Vacancy Page #3

Synopsis: David and Amy Fox find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere when their car breaks down. Luckily, they come across a motel with a TV to entertain them during their overnight stay. However, there's something very strange and familiar about the Grade-Z slasher movies that the motel broadcasts for its guests' enjoyment. They all appear to be filmed in the very same room they occupy! Realizing that they are trapped in their room with hidden cameras now aimed at them filming their every move, David and Amy desperately find a means of escape through locked doors, crawlspaces and underground tunnels before they too become the newest stars of the mystery filmmaker's next cult classic!
Director(s): Nimród Antal
Production: Sony Screen Gems
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
R
Year:
2007
85 min
$18,986,844
Website
557 Views


So they know we f***ing watched it.

They know we're gonna try to run.

- Maybe they don't know we caught on.

- No, wait a second.

- He knows, okay? He knows.

- So, what now?

We'll climb out this way. Come on.

It's f***ing nailed shut.

They'll hear you.

Let's just sneak out the door.

They're not just gonna let us

stroll out there and call the cops.

They're not gonna let us

sit here, either.

F***.

- David.

- What?

Did you bring this?

No.

- I didn't bring it.

- Didn't you bring that from the car?

No, I bled all over it.

I wouldn't have brought it.

I left it in the car.

- What's happening?

- I don't know.

Well, how'd it get in here?

I don't know.

Dim the lights.

What are we doing?

We're leaving.

Okay, when we get outside,

we're gonna go to the trees, okay?

Where they can't see us.

We gotta move fast, Amy. Okay?

Okay. Okay, we're gonna run

right over there, all right?

Just stay with me.

- Oh, my God.

- Come on.

- F***.

- Oh, God.

Come on.

- Get the bathroom window open.

- But it's nailed shut.

Just try, okay?

Turn off the light.

David!

They're out there, at the window.

I've got a gun. Get away...

...or I swear to God,

I'm gonna f***ing use it.

Oh, God, leave us alone.

I don't see anybody.

- Well, they wouldn't just leave.

- No, they wouldn't.

David, don't. They were in there.

Okay. If they wanna come in here,

they're gonna come in.

It doesn't matter. We gotta find

another way out of here right now.

F***.

- I need to get to that phone.

- No, you're not going out there.

Listen, Amy. It's a real phone, okay?

It will help.

They're not gonna let you get to it.

Don't go out there.

Look, look. If we stay here...

...we're gonna wind up

like all of them.

Please.

Now, we know that they were outside,

watching that window.

If we can keep their attention on that,

it'll give me time to get to the phone.

Well, how can we do that?

F***.

Please hurry.

Come on, come on.

- 911 Emergency.

- Yeah, hello.

We need help.

Some people are trying to kill us.

Where are you located, sir?

Me and my wife are at this motel.

The Pinewood Motel.

It's near the mountains.

They've got us trapped.

Who has you trapped, sir?

I don't know. We just need help.

The Pinewood Motel.

Yes, sir. Do you have an address?

No, I don't. It's near some side road.

Jesus Christ, look it up.

You're going to need to settle down,

sir.

You'll never survive

if you lose control, Mr. Fox.

And you shouldn't be wandering

around in the dark by yourself.

- Did you get anyone on the phone?

- No.

- Why the f*** are they doing this?

- Listen.

It's getting light.

They're gonna want this over soon.

We need something.

What about the knife from your apple?

It's in the car.

Nothing in here.

This will have to do.

You're bleeding.

What do you think they're doing?

I think they're enjoying themselves.

You let me fall asleep.

- It was just because of your pills.

- I have to be awake.

No. Honey, I need you to stay there.

- What?

- They're watching you.

And they're listening.

I didn't want them to watch what I was

doing, but they need to see you.

So they don't think

we're trying to get out.

Okay?

- Wait, what are you doing?

- Going through the tapes.

They have cameras everywhere,

even outside. They edit them together.

Remember the screaming from the TV

the guy was watching in the office?

I'm sure it was one of these.

