Plot Summary: When David (Luke Wilson) and
Amy Fox's (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are
forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to
entertain them... until they discover that the low-budget slasher movies they're
watching were all filmed in the very room they're sitting in. With hidden
cameras now aimed at them... trapping them in rooms, crawlspaces, underground
tunnels... and filming their every move, David and Amy must struggle to get out
alive before whomever is watching them can finish their latest masterpiece
Vacancy Release
Date: April 20, 2007 Studio: Screen Gems (Sony) Director: Nimród Antal
Screenwriter: Mark L. Smith Starring: Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale, Frank Whaley, Ethan Embry Genre: Horror, Thriller MPAA Rating: R (for brutal violence and terror, brief nudity and
language) Official Website:
SonyPictures.com
Plot Summary: When David (Luke Wilson) and
Amy Fox's (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are
forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to
entertain them... until they discover that the low-budget slasher movies they're
watching were all filmed in the very room they're sitting in. With hidden
cameras now aimed at them... trapping them in rooms, crawlspaces, underground
tunnels... and filming their every move, David and Amy must struggle to get out
alive before whomever is watching them can finish their latest masterpiece
EN 5 Second Review:
The directors name is Nimrod :) You should see it just
for that alone. It stands on it's own as a great thriller movie.
Vacancy
becomes a critique of sadistic thrillers, at the same time still serving
as a crackerjack example of the genre Sam Adams: LA Times
At first glance, "Vacancy" seems to be the latest entry in
the lamentable "torture porn" genre, whose films mainly involve waiting
for the next vaguely sympathetic character to have his or her vital
organs pulled out with a fork. But director Nimród Antal and writer Mark
L. Smith are up to something a bit cannier as well as more devious...more
Seldom
has criminal violence been so unabashedly used for
entertainment, in a story in which the criminals are
perpetrating violence to be sold as entertainment John Anderson: Variety
There's no better form of marriage therapy -- according to
the torture-chic horror romp "Vacancy" -- than being stuck
in a fleabag motel and threatened by psychotic killers.
Better yet, make that mask-wearing sadists who not only want
to terrify, abuse and kill you, but also sell videos of your
painful demise. Whether a movie about snuff films is morally
superior to a snuff film is a question for debate, but
"Vacancy" should have no trouble making B.O. hay in a
marketplace hungry for the next big outrage...more
Release
Date: April 20, 2007
EN 5 Second Review:
The directors name is Nimrod :) You should see it just
for that alone. It stands on it's own as a great thriller movie.
Seldom
has criminal violence been so unabashedly used for
entertainment, in a story in which the criminals are
perpetrating violence to be sold as entertainment