![]() The two hipster slackers are employees at The Yankee Pedlar Inn, which is set to close in just one week. ![]() The film follows 20-something Claire ( Sara Paxton, recovering from Shark Night) and her too-old-to-be-working-at-an-inn co-worker Luke (Pat Healy). The results are an occasionally funny, lively horror film drawn from likeable, quirky characters and a genuinely eerie set piece – a haunted inn. With The Innkeepers (we'll brush past West's wayward sequel to Cabin Fever – a film he vehemently hates) writer/director Ti West takes on the classic ghostly chiller template, spinning a refreshingly fun and scary new yarn that plays on vintage slow-brewing horror cues, juxtaposed with rapid-fire, intense thrills that grow more and more intense as the film progresses (not unlike the visual horror from Insidious, for example). The results were quite stunning (read our review of that film here). With his eerie take on '80s horror, The House of the Devil, he took a basic premise and designed the film to look and feel like a piece of vintage horror, right down to the tone and pace of the feature. ![]() Director Ti West is one of horror cinema's most ambitious young filmmakers, and that's made him one potential "master of horror" to keep an eye on over the years. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |