The ghost story element of ‘The Innkeepers’ is determinedly, perhaps even lazily, old-fashioned, but the heart of the movie is in the characters and their interactions. But Luke knows all about the Yankee Pedlar’s troubled past and is determined to get evidence on tape before the place is boarded up. It’s there we find Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy), bored twentysomething no-hopers manning the desk in the days before the inn was sold off and repurposed. ‘The Innkeepers’ is set – and was shot – in the infamous Yankee Pedlar Inn in Torrington, Connecticut, known by aficionados of the paranormal as one of America’s most haunted hotels. All of which is essentially true – but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad film. So maybe it’s unsurprising that horror chatrooms are filled with bilious attacks on West and his movie, accusing it of being talky, gore-free and not especially terrifying. The posters for this latest low-budget chiller from American writer-director Ti West (‘The House of the Devil’) show a scarred, ghoulish face looming through ominous clouds while a quote from ‘Hostel’ director Eli Roth screams that it’s ‘one of the best… scariest indie horror films I’ve seen’.
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