Ti West, serving as writer, director, and editor, has such control over his medium that we cannot help but have the bejesus scared out of us.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 11, 2023

...the inn is established as one of the film’s most intriguing characters.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2022

The cast, especially Paxton, is excellent, but the film doesn't quite know how to transition from character study to creepshow.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 7, 2020

It's only really for specific moments that The Innkeepers very obviously feels like a horror film, yet it is effectively creepy.

| Feb 28, 2019

Even so, The Innkeepers is a decent entry in the haunted premises genre, contained and spooky.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 6, 2019

The film's greatest strength lies in the performances from Healy and, in particular, Paxton.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2018

The Innkeepers starts unevenly, but ratchets up the tension until the explosively weird finale. And it will teach you to cover your freakin ears.

| May 23, 2018

It's what your own brain fills in that makes The Innkeepers so chilling and effective, and [Ti] West knows it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 19, 2017

The indie king of the slow-burn horror flick is back, and this time Ti West is bringing along an unexpected dose of wit, warmth, and weirdly effective character-based comedy.

| Aug 26, 2015

What finally sells The Innkeepers is the fact that the payoff really pays off.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 14, 2013

A suspenseful and well-crafted old-fashioned ghost story.

| Original Score: 4.0/5 | Jun 30, 2013

Sometimes all it takes to make a decent little horror film is some good atmosphere and realistic characters.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 23, 2013

Just enough depth of character and place that it's smarter than your average paranormal flick.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 5, 2012

The acting is pretty good, and the characters are interesting, but the screenplay lacks the imagination it takes to elevate this story above the ordinary, predictable level of a common ghost story. It doesn't help this was also done on the cheap.

| Original Score: C | Nov 27, 2012

Entertaining creepy B horror pic.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 21, 2012

When it delivers in horror and scares, it really excels with some shocking special effects and plays on sound effects...

| Nov 16, 2012

Sometimes all it takes to make a decent little horror film is some good atmosphere and realistic characters.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 17, 2012

'A perfectly creepy scarefest with standout performances across the board.'

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 22, 2012

Diverting and certainly worthy of examination; given all these pluses, I'd like to have seen more of West's compelling backstory threaded into his narrative.

| Jul 15, 2012

An enjoyable chiller that isn't afraid to show less.

| Original Score: 3 | Jun 27, 2012