The Innkeepers fingerprintHigh energy, striking style, emotionally cool.
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Mystery and everyday modern life
Solid, not remarkable
Standout sound design
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Innkeepers is tense and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic
Emotionally, it's melancholic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Mystery and everyday modern life
Its world is built around mystery and everyday modern life. It leaves some questions open.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Standout sound design
Look and sound: the sound design stand out.
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Some guests never checked out.
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
The Innkeepers is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Philo, and AMC+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and Fandango at Home Free. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 62/100 (IMDb 5.5, Rotten Tomatoes 81%, and Metacritic 64). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 41 min
The Innkeepers runs 1 h 41 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Innkeepers higher (73) than audiences (52). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $750,000 to make and earned $1 million worldwide, 1.6 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+23GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Innkeepers in 37 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 29 storytelling tropes for The Innkeepers, including Chekhov's Gun, Lovecraft Country, Too Dumb to Live.
5.5
