
The big scare in the first half of The Innkeepers is an internet prank that you’ll still jump at it shows how good the film is at creating a pervasive air of dread out of a depopulated lobby, the slightly off reactions of characters who can never flat-out tell each other things that should be obvious, and the old favourite, gathering shadows at the end of an era. Following up his effective The House Of The Devil, Ti West prefers a traditional approach.

Many recent ghost stories, from Insidious to The Woman In Black, try to be like ghost-train rides - rattling through stories to spring as many scares on audiences, and unwary protagonists, as possible.
