Vacancy 2: The First Cut (2009) (V)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Eric Bross

Writers (WGA):

Mark L. Smith (written by)
Mark L. Smith (characters)

Release Date:

20 January 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

If the camera starts filming, you are dead

Plot:

Three young people check into the Meadow View Inn for a night's rest, fully unaware of the inn's sick-minded employees and their nefarious intentions.

Plot Keywords:

Videotape | Room 6 | Best Friend | Motel | Driving At Night

Cast

Agnes Bruckner	...	Jessica
David Moscow	...	Gordon
Scott G. Anderson	...	Smith
Arjay Smith	...	Tanner
Trevor Wright	...	Caleb
Beau Billingslea	...	Otis
Brian Klugman	...	Reece
Juanita Jennings	...	Doris
Nelson Lee	...	Groom
Gwendoline Yeo	...	Bride
Judy Durning	...	Wife
David Shackelford	...	Truck Driver
Lola Davidson	...	Woman
Don Oscar Smith	...	Man
Joe Reegan	...	Jack

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and terror, language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:16 | UK:18 | Norway:15 | South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R16 | France:-12 | Italy:VM14 (original rating) | Italy:VM18 (tv rating) | Finland:K-18 (self applied)

Company:

Stage 6 Films

Trivia:

When driving up to the motel there is a sign that has a branch obscuring the sign and making it read "cheap Bates" - a nod to the original slasher motel, the Bates Motel from Psycho (1960).

Goofs:

Continuity: When the first couple are having sex, they mess with the lights so that they can change the camera angle for a better view. But later, when they're watching the tape with their distributor the angle of the camera is wrong. They're watching a part that happened before they switched to an overhead view, but the angle is overhead anyway.

Quotes:

Otis: [Doris has let two strangers in need of help - Tanner and Jessica - into the house] Doris, what the hell are you doing?
Doris: Jesus would let these two in here.
Otis: Yeah, but he knows if they slit his throat he'll be back in three days!
Doris: Otis, that is blasphemy,
Otis: And this here is crazy.

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1960)

should be a prequel but it fails somehow

Indeed, when the movie starts the credits tells us that this is a prequel, how it all started. But somehow it fails to deliver us a story. The first ten minutes has nothing to do with the rest of the movie, it is just there to clock the movie in at more then a hour. There is more blood then the original Vacancy but somehow it just don't work. They should have made another movie with another title. And the parts, for example, were you should jump out of your seat, well, it's not scary. You can guess what will happen. It's a pity that they always have to make a franchise out of movies that make a bit of money. Watch vacancy forget this one. Watch this one, as a movie on his own and then you will be satisfied.