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Vacancy(2007)

Name: Vacancy
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2007
Duration: 85 min

2007 · Nimród Antal · 85 min

A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.

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Horror · Thriller

6.31.7k votes

TMDB score

4/5

Intensity

2/5

Gore

3/5

Stays with you

How scary is Vacancy?

The story opens slow, with a bickering couple just trying to get through one bad night on a road trip, then flips hard once they find the tapes and the rest of the movie is a tight, nonstop scramble to survive. Most of the fear comes from feeling trapped and watched, with real, physical danger driving things rather than sudden jolts. It stays grounded the whole way through, no ghosts or monsters, just people in a very bad situation with nowhere to run. It's tense and stressful more than gross, good for viewers who like a lean, pressure-cooker thriller.

On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Vacancy rates psychological 3/5, visceral 4/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 4/5.

Psychological: 3 of 5
Visceral: 4 of 5
Gore: 2 of 5
Lingering: 3 of 5
Intensity: 4 of 5

Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn

Slow burnJump scares

Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world

SupernaturalReal-world

Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced

Fun-scaryDisturbing

Intensity over runtime

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A slow, uneasy setup gives way to a relentless back three-quarters that barely lets you breathe once the trouble starts.

Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4.

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