BBC
Vacancy scores points early on by ignoring the usual safety zones. Antal piles on the suspense with an expert's touch, even coaxing a panting, panicked performance from Beckinsale. Best of all is the helmer's willingness to drag the grubby spirit of '80s video nasties into the sanitised, air-conditioned confines of the multiplex. His grainy snuff showreels - movies within the movie we never get a proper look at - are disturbingly authentic, hinting that Vacancy might be much darker than expected. Of course, it's a red herring and it's not long before Antal's nerve fails him with a spectacular switchback that will have any self-respecting horror fan screaming (at the screen, in disgust)...
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