Vacancy (2007)

Name: Vacancy (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2007-04-20
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley, Ethan Embry, Scott G. Anderson

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Plotline and Director for Vacancy 2 Revealed

Feb 6, 2008

Here are some new details for this direct-to-video prequel.

Vacancy Checks in on DVD August 14

Evan JacobsJun 11, 2007

Movie to be available on Standard DVD, Blu-ray disc and UMD.

First Official Movie Stills from Screen Gems' Vacancy

Dec 19, 2006

A horror/thriller starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson.

Kate Beckinsale Takes Over For Sarah Jessica Parker In Vacancy

Sep 10, 2006

The snuff film horror/thriller starring Luke Wilson.

Critics Score

56%

Release Date

April 20th, 2007

Director

Nimród Antal

Writer

Mark L. Smith

Cast

Kate Beckinsale
Luke Wilson
Frank Whaley
Ethan Embry
Scott G. Anderson
Mark Casella

Vacancy Synopsis

A late night detour leads to an unimaginable nightmare when an estranged couple's car breaks down on a remote country road. Finding themselves stranded on a dark and deserted two-lane highway, David Fox (Luke Wilson) and his soon-to-be ex-wife Amy (Kate Beckinsale) are forced to spend the night at a seedy motel run by an odd but seemingly harmless proprietor (Frank Whaley). In their filthy, threadbare room, the bickering couple finds a cache of homemade slasher films that look disturbingly real. Once they realize the blood-soaked videos were shot in the very room in which they're staying, David and Amy know they will be the sadistic filmmakers' next victims unless they put aside their differences and work together to escape.

After the accidental death of their young son, Amy (Kate Beckinsale) and David's (Luke Wilson) marriage is in tatters. Returning from their last trip together before finalizing their divorce, David decides to take an unfamiliar short cut down a desolate back road. When their car breaks down they find they have no choice but to stay at a nearby motel where the distracted night manager, Mason (Frank Whaley), seems more interested in watching lurid horror films than helping them with their engine troubles.

The couple resign themselves to a tense and uncomfortable night together in the rundown room, but no sooner do they turn down the ratty bed covers than they begin to hear frantic banging from the room next door. When they complain about the noise, Mason informs the Foxes they are the motels only guests, and suggests a vagrant may have broken in and taken up temporary residence next door.

Jittery and desperate to unwind, David tries watching some unmarked videos he finds in the room which turn out to be graphic, low-budget slasher films. After a few minutes, David realizes with growing horror that the brutal violence in the videos isn't make-believe. Fitted with multiple hidden cameras, the motels "honeymoon suite" is the arena for a sickening and deadly game of cat and mouse.

The couple soon figures out that the bloodthirsty killers intend to make David and Amy the stars of their next snuff film. As they begin their frantic effort to escape, they find their captors are filming their every move, toying with them to increase the sadistic appeal of the production. With their tormentors closing in fast, David and Amy must learn to depend on each other again if they are to have any chance of surviving the longest night of their lives.

A deft blend of blood-curdling horror film and taut psychological thriller, VACANCY transcends both genres with its compelling storyline of loss, love and redemption.