Review of The Innkeepers (2011) by Billy E — 21 Oct 2012

A nice, quiet little movie. Fantastic atmosphere, familiar story, and decent performances. A good exercise in pacing. Not one for the usual horror genre fans of today, though.

This review of The Innkeepers (2011) was written by Billy E on 21 Oct 2012.

The Innkeepers has generally received mixed reviews.

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By John Eric D (455) on 22 Sep 2014

So incredibly disappointed in this movie. The mood was right but the execution was lack luster and the acting by Sara Paxton was horrendous. YAWNFEST…

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By Annalee Newitz (110) for io9.com (258) on 22 May 2018

The Innkeepers starts unevenly, but ratchets up the tension until the explosively weird finale. And it will teach you to cover your freakin ears…

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By Evan M (482) on 04 Nov 2014

The Innkeepers is an ode to old school horror. It's a slow burn building up it's characters and narrative to a sufficient climax…

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By Campbell (1) on 01 May 2015

Wow! What an awesome horror movie. The tension and atmosphere is executed perfectly. Ti West really is a great genre director…

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By Jimmy H (444) on 08 Jun 2017

Extremely boring. They could have cut 20 minutes off of it and added a few additional elements to the story…

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By Ben H (1,875) on 17 Sep 2014

As scary as the last half hour were, I hate stupid character who knew she's not supposed to go down the cellar, but still did…

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By Sheryl G (4) on 10 Nov 2017

A real yawner with just a few scares that come too little, too late to salvage anything…

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By Brandon S (2,121) on 22 Mar 2015

This movie really impressed me…

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By Jeff L (776) on 08 Jun 2017

Slow burn ghost story at it's finest. This film drew me in and kept me entertained. That's what movies are supposed to do…

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By Alex S (2,786) on 10 Oct 2014

Starts out slow, but then picks up in the third act…

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