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The Innkeepers

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The Innkeepers is a 2012 horror film written, directed, and edited by Ti West, starring Kelly McGillis, Pat Healy and Sara Paxton.

Cast

Sara Paxton as Claire

Pat Healy as Luke

Kelly McGillis as Leanne Rease-Jones

George Riddle

Lena Dunham as Barista

Brenda Cooney as Madeline O'Malley

John Speredakos as Officer Mitchell

Production

In January 2010 Ti West was named as the director of the MPI/Dark Sky project. Kelly McGillis, Sara Paxton and Pat Healy signed on in May 2010. The film is produced by Derek Curl, Peter Phok, Ti West and Larry Fessenden for Dark Sky Films in partnership with Glass Eye Pix. It was shot in Torrington, Connecticut. West shot several scenes in the actual Torrington, Connecticut Yankee Pedlar Inn.

Soundtrack

The score is composed by American musician Jeff Grace.

Release

Dark Sky Films set for a limited theatrical release on February 3, 2012. Ti West narrated and presented his film on the "Get Lit" Winter Party on 22 December 2010 in The Purple Lounge at The Standard Hotel on the Sunset Strip, Hollywood, California.

Critical reception

The Innkeepers has received generally good reviews from critics before its release. As of 25 January 2012 the film has a 81% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes with 21 reviews counted, though no official consensus has been reached yet. David Harley of horror movie review site Bloody Disgusting gave the film three skulls out of five saying that "once the tone shifts from light-hearted comedy to balls-to-the-wall horror, it makes the two halves feel like separate films" and that The Innkeepers is "just kind of disappointing". Others gave the film more favorable reviews, with Life After Undeath giving the film 8 out of 10 and saying that "it is a slow burn with a wicked punch and it is creepier than that one eyed whore with the deep voice you always avoid on your way back from the 'massage' parlor". Horror-Movies.ca gave the film a largely negative review stating that "nothing happens for a VERY long time, other than the old tried, tested, overdone and predictable jump scenes, and for a film that is over 100mins long, that isn’t good."