Rent Hotel (2003)

The Shining meets The Blair Witch made in the style of Hanneke? - Hotel review by AER

Jessica Hausner's Hotel is a superb, chilling little film about a young woman, Irene (Franziska Weisz) who has just begun a new job at a hotel in the Austrian Alps. She has replaced a girl called Eva who went missing, and the police are still investigating the mystery. However, this perceptive woman begins to pick up on some peculiar vibes and odd occurrences seem to stalk her.

The atmospherics are subtle but there is a lot of suggestion that there could be a murderer or something supernatural at play. The film lets you decide, as right up until it's non-ending, it had me gripped. The ending felt like a cop-out though - this one is about the journey. Wonderful performances all round - especially from Weisz.

7 out of 10

A bit dull - Hotel review by NK

This looked like it had been made for an old TV series like Thriller. The protagonist doesn't really give you much reason to care about her and, if there is any kind of sinister threat, it's so subtle that I didn't really notice it. I only kept watching because it was an opportunity to practice my German.