Vacancy (2007)

Purely Joyful Movie!

Instant Favorite.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Not a perfect movie, but if you go into this with the expectations you should have of a slasher, you might be pleasantly surprised. Was a pretty effective thrill ride for the most part, an interesting premise, and they took the time to develop the characters, humanize them.... they are not the typical generic cardboard cutout stand-ins of your usual slasher.Nor are they just - how to put it - gore meat, there for the slaughter. They make a contest of it, and you are really not sure till the end if they are going to make it. Unlike a lot of the more cheesey and lame flicks (like Wolf Creek) the bad guys are not immune to error, and will not necessarily magically appear wherever they need to... you feel watching it like the prey has a fighting chance to make it out.The build-up is really well done. It's not too slow, not too fast, and the vids the guy finds in his hotel room are really pretty realistic and horrific.------------------------------------Spoilers------------------------------------Little details bothered me on occasion:-end scene when Amy calls 911, doesn't stress the need for an ambulance (husband still alive after all)-considering one cop has already been through, the hotel guy & his two killers leave the body of David sitting out in the open overnight?-why did one of the bad guys jump on top of the car to get her out of it (the car hadn't started or moved at the point he decides to jump on the car - wouldn't you go to the door to yank her out of the car rather than jump on the roof with intention to go through the windshield?-The escallation of events was a bit ham-fisted in a few places when subtlety would have been better - eg, when the "fake 911 call" happens, and a car barrels through the phone box, at the time I thought it was a bit of a tension killer... imagine if instead he realises they are still messing with him, is creeped out by something more subtle, and rushes back to the room to save his wife.In all, this is not a film for the ages, but you don't expect that going into a slasher, you expect a thrill ride, and this one delivers. Stands out head and shoulders above its peers in the genre, worth watching... turn off the lights, grab the popcorn & lock the doors.

This is one of the best movie ever. the actors did an amazing job, every part of the history is good, anyone who see it will enjoy every second of the film.

Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale are likable stars. You will want them to survive this night. The film is straightforward, technically well executed, with a solid score, nice cinematography and well executed thrills. In terms of memorable characters, dialogue, set pieces, themes and messages, well, it's got none. Thankfully it does not pretend to be anything else than what it is. You come for a few scares, and that's what you'll get. Nimrod Antal managed to get the job directing Predators because of this film, so the guy knows how to craft a thriller, but this movie is a mcdonald's hamburger - as soon as you eat it it feels satisfying for a minute, then you regret eating it and go buy a steak afterwards. The steak in this case being a memorable movie.

Really liked this movie was well done and acted and the tension was quite excellent at times. The film starts with a couple recovering from the loss of there son and was incorporated in a neat way. There driving back from a family reunion and there relationship seems doomed then the fun really starts when there car breaks down, you have to watch this movie as I will not spoil the rest!!!!