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SummaryWhen David (Wilson) and Amy Fox's (Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them... until they discover that the low-budget slasher movies they're watching were all filmed in the very room they're sitting in. With hidden cameras now aimed at th... Read More

Directed By:Nimród Antal

Written By:Mark L. Smith

Vacancy

Metascore
54
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6.7
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Metascore
52% Positive
14 Reviews
37% Mixed
10 Reviews
11% Negative
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75
Miami Herald
Succeeds where so many other recent horror pictures have failed: It consistently scares you silly.
75
ReelViews
For the most part, this movie hits the right notes and gives its audience a dose of white-knuckle tension.
User score
Generally Favorable
51% Positive
38 Ratings
42% Mixed
31 Ratings
7% Negative
5 Ratings
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Jul 16, 2014
10
TylerDurden900
Vacancy is an intense thriller with stylish scares and visuals. Vacancy will surprise you and captivate you with its refreshing style and plot. One of the best thrillers in years.
Dec 26, 2011
10
spadenx
To put it plain and simple, This is horror. Vacancy not only keeps you on the edge of your seat but it also manages to **** you in and keep you interested every step of the way. I loved it.
67
The A.V. Club
Making an assured transition to Hollywood after his Hungarian cult sensation "Kontroll," director Nimród Antal gets his business done with an efficiency that recalls "Red Eye," another thriller that clocks in under 90 minutes. But efficiency isn't everything, and Antal sacrifices too much in order to sustain tension.
63
Premiere
Vacancy could have been some sort of satirical masterpiece had this whole scenario been finally revealed as an extreme form of couple's therapy designed to get Beckinsale and Wilson back together.
50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Vacancy, in the end, simply offers a particularly aggressive brand of couples counseling.
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
If "Psycho" and "Peeping Tom" are the seminal killer-as-voyeur movies, Vacancy is the nasty little runt offspring with no other purpose in life but to gnaw on you.
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
This is a no-cable, no-wake-up-call, cash-only dump of a film, where you breathe through a hankie and bring your own Lysol.
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May 25, 2014
8
Meth-dude
The movie vacancy is not bad but i was expecting better because there was not enough action and when there was action Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale were always trying to **** i like it
Feb 15, 2014
6
FilmVirtue
Vacancy is horrific, as well as scary, violent, and mysterious. It was okay, I'll say that. I had no complaints with this film but to me-- this film was just okay.
Nov 18, 2011
6
Lambo442
Good acting, good pacing, well filmed and an interesting idea. Not that memorable though, I mean its not the kind of film you're gonna watch over and over again, or even twice. I'm only watching it again now as it happens to be on TV and I'm wondering why it doesn't blow me away. I think it's because it's so far fetched. View to a kill's starting now on another channel and I'll be switching over. Vacancy is THAT kind of movie
May 1, 2013
5
oliver1h
I honestly want to rate it higher, but I can not! This movie was a totally average thriller, that is not really better than any other boring, ''we have seen this before'' horror/thrillers. The actors were not that bad I have to mention that, but they were nothing outstanding...Maybe a rent worthy survival/slasher.
Aug 23, 2010
2
ERG1008
Unhappy couple get lost taking a short cut, car breaks down, stay at a motel in the middle of nowhere, strange owner, etc It sort of tries to be a bit Hitchcock-esque with the torture genre thrown in but just comes out as a predictable, cliched nonsense of a film which is very thin on ideas & originality. Shame really because I quite like Luke Wilson.
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  • Screen Gems
  • Hal Lieberman Company
Apr 20, 2007
1 h 25 m
R
How can you escape...if they can see everything?
Scream Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Nomination
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