One unique little scene/shot I love is when Claire (Paxton) is using the recording equipment. But once Claire gets a little too close, things may change – and definitely for the worse.

They’re amateur ghost hunters Luke runs a website about Pedlar’s apparent hauntings, Claire just dropped out of college.Īs the last few guests arrive for a stay at the Pedlar, Claire in particular gets closer and closer to the spirit of Madeline, whose story is a sad one how and why she ended up trapped at the hotel in the afterlife. In the last few days before the Yankee Pedlar Inn closes down forever, two employees – Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy) – attempt to find evidence of the ghost of a woman named Madeline O’Malley (Brenda Cooney) who supposedly haunts the halls. This film has charm, darkness, and even a few good old fashioned horror jump scares. As well as the fact Pat Healy and Sara Paxton give good performances which are effective and at the same time quirky, but not so quirky you want to roll the eyes out of the back of your head. It’s got a good atmosphere, something to which West is no stranger at pulling together. Either way, I think this is a fun little ghost story in a spooky location. So, have you got an understanding of how much I’m a fan of Ti West? Maybe that paints my view of The Innkeepers a little too subjectively. Perhaps my favourite of all his work, The Sacrament is an obvious re-telling of the Jonestown Massacre yet using found footage and the VICE News name he makes it into so much more, something visceral and savage. Even later, after he did this movie, his segment in the first V/H/S was probably my favourite – “Second Honeymoon” – his “M is for Miscarriage” out of The ABCs of Death was a saucy piece of raw, reality driven horror. After that I secured a copy of Trigger Man and, while much different than his other films, I enjoyed it. After that I had him on my radar, then as soon as I’d seen that out he came with The House of the Devil, and that one floored me an overall amazing aesthetic, harkening back to the best of the 1980s, this is a slow burn horror with that Satanic Panic edge. Years ago I got the chance to see The Roost, which I thought was a clever genre film and a gnarly creature feature horror movie. I love his work, even when others tell me personally they don’t like a movie of his I can’t help but find myself thinking “Why the hell not?”. Such is the case with myself and Ti West. Glass Eye Pix.Įvery time I’ve got a particular bias going into a review, one that I can recognize, I always like to take a moment to recognize that. Starring Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, Alison Bartlett, Jake Ryan, Brenda Cooney, George Riddle, John Speredakos, and Lena Dunham.

Trailer the innkeepers 2011