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The Innkeepers [2011]

Characters: Claire Luke Mrs. Jones/Lee Madeline O'Malley an old man (unnamed) a mother and her son (unnamed) caf staff policemen

Movie Summary:

Shows Mrs. Jones/Lee (left) holding the pendulum and trying to communicate with the spirits while Claire (right) stares at Lee.

It is a story of an inn named The Yankee Pedlar Inn, which is about to close in a few days when a horrible and terrifying event happened on Claire (major protagonist), one of the remaining two staffs of the hotel. Luke is the other innkeeper who managed a website of the inn--telling stories, posting videos and pictures of the history along with horrible, present-day events. Claire became interested on picturing out the reason why Madeline O'Malley, dubbed as the widow of Yankee Pedlar and an 1800s lady who used to celebrate, together with her husband, her honeymoon on Yankee Pedlar Inn; unfortunately, her spirit is still roaming around the inn. And this quest made Claire interested in finding out why. Though scared, Claire continued to know the real story of Madeline O'Mally's tragic death by hanging on the basement of the inn. A known personality Mrs. Jones or preferably Lee checks-in on the hotel. She has a psychic power to communicate with the spirits with her pendulum; she is also able to see the happenings that will happen anytime, unexpectedly. There are only 3 guests on the inn-Mrs. Jones, the mother and son, and an old man, who, ironically, celebrated his honeymoon with his, now dead, wife on same inn. In midst of searching the truth about Madeline O'Malley, Luke pronounced that the website about the inn is just a lie, a set-up , but some of them are true. Claire and Luke started to record in every room the noise activity that might lead them to a voice of Madeline O'Malley. Claire heard some unbearable noises such as crying lady, playing piano, etc; but most of the time, it is hardly static. One time, Luke and Claire decided to include in their personal investigation the down of the basement. As Claire called for the

spirit of Madeline O'Malley to make a sign of her existence within their area through voice, Luke, who wore the device for hearing sounds beyond a man can hear, heard something whispering. He removed the device off his ear and suddenly, Claire saw Madeline O'Malley behind him. Luke ran off and left Claire. Claire immediately came to Lee for help. They went downstairs to the basement where Lee saw an event that would lead to the death of Claire. Lee pronounces that all of them should leave the inn. Claire approached the old man, who happens to be on the 3rd floor, and she sees his dead body swimming in his own blood in the bathtub. She again looked for Lee down the basement if ever she is there, with no proof at all. Downstairs, she saw the dead old man that scared her a lot, and made her scream aloud. She continud on the inside of the basement where she again saw the old man then the hanged lady in white. Until she is trapped inside a room with the lady in white. Claire died. Luke and Lee are the remaining alive then.

Movie Review: First Shot: Pictures of the building of The Yankee Pedlar Inn and its interior from time-to-time Final Shot: Room 214, then banged door The first question I raised about the movie is, "Is this movie bookbased?" since the movie is divided into three (3) chapters, showed directly, which is hardly a property owned by novels and other kinds of books. The chapters are named: (1) The Long Weekend, (2) Madeline O'Malley, and (3) A Final Guest and also an Epilogue. But thanks to the division; this helps me categorize my review about the movie. The first chapter mainly introduces the characters and even the conflict has already been discussed. Some of the information that could be used to contextually and intertextually review the movie are the following (it is up to you to consider this things listed, no actual proof from the writer of the film, but this would probably help you earn a degree of reviewing such movies):

Room 214 claimed by Claire Room 224 of Mrs. Jones/Lee The Yankee Pedlar Inn website Traditional shocking clip of a room with the rocking chair on the center

[Spirits] Only makes them visible to someone alone or shows to a room nearly empty One-eyed cyclops

The first chapter also bags some statements that could be used as quotable quotes: "Optimism is just a higher form of optimism. If you expect nothing from people, then you go through life being pleasantly surprised." (Luke). Even the history of Madeline O'Malley, which is already introduced in the beginning of the movie, is written on the inn's website [not the full text, even exact words are yet to be tested]: "The Yankee Pedlar, a hotel that dates back to the mid 1800s, had seen its fair share of guests, weddings, love, death, and tragedy--but chief among them is the tragic story on Madeline O'Malley--widow of the Pedlar.

