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Vacancy (2007)

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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.

Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 12

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

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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 Nimr�d 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

R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Directed By: Nimr�d Antal

Written By: Mark L. Smith

In Theaters: Apr 20, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Aug 14, 2007

Box Office:$19.0M

Sony Screen Gems

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Cast

Kate Beckinsale
Amy Fox
Luke Wilson
David Fox
Frank Whaley
Mason
Ethan Embry
Mechanic
Scott G. Anderson
Killer
Mark Cassella
Truck Driver
David Doty
Highway Patrol
Norm Compton
Snuff Victim
Caryn Mower
Snuff Victim
Megan Godfrey
Snuff Victim
Kym Stys
Snuff Victim
Andrew Fiscella
Snuff Victim
Dale Waddington Horowitz
Snuff Victim
Ernie Misko
Snuff Victim
Bryan Ross
Snuff Victim
Chevon Hicks
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Critic Reviews for Vacancy

All Critics (123) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (73) | Rotten (53) | DVD (19)

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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Steven Rea

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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Scott Bowles

USA Today

Top Critic

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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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Top Critic

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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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

Strictly by-the-numbers horror.

April 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

Top Critic

Short, sharp and to the point, Vacancy has a single goal, and that is to scare the hell out of you. It's not as gleefully sadistic as, say, Hostel, but it will give you one very rough night's sleep. Naturally, I mean that as a compliment.

April 20, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Daily News

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

Top Critic

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

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

[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

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Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique

Taut, grisly horror movie has unexpected bite.

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

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

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Christian Toto

Washington Times Source: Washington Times

Very creepy.

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

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JoBlo

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

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Un pasatiempo eficaz que recupera parte del esp�ritu 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

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Enrique Buchichio

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

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Scott Weinberg

FEARnet

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

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

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

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

August 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

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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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Vacancy isn't a commentary, just another graphically violent horror movie, traveling a well-worn path -- urbanites wandering into the countryside and being accosted by rural weirdos.

August 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News

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Gary Thompson

Philadelphia Daily News

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Wasnt bad decent idea. I think the ending seemed just off a bit and not sure why.

May 11, 2008

John Manard

Super Reviewer

OK what's the point of this??? lol! its so stupid and hardly scary a tall. For a start it has Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale in it...now forgive me but Wilson is a comedy actor right? Beckinsale is an English rose with a vamp streak but hardly 'Hostel' style horror victim. Neither of them fit the part of this film in

April 6, 2009

Phil Hubbard

Super Reviewer

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