Ti West's "The Innkeepers" is a rare horror film. A well written one that isn't scary for what it is, but for what it implies. There aren't screens covered in gore, or overly creepy ghosts in every shot (there a few, and they are creepy), but what you do get may scare you for other reasons. Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy) are the only employees at a motel on its last weekend of operation, and they are also trying to prove the existence of a ghost who is said to haunt the place. What follows is a tense, underplayed horror movie with long silences, and a compelling mystery. Only the mystery isn't wether or not the hotel is haunted, but if the strange happenings are only in Claire's head. Paxton gives you enough to believe that either are possible, in what can only be described as her best performance to date. More horror movies should take a cue from this one (cough cough "Paranormal Activity").
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