Picture of Madeline O'Malley from the Yankee Pedlar Inn's website. Text on the right is a part of her history.

The specific details of her sad story have often been disputed by paranormal scholars and armchair ghosts' hunters alike, but one thing is for sure, she came to the Pedlar as a guest... and she has never left. The 1800s Back in the 1800s , The Yankee Pedlar Inn was a smaller establishment. The second, larger wing had not yet been built. And the Inn was confined to a __?__ set of towers now known as "Corporate Country" that, back in the day, the . . ." The edges that shown on the first chapter that would continue to the succeeding chapters are (maintaining this things in mind would help you to understand better, if not fully, the movie):

Ability of Luke in paranormal activities (but this is very little) There are only two guests this time War-freak attitude of Claire

The piano at the lobby of the inn that plays itself while Claire is wearing the device in her ears.

The second chapter shows extreme and strong movements of characters, such as the discovery of the basement by Claire herself, the recording of noise activities in every room done by Claire, the piano playing by itself heard and even seen by Claire, the forced checking-out of the mother and her son due to Claire's negative attitudes as seen by the mother, etc. Some of the noted things that could help reviewing the movie contextually and intertextually are (take note of the following to help you earn an edge in understanding the movie better than usual watching it):

The mug with the print 'Somebody Has a Case of the Mondays!!!' which could be a possible contextual view

of the inclusion of this in the movie.

Room 225 of the mother and her son (checked-in earlier than Mrs. Jones) Bread for dinner by Luke and Claire in the dining reception of the inn Room 216 owned by Luke Pendulum Necklace of Mrs. Jones Towels asked by Mrs. Jones "Somebody has a case of the Mondays" printed on the mug

But the most noted in chapter two is the first appearance of the ghost (or preferably called spirit by Mrs. Jones) inside the room of Claire while she is sleeping. The third chapter, titled A Final Guest, is kind of inappropriate for title for the last chapter. It is ambiguous in a sense that to whom the final guest pertains to. Though, it may be pertained to the old man, who checks-in the 3rd and the last guest (which everyone would think of as he really is the final guest pertained by the title) but this could be denied by some critics of the movie unless the writer cleared this chapter publicly. The other one could be Madeline O'Malley herself or the spirit roaming around the inn, or Mrs. Jones herself. Some may think this is inappropriate to claim for she stayed in starting the 1800s. However, the role of the old man is unaccountably outdated. He died, then he scares Claire; that's it. In the case of Madeline O'Malley, she is the main antagonist of the movie, she not just scare but she killed. Same as with Mrs. Jones, though she is the second to the last guest checked-in, it would be necessary to temporarily eliminate the old man and make Mrs. Jones the final guest. She helps Claire in communicating with the spirit and above all, she is the one who sees Claire's destiny to death. Some points in reviewing the movie contextually and intertextually:

Room 353 of the old man Ironic comeback of the old man to the same room where he and his wife have their honeymoon celebration Room 353 is the room featured on one of the inn's website videos which shows the banging of its door by itself. 2nd appearance of the spirit on Room 353 Dead body of the old man in his bathtub with his own blood Cracked crystal of the pendulum 3rd and Final appearance of the spirit at the basement

An up-close image of the spirit of Madeline O'Malley wherein she scares Claire at the basement. The main point why Claire died.

The epilogue reveals that Claire died in the basement. There is no actual proof how she died or how she is killed, but it could be some sort of sameness in the death of the old man, which is also unclear--but at least, it helps to connect. It also shows Mrs. Jones inside Claire's room standing before the window during the make-up of the police in the inn. Luke and Mrs. Jones go with the police for further questioning, and the inn was left alone with no human life inside, except for the living of the dead people. (by daveyfc16) *Follow me on Twitter. @ardiealonzo *Find me on Facebook, then subscribe. Robert Dave Alonzo *Find me on Google+, then add me to your circle. Robert Dave Alonzo