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Sep 21, 2017Nursebob rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Writer/director Ti West doesn’t have much to add to the standard haunted house story; all the usual jolts and shocks are there as well as a few well placed frissons (a medium’s warning to avoid the basement is taken as an open invitation, naturally). But despite a lacklustre script and mediocre performances there is a mounting tension here which relies more on creepy staging than blood-soaked bodies and rubber masks. Like a good campfire tale you know it’s all nonsense even as you sneak glances over your shoulder just to be sure. Standard issue spookiness, however I must admit that while watching "The Innkeepers" in bed...alone...in the dark...I found myself turning the light on for the last 20 minutes.