Written by Michael Leavy And Robert Privitera And Jason Leavy And Steven Della Salla
Directed by Michael Leavy
Mr Lockwood: "This Inn is about spending quality time with the people you love because you never know how limited that time is."
What happened if you took a small hotel, a group of people staying on a particular night and a few killers? A chaotic messy event that also happened to be livestreamed. That's exactly the premise of this film. Oh and if you're a Rob Zombie fan, you'll spot some of his actors in this one.
The movie opened with Linda Spring (Dee Wallace) being taken out of the equation with Mr Lockwood (Jeffrey Combs) stepping into the fray. He's running the hotel and there's no internet connection. At least that's what his guest are being made to believe.
Speaking of guests, the ones with the most focus are the Keenan family. This included parents Roy (Charles Edwin Powell) and Elaine (Danielle Harris) as well as their children, Taylor (Sydney Malakeh) and Kevin (Wesley Holloway). They're the closest to protagonists for the movie as they try to survive the night. Unfortunately, Elaine was one of the first to die.
As for the rest of the family, Roy found himself teaming up with retired police officer, Bernard Davidson (Tim Reid) as the bodies kept dropping and the killers were revealed to be players in a game. This along with a romance subplot involving Taylor and French guy, Theo (Jadon Col), the movie eventually reunited Roy, Taylor and Kevin, albeit with a tragic outcome for one of them.
I'll admit the movie did have some interesting moments and even some of the support characters like Donna (Felissa Rose) and Howard (Daniel Roebuck) are decent enough. However the killers do feel a bit too flat and one dimensional and I found it kind of went on for too long.
- The post credit sequence was a clear sequel set up. I have no idea if this film did well enough to justify one.
- The film also had roles for Tim Curry, Tony Todd and David Howard Thornton. Damien Leon is a credited produced on the movie.
- The film will get a VHS release from Witter Entertainment next month.
- Chronology: It takes place over the course of a night.
Stream has a good concept for a horror movie (though not an original one) and while there are certainly some incentive kills and a nice case of spot the horror actor, it also outstayed it's welcome a bit. This movie definitely would've benefitted from a slightly shorter run time.
Rating: 6 out of 10
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