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Vacancy (2007)

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56

Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 120
Fresh: 67 | Rotten: 53

Vacancy's restraint with gore is commendable, the thin characters and B-movie cliches less so.

55

Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 14

Vacancy's restraint with gore is commendable, the thin characters and B-movie cliches less so.

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Average Rating: 3/5
User Ratings: 283,953

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Movie Info

A vacationing couple makes a terrifying discovery about the motel room they have just checked into in this thriller scripted by Mark L. Smith and directed by Nimród Antal (Kontroll). Their car broken down and their prospects for finding a tow-truck driver at such a late hour slim to none, David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox (Kate Beckinsale) decide to make the best of their situation by resting out the night at a nearby motel. Left with few choices of entertainment for the evening, the pair soon

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Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Mark L. Smith

Aug 14, 2007

$19.0M

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All Critics (123) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (73) | Rotten (53) | DVD (19)

It's not pretty, but it's certainly vacant.

June 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Vacancy may be trying to bridge both worlds, but it ends up straddling the fence.

April 21, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out New York
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Vacancy, in the end, simply offers a particularly aggressive brand of couples counseling.

April 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
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It's welcome to see another movie that relies more on apprehension and suspense than torture chambers. Vacancy might not get Mr. Hitchcock smiling from above. But he won't be spinning in his grave, either.

April 20, 2007 Full Review Source: USA Today
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Packs a lot of old-fashioned shocks into its taut 80-minute running time.

April 20, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Post
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The point of Vacancy is the terror, not the torture. Horror is vastly more effective when left to the mind's eye and it is what we can't see in Vacancy that truly frightens.

April 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
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Once the fight-for-their-lives plot kicks in, unfortunately named director Nimród Antal keeps the action intense and well paced.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Georgia Straight

An unpleasant and hardly entertaining creepy horror road movie that comes up as vacant as an empty room.

September 30, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment (1)
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[Director Nimrod] Antal does such a good job that you almost overlook the absurdities built into the screenplay.

July 17, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique
Cinefantastique

Taut, grisly horror movie has unexpected bite.

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

Vacancy is a no-nonsense, no ambition thriller, but sometimes that's more than enough to please.

July 4, 2008 Full Review Source: Washington Times
Washington Times

Very creepy.

October 5, 2007 Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

All things considered, not half bad. Indeed, it's much less than half bad.

September 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy
Antagony & Ecstasy

Un pasatiempo eficaz que recupera parte del espíritu de la clase B al servicio de un relato tenso y por momentos perturbador, sin mayores pretensiones.

September 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total
Uruguay Total

It's certainly no re-invention of the wheel, but this 12th-generation mini-Hitchcocker gets in, messes with your head, and bolts out the door in less than 90 quick minutes.

August 26, 2007 Full Review Source: FEARnet
FEARnet

a nastily effective, rough-edged gem of a horror-thriller

August 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk
Q Network Film Desk

Once this gets going, it's a pretty good ride.

August 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

A fierce little spooker with screwy notions of how to salve a wounded relationship.

August 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
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Audience Reviews for Vacancy

Wasnt bad decent idea. I think the ending seemed just off a bit and not sure why.
May 11, 2008
jmanard52

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Poorly cast, badly acted, script?, cliched, seen it all before but better etc etc. There isn't even a redeeming twist ending to make it all alright. Your husband has just been stabbed, do you a) Wait for the stabber to leave and then help him b) Attack the stabber c) Run like crazy and get some help or d) Have a little nap in the attic. If your answer is D this movie was made for you. About as scary as a pair of fluffy slippers.
February 27, 2013
SirPant

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    1. David Fox: [having seen a snuff movie] At least they could've provided us with a little bit of porn.
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