It really lulls you into a false sense of security, just floating along with these fun characters, and then it beats you into a pulp. We watched this for episode 2 of Horrorshow Hot Dog, way back in 2013, and had a blast with it.
#Imdb the innkeepers movie
Could have done without the coda where they bring her out on a stretcher, but it didn't wreck the movie for me. This movie introduced me to the greatness that is Pat Healy (see also: Cheap Thrills), and for that alone I'm a fan.īut I love the slow burn, the occasional incredibly creepy moment, and then the harrowing ending. I can see if you don't like the leads, you won't like the film-for me, it's all about watching those two interact with each other. The ending just seemed rushed and not well thought out with poor blocking of the action and a "final solution" that makes no sense at all. That was fine, it was the technical and aesthetic concerns that they didn't really nail beyond the opening titles and a few zoom shots.
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These are separate and I have no problem with that. It would not be very "cut up".ĭon't conflate these aesthetic and technical considerations with issues of pacing and its "slow burn" flow of the narrative. Most action would be played in wide master shots. Dolly moves are the mark of big budget films but by the late '70s steadicam was in reach of even the indie (ie. Zooming was more commonly used as a recurring technique (generally seen as a sign of an amateur by most) in perhaps Italian horror and Hong Kong martial arts films more than contemporary US horror during this period though. It's been a while, but I remember lots of zooming rather than dollying, which felt authentic. I think he did a good job with the shot selection and camera movement, honestly.
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That being said, I personally hated House of the Devil, and his segments in VHS and ABC's of Death are trash. I really do give it a lot of credit for being a great movie though.
I'm not saying it's a bad way to pace a movie, I just can't stand when things have a steady drawn-out pace and then a movie goes from 0-60 in like 30 seconds. I also think he makes great use of normality as a vehicle for the scary elements of the movie, where things seem so peaceful, benign, and (to the characters) boring that when scary things do start happening the tension is palpable. I think the scares are measured, eerie, very creative, and a perfect balance of shock and lingering creepiness that I love. They're so much more believable than most main characters, and their dialogue and relationship is a very natural point of levity in an otherwise bleak story. I love that Claire and Luke are very atypical horror movie protagonists. The Innkeepers really is a great modern horror movie, and Ti West does a lot of great things with it.