typical b horror movie, but the main characters are so dim witted the story becomes implausible to the point where every passing moment hurts to endure. The villains aren't that slick or interesting, or even scary, and the tension in the movie is more from wondering how the couple has the brainpower to tie their shoes let alone survive this nasty situation. Usually in films like this you can get a good laugh out of the absurdity, but Vacancy lacks even that small pleasure. You've seen the story before, and better done, don't waste your time, watching paint dry will be more original and entertaining.

I've just watched the movie and I got very upset and irritated, enough to sit down and write this. What does this film lack, among other things, is the most essential quality: believability. How come you've got people trying to kill you and you don't grab, well, anything to protect yourself? How come a single policeman is going to investigate a call that clearly stated people are in grave danger from other people? How come other policemen from the police station that dispatched him don't worry he never reported back? How come I wasted two hours from my life to watch this unbelievably lame movie? I don't know. Maybe it's because there was a 6.8/10 rating on IMDb. FCUK! I'll never trust any rating again on this site, which apparently has been taken over by moronic 12 year olds.

While driving during the night, David Fox (Luke Wilson) leaves the interstate and takes a shortcut through a lonely road. He is in a divorce process with his wife Amy (Kate Beckinsale), who is sleeping in the car, after the loss of their son Charlie. In order to avoid hitting a raccoon, David breaks down the fan of his car and the couple finds stranded in the road. Without any other alternative, they decide to spend the night in a nasty low budget motel in the middle of nowhere. While watching some amateurish slash movies in the VCR, David realizes that they have been shot in their room. Sooner they discover that they are trapped in the place and surrounded by sadistic filmmakers of snuff movies. "Vacancy" has a promising and claustrophobic beginning, with the scared couple stranded in a lonely place with a weird manager of an awful motel and listening to aggressive beats in the doors of their room. The development is also tense and good. However, the corny and commercial conclusion like in a television film spoils the story. My vote is six. Title (Brazil): "Temos Vaga" ("Vacancy")