Rent Hotel (2003)
2.9 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 13min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- When Irene takes a position at a hotel deep in the woods of the Austrian Alps, she soon discovers the girl she replaced vanished without a trace. Is there a murderer on site, or are there even darker forces at work?
- Actors:
- Franziska Weisz, Birgit Minichmayr, Marlene Streeruwitz, Rosa Waissnix, Christopher Schärf, Peter Strauss, Regina Fritsch, Alfred Worel, Robert Birkner, Thomas Frank, Hakon Hirzenberger
- Directors:
- Jessica Hausner
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Drama, Horror
- Collections:
- Top 10 Guest Houses On Film
- Countries:
- Austria
More like Hotel
Reviews (1) of Hotel
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
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.