It's not enough they rob and kill

these people, they wanna watch it too.

Why are you watching them?

I'm looking for mistakes.

These people, they weren't smart.

They thought the room

would protect them and it won't.

They can come in

anytime they want.

They just watch until they get bored.

See? Right there.

It happens

in almost every one of these.

He just shows up.

Well, how'd he get inside?

He wasn't in here before.

He didn't come through the door.

I can't tell from the others,

but with this angle...

...right there.

It's the bathroom.

And that's where your apple

came from.

Just stay here.

David.

I saw lights. Someone's here.

- Come on.

- Wait.

We don't know who he is.

He's a ride out of this place.

Yeah, unless he's one of them.

What the f***'s he doing here so late?

Maybe he's lost. That could happen.

He looks like he's been driving

a long time. He's not one of them.

He could help us. Come on.

Wait. You can't go out there.

Help!

- Over here, sir!

- Help!

Hey, come here!

- He's coming.

- No, they won't let him.

He needs to get in the truck.

The truck. I'm gonna tell him.

- David.

- What?

- F***, no.

- No!

Turn around. Turn around!

Turn around. They're behind you!

Turn around!

Hey!

- Wasn't sure you were gonna make it.

- You got them?

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

That's the good stuff.

- Oh, my God.

- Okay, come on. Come on.

- Okay, go.

- What's in there?

Go. Come on.

We can't go in that.

We don't know what's in there.

We don't have any choice.

Amy, we have to do this, okay?

Come on.

Just follow me.

I'll lead us out of here.

It's gonna be okay.

This is gonna lead us out of here.

- I can't. I have to go back.

- We can't, they're gonna be waiting.

- I can't breathe.

- Yes, you can, all right?

Just close your eyes, grab hold

of my leg. I'm gonna lead us.

It's not much further.

Come on.

It's okay.

- David, please. It's gonna fall.

- No, it's not. Come on. Come on.

Sh*t. Oh, f***.

What? What's the matter?

- You can't scream, Amy.

- What?

They're gonna hear you

if you scream.

Okay? Just keep moving.

We're almost there.

What's that?

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Sh*t.

I see something.

- What is it?

- Door, maybe.

Where are we?

This is what you get.

Where are we?

We haven't done anything to you.

Please, you could be my son.

You could be my son. Please.

Please, please, don't do it.

Please, don't. You can't.

Who are you guys?

You can have anything. Anything.

Please, don't kill me.

Help me.

Please don't. I'm begging you.

You can have money.

Let me get the door.

Please, no. Please!

Oh, God.

We're no better off than we were.

No, look, we're still alive.

Okay, there has to be something

in here we can use.

- 911 Emergency.

- Yeah, they're trying to kill us.

I need your name and location.

Okay.

- Well, they're out there somewhere.

- Ma'am?

Hello? I need your name

and location, ma'am.

Ma'am?

- Hello?

- F***!

F***! F***!

Get down there after them.

B*tch!

They're under us!

They'll find us in here.

Well, we can't try to run. Not yet.

We have to let them think

we got away, let them go after us.

Then we can try to run.

- What if they look in here first?

- Jesus, Amy. I don't know.

I'm doing the best I can over here.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

- No, I'm sorry.

- No, there's nothing to be sorry for.

- I'm the one that got off the interstate.

- No, I...

I mean for everything else.

I'm sorry about us.

And about Charlie.

I should've made sure

the gate was up.

I shouldn't have let him

near the stairs.

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Mark L. Smith

He wrote and directed the 2006 film Séance, which won the Festival Prize at the Eureka Springs Digital Film Festival and the Horror Genre Award at ShockFest. Since then he has worked as a screenwriter. Smith's writing credits include the 2007 horror film Vacancy and its prequel, Vacancy 2: The First Cut, and the 2009 Joe Dante film, The Hole. Together with Alejandro González Iñárritu, he co-wrote The Revenant, based in part on the novel of the same name by Michael Punke. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Will Poulter. Shooting began in September 2014. The film was released on December 25, 2015. more…

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