DVD: Vacancy

While taking a short cut to get by a detour, David and Amy Fox (Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere and the only gas station is only a mile away. When they get there the station is closed for the night, while a motel is across the road they decide to get help from the manager. The manger tells them that everywhere around this area is closed and that they might as well rest up here for the night. As they get settled in the dirt filled room, David and Amy soon realize that their room was a set for a couple of "slasher" films that are on the TV and they are next. Now the cameras are on them and they have to fight against their captures to stay alive.

While I started to watch Vacancy I was very impressed by the opening sequence I thought that was good and hopefully means a good signs for this film. Unfortunately it wasn't. Apart from that the film was full of cliches from every horror/thriller films that takes place in motels. If you seen another horror film that takes plays in a motel then there's really no reason to go and see Vacancy.

One thing that annoyed me were the way the main characters Wilson and Beckinsale they would do/make stupid choices to "almost" get caught but I guess that's has to be in the film to make it interesting and continue. Both of their performances where not that good and it was getting to the brink of annoying.

Well I can say that the one thing I did like was the lighting especially in the beginning. They use lighting in the car, and up in till the room of the manager when they first speak with him I thought those parts of the film were done well. I also liked the actor Frank Whaley who plays the manger, I thought he did a good job out of the mess of other acting.

Overall Vacancy is nothing too special to watch if you haven't seen a horror film in a while, but other than that I would suggest this movie as a Skip.

DVD Features

Vacancy is presented in Both Fullscreen 1:33:1 and Anamorphic 2:40.1. With Dolby Digital English 5.1 and French Dolby Surround.Also with both English and French subtitles. Extras include:

• Checking In: Behind-the-Scenes of VACANCY.
• Extended Snuff Films.
• Deleted Scenes.

The special features on the DVD of Vacancy is not but short. On the DVD its really not to be worth a buy or a rent. So for the DVD too I will also give Vacancy a Skip.