Vacancy

2007
R
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

110K

YOUR RATING

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Stranded in an isolated motel, a couple become the unsuspecting subjects of a snuff film.Stranded in an isolated motel, a couple become the unsuspecting subjects of a snuff film.Stranded in an isolated motel, a couple become the unsuspecting subjects of a snuff film.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

110K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

Killer
(as Scott G. Anderson)

Mark Casella

Truck Driver
(as Mark Cassella)

David Doty

Highway Patrol

Norm Compton

Snuff Victim

Caryn Mower

Snuff Victim

Meegan Godfrey

Snuff Victim
(as Meegan E. Godfrey)

Kym Stys

Snuff Victim

Andrew Fiscella

Steven R

Dale Waddington

Brenda B
(as Dale Waddington Horowitz)

Ernest Misko

Snuff Victim
(as Ernie Misko)

Bryan Ross

Snuff Victim

Chevon Hicks

Snuff Victim

Kevin Dunigan

Maricopa county sheriff
(uncredited)

Betsy Hammer

Snuff Woman #3
(uncredited)

Director
- Nimród Antal
Writer
- Mark L. Smith
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
Kate Beckinsale had a difficult time working on the film with Luke Wilson who often showed up hungover, late and unprepared.

Goofs
At the end she phones 911 again and the operator tells her: "an officer has already responded." In reality they would have dispatched another unit once they didn't get feedback from the 1st call out.

Quotes
David Fox: I guess it could be worse, you know. We could be stuck in that twin bed at your folk's house, trying to pretend like we're a happy couple.
Amy Fox: God, I should've told my mom about us.
David Fox: Why ruin their party though? I think the thing to do is just tell them after we've signed the papers. It felt really strange to be at that party. Watching them all, celebrate being together all those years. How'd it make you feel?
Amy Fox: I don't know. Tired.
David Fox: I'm sorry. Never should've gotten off the interstate, either.
Amy Fox: Miss our last one great adventure together?

Crazy credits
The opening credits turn repeatedly, hiding one set and revealing another. At the end, there is a set of turns and the camera pulls back to reveal a maze.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Vacancy/Lonely Hearts/In the Land of Women/Fracture (2007)

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Featured review

6/10

Promising Beginning, Corny and Commercial Conclusion

While driving during the night, David Fox (Luke Wilson) leaves the interstate and takes a shortcut through a lonely road. He is in a divorce process with his wife Amy (Kate Beckinsale), who is sleeping in the car, after the loss of their son Charlie. In order to avoid hitting a raccoon, David breaks down the fan of his car and the couple finds stranded in the road. Without any other alternative, they decide to spend the night in a nasty low budget motel in the middle of nowhere. While watching some amateurish slash movies in the VCR, David realizes that they have been shot in their room. Sooner they discover that they are trapped in the place and surrounded by sadistic filmmakers of snuff movies.

"Vacancy" has a promising and claustrophobic beginning, with the scared couple stranded in a lonely place with a weird manager of an awful motel and listening to aggressive beats in the doors of their room. The development is also tense and good. However, the corny and commercial conclusion like in a television film spoils the story. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Temos Vaga" ("Vacancy")