Vacancy

Ethan Embry, Frank Whaley, Kate Beckinsale

When David and Amy Fox's car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are froced to stay at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them… until they discover that the low-budget slasher...( read more  read more... ) 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.

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R, 1 hr. 20 min.

Directed by: Nimród Antal

Released: April 20, 2007

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DVD Released: August 14, 2007

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  • May 5, 2009
    "You'll never survive if you lose control Mr. Fox."


    On first impression, Vacancy probably seems like conventional, by-the-numbers horror fluff...upon closer inspection, this is anything but! In the midst of Hollywood's putrid "torture porn" movie craze (Hos...

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  • April 6, 2009
    OK whats the point of this??? lol its so stupid and hardly scary atall. For a start it has Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale in it....now forgive me but Wilson is a comedy actor right? Beckinsale is an English rose with a vamp streak but hardly hostel style horror victim no no.Nnei... ...( read more )
  • January 26, 2009
    This was an uber effective and fun treatment with a special twist on the "went down the wrong road and got stuck with serial killers" movie. In this one, the backwards serial killers make marketed snuff from all their victims, and this film's two protagonist victims discover this... ...( read more )
  • January 20, 2009
    Very Hitchcock like movie. A couple's car breaks down and they have to stay in a low budget motel. They watch a snuff movie and realise it was filmed in the room they are staying in. They fear for their lives.
  • November 17, 2008
    Mason: [pointing to Motel room] It's right there in the corner number 4. You might have to jiggle the handle a little bit to open her up, she's as sticky as an old whore.

    I wanted to see this movie, and I think the main reason is because I enjoy when movies stick Luke Wilson in... ...( read more )
  • July 4, 2009
    Yes this was a little predictable & also silly at times but I liked the storyline. The ended is a let down but never mind.

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April 23, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim

A frightening and highly intense ride that doesn't let up for a minute. full review

April 20, 2007
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Vacancy, in the end, simply offers a particularly aggressive brand of couples counseling. full review

April 20, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

There's no agenda in Vacancy other than to keep you in a state of nervous collapse for 85 minutes, but [director] Antal fulfills it honorably for the most part. full review

April 20, 2007
Kurt Loder, MTV

Vacancy is yet another example of that tedious pop-cinematic phenomenon, the genre 'tribute' movie -- a film in which the proud-geek director gets to demonstrate how much of his life he's wasted watch... full review

April 19, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Director Nimrod Antal works with razor-sharp skill, amping up the horror with suggestion and anticipation rather than flashy embellishments. full review

April 18, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Antal's array of sleek cinematographic arrangements succinctly link his villains to his viewers as likeminded voyeurs turned on by scenes of torture and mayhem. full review

April 16, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

If Psycho and Peeping Tom are the seminal killer-as-voyeur movies, Vacancy is the nasty little runt offspring with no other purpose in life but to gnaw on you. This it does uncommonly well. full review

Comments


  • anitsch19
    February 15, 2009
    this movie was good but the ending was horible. everyone justs dies,(well except two but ones probably gona die) thats not a very good ending. plus it didnt explain anything. it was so confusing and it wasnt even scary, there was no suspence you could tell what was happening next.
  • ilovemovies2007
    October 4, 2007
    i just seen this...wow.....i was in shock at every moment... kate & luke did an excellent job in this film.

    i liked when kate killed the two bad guys.

    and it was cool that luke lived also...

    i wasnt sure if he died or not for awhile.

    but i wish they would have showen them get rescued... but at least they were save after all the hell they went though to escape that hotel...
  • Aritosgold
    October 1, 2007
    There are two kinds of scary movies. those that could never
    happen.and those that yes this could really be real.
    thats Vacancy,
  • sneezer07
    September 3, 2007
    I thought this movie rocked!!! I loved it. It was creepy and suspenseful and it kept you on the edge of your seat. I like the ending too. That made me like it even more.
  • GhoriaShedsBlood
    August 29, 2007
    Nothing inventive just leading actors running, screaming & hiding from the bad guys.
  • lovecyn4ever
    August 26, 2007
    My rating for Vacancy 2.5/5 to me didn't offer anything new to the horror genre or as a thriller & other films that deals with snuff films done a better job with building suspense & creating a mystery to the story.Vacancy is just a predictable film.8MM & Mute Witness are better films than Vacancy in my opinion.
  • nativesunljt
    August 19, 2007
    Blegh!?!?!?
  • missionaborted
    August 17, 2007
    I loved it!!
  • Hanzferre
    August 14, 2007
    Nice movie but its ok to skip it... if you have nothing to watch then watch it.. still worth it.if you like to have the thrill then u might enjoy it.
  • houghton131
    August 12, 2007
    Anyone have any ideas why luke wilson didnt take the shotgun from the cop car?

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