{"id":23844,"date":"2012-05-29T15:56:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T14:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=23844"},"modified":"2012-07-09T17:52:38","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T16:52:38","slug":"the-innkeepers-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/the-innkeepers-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Innkeepers movie review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With 2009\u2019s <em>The House Of The Devil<\/em> director Ti West proved that he had the creativity and know-how to make horror interesting again, and now he\u2019s checking in with an even more accomplished film, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/videos\/the-innkeepers-scary-new-clip\/\">The Innkeepers<\/a><\/em>, inspired by his two-month stay in a supposedly haunted hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Claire (an endearing Sara Paxton) and Luke (a lethargic Pat Healy) are the last two staff at The Yankee Pedlar Inn and have two days left before it closes its doors for good. Expecting a quiet few shifts they decide to start ghost hunting (Luke\u2019s part-time hobby), and pursue the ghost of a jilted lady said to haunt the place.<\/p>\n<p>Claire and Luke\u2019s natural banter, practical jokes and slacker attitude really helps set up the everyman believability of this supernatural story. Their solitude is interrupted, however, when actress-turned-psychic Leanne Rease-Jones (an aloof Kelly McGillis) checks in, armed with vodka, a crystal and an icy stare.<\/p>\n<p>Although the characters are surrounded by a mass of empty rooms, West creates a microcosm that feels claustrophobic, and expertly builds the tension to a nightmarish climax with some nods to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/videos\/a-classic-clip-from-a-clockwork-orange\/\">The Shining<\/a><\/em> and <em>Psycho<\/em> along the way. There are the obligatory door slams, bad dreams, and peripheral vision teasers but what\u2019s fresh about this horror is the reliance on sound design \u2013 what you hear, or don\u2019t hear &#8211; through Claire\u2019s headphones as she stalks around the hotel with a mic and an audio recorder. It\u2019s what your own brain fills in that makes <em>The Innkeepers<\/em> so chilling and effective, and West knows it.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to all this trickery there are some true, full-frontal, clear-as-day gory moments, timed to perfection. You\u2019ll be heading towards a restless night yourself, soundtracked by a tinkling piano and peppered with scuffles in a basement, just praying for your early morning alarm call&#8230;<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eli Roth-approved supernatural horror movie The Innkeepers review. The indie hit from The House Of The Devil director Ti West is in cinemas from 8 June 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":23846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2615,8],"tags":[2560],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/The-Innkeepers-horror-movie-review.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}