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Vacancy (2007) Rank 2 Reviews
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Bloody-Disgusting
When it comes to horror Sony Screen Gems has sort of become a laughing stock amongst the horror community. Sure their movies make tons of money, but theyâre all made for teenagers and their girlfriends. The laundry is dirty as over the past years ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Bloody-Disgusting
Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
In "Vacancy", Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale star as a soon-to-be-divorced couple who are driving along a highway when they are forced to take an alternate route that takes them to an isolated road and an isolated motel where they decide to spend a ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Cinema has certainly done a fantastic job demonstrating what not to do when you find yourself on a road trip. Never leave the main highway, no matter how fast you think that shortcut you found on a map will take you. David and Amy Fox (Luke Wilson and ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Vacancy is a nastily effective, rough-edged gem of a horror-thriller. Like the sputtering neon sign evoked in its advertising campaign, you keep expecting that it will peter out, but somehow it stays burning right up until the unexpectedly abrupt, yet ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
David (Wilson, Idiocracy) and Amy (Beckinsale, Click) are a bitterly bickering couple whose marriage is on the skids, detouring down a windy rural road for hours, completely lost. When car troubles force them off the road, they have little choice but to ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Tiscali UK
Given the litany of horrors that have transpired in motels during the course of movie history, it's a wonder anyone ever stays in one. Vacancy provides yet further evidence why these roadside rest stops, along with cigarettes, should post a warning that ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Tiscali UK
Plugged In
Amy and David Fox are crumbling after recently losing their young son in a tragic accident. So, driving back from a family reunion in another state, the two find themselves lost on a dark country road and nearing a meltdown point in their relationship. ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Plugged In
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Kicking off with a terrific Hitchcock-like vibe and a playful use of horror cliches ("We should have never left the interstate"), this thriller starts well but never goes anywhere with its grisly set-up.
Amy and David (Beckinsale and Wilson) are a ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Vacancy has a small cast and very limited location shots, and even fewer sets. No doubt the fact that this movie could be made very cheaply was one of the reasons it was. There can be no other reason why anyone would have felt compelled to film this. ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Reel.com
Vacancy is a stylish, scary, ambitious thriller that recalls not only the original The Hitcher but also some of Hitchcock's work. That's for the first 45 minutes. The second 45 minutes is so routine and disappointing that it's hard to believe it was made ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Reel.com
Boxoffice Magazine
Regurgitating Psycho and Peeping Tom for the YouTube generation, Vacancy posits that the best marriage therapy involves trying to escape a fleabag motel room before snuff filmmakers videotape your murder. But its aspirations for torture-porn hall-of-fame ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Time Out New York
How fortuitous that while a debate about B movies rages on, something close to the genuine article slinks into theaters. Even though this thriller from Nimród Antal (Kontroll) is a little ho-hum, it does boast some classic grind-genre ingredients: a ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Time Out New York
The Hollywood Reporter
A couple checking into a desolate motel when their car breaks down is to horror filmmakers what a priest and a rabbi walking into a bar is to stand-up comics: a timeworn setup that must have a terrific punch line to overcome its antiquity. "Vacancy" ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at The Hollywood Reporter
Boston Globe
The ads are making "Vacancy " look like the latest meat-grinding horror special to come down the chute in the wake of "Saw " and "The Hills Have Eyes ." It's not. It's an entrance exam. And a pretty good one at that. ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Boston Globe
New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
Short, sharp and to the point, "Vacancy" has a single goal, and that is to scare the hell out of you. It's not as gleefully sadistic as, say, "Hostel," but it will give you one very rough night's sleep. Naturally, I mean that as a compliment. ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
L.A. Daily News
I had moderate hopes for "Vacancy." Its director, Nimrod Antal, made "Kontroll," a stylish and bleakly humorous thriller about the Budapest subway police. ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at L.A. Daily News
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
The use of motels as a locale for terror has a long, and sometimes distinguished, cinematic history. The classic example, of course, is âPsycho,â but one but one can go back further to Orson Wellesâ âTouch of Evilâ and its marvelous scenes ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Christian Science Monitor
Carter Webb (Adam Brody) has recently been dumped by his fashion-model girlfriend and flees Los Angeles for suburban Michigan to care for his ailing grandmother (Olympia Dukakis). He wants to get away from it all, but living across the street is needy, ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Christian Science Monitor
Reel Movie Critic
A late night detour leads to an unimaginable nightmare when an estranged coupleâs car breaks down on a remote country road.
Finding themselves stranded on a dark and deserted two-lane highway, David Fox (Luke Wilson) and his soon-to-be ex-wife Amy ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Reel Movie Critic
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
I recently drove from Austin to Reno and back via old Route 66, and I am here to tell you that the darker the night, the lonelier the road, the more inviting those quaint, Fifties-era roadside travel courts and motor lodges appear. But â and this is ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Let me begin by saying that this review will be brief, as Vacancy contains little to no plot and has nothing of value to discuss.
The plot revolves around a couple experiencing severe marital problems. They have recently lost their only child, and are ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Chart Magazine
Tinseltown has been riding the horror movie bandwagon pretty consistently since the release of Scream. Expect this trend to continue a little longer due to lower-than-average budgets and lowered expectations. Plus, these films are killing in the DVD ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Chart Magazine
Entertainment Insiders (Eric Lurio)
Don't get me wrong. I LIKE horror films. I've seen some extremely good ones over the years, and I even enjoy mediocre to bad ones. I'm really ticked off when decent horror film comes out and they don't have any press screenings. This means I miss some ...read the complete Vacancy movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Eric Lurio)
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