Vacancy Review

Vacancy is the scariest movie I've seen in some time - perhaps ever.  And if you plan on staying in a roadside motel anytime soon, I would steer clear of this terrifying movie.

Vacancy is the story of a couple - played nicely by Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson - in the last phases of their relationship.  After some car trouble, they decide the only thing to do is to check into a dumpy roadside motel.  Soon after entering their Honeymoon suite, Luke Wilson's character finds snuff tapes - and even more horrifying, they all have been shot in their room.  The rest of the film is a fast-paced cat-and-mouse game with a killer ending.  Frank Whaley is dynamite as the bad guy. 

Vacancy is stylishly subtle and very well-paced.  I didn't have a problem with its run time of less than an hour and half - as a matter of fact, I thought that made the move even more terrifying (nothing worse than a long drawn-out horror/thriller flick).

While Vacancy is not yet out on DVD, the director, Nimrod Antal, has another great film 'Evil' that seems a bit more uplifting - still in a just-not-right way - than Vacancy.  But for sheer scares, check out Vacancy!