Every unsettling knock, ominous shadow, and piercing flash of light is there to yank us into the panic and dread that rushes through Amy and David’s bloodstream like snake venom.

| Nov 26, 2024

Entirely forgettable and predictable, ultimately wasting an otherwise talented cast.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 22, 2023

Vacancy doesn't always deliver. What it does is keep things eerie, uncertain, and tries its best to follow in the vein of the slasher sub-genre.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 3, 2019

The film turns into a regrettable run of the mill horror story. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Oct 19, 2018

But the film does not arouse interest enough to leave you eager to see its possible continuation. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 19, 2018

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Once the fight-for-their-lives plot kicks in, unfortunately named director Nimród Antal keeps the action intense and well paced.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 6, 2010

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 20, 2008

An unpleasant and hardly entertaining creepy horror road movie that comes up as vacant as an empty room.

| Original Score: C- | Sep 30, 2008

[Director Nimrod] Antal does such a good job that you almost overlook the absurdities built into the screenplay.

| Jul 17, 2008

Vacancy is a no-nonsense, no ambition thriller, but sometimes that's more than enough to please.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 4, 2008

Very creepy.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 5, 2007

All things considered, not half bad. Indeed, it's much less than half bad.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 20, 2007

Un pasatiempo eficaz que recupera parte del espíritu de la clase B al servicio de un relato tenso y por momentos perturbador, sin mayores pretensiones.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 8, 2007

Vacancy isn't a commentary, just another graphically violent horror movie, traveling a well-worn path -- urbanites wandering into the countryside and being accosted by rural weirdos.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Aug 4, 2007

It's only in the last act that things begin to get a bit flaky but up till then VACANCY does what it sets out to do without any pretenses.

| Original Score: C | Jul 14, 2007

Vacancy may not be the most wholly original thriller but it has some heart to it and is directed with gritty, old school style by Nimród Antal. Coupled with the good work done by the leads, Vacancy is worth checking into.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 22, 2007

Vacancy is an enjoyable, pleasingly old-fashioned thriller with strong performances and some expertly handled suspense sequences. Recommended.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 15, 2007

This more than slightly familiar scenario doesn't give the principals much scope for acting.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 15, 2007

Vacancy's an audience divider - a predictable yet occasionally classy film. Depending on your mood it's an efficient exercise in popcorn frights, or a cynical B-movie...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 15, 2007