Ti West helms a new indie horror film that fizzles rather than frightens. Premiering at Austin’s popular SXSW Film Festival, The Innkeepers disappointed with an extraordinarily long build-up with little payoff
ScreenDemon.com: "The horror genre has become a little stale, it has to be said. Countless tales of possessions and haunted homes have flooded the cinema and while some were good, the majority felt dumb and boring. Can Ti West’s latest offering, The Innkeepers, buck the trend?..."
Trendy Gamers: You know that expression less is more? Well director, writer and editor Ti West won’t make a film without adhering to this adage.
Welcome to the Yankee Pedlar Inn, current residency: five. Living, that is. Tasked with minding the 100-year-old establishment the weekend prior to it shutting its doors for good, employees Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy) find that besides the lone, mysterious woman (Kelly McGillis) and mother/son duo that populate the creaky old domicile, something more sinister lurks.
