The first Vacancy is a really solid horror movie. It’s got a 6.2 on IMDB, which is equivalent to about a 7.7 on any other genre. I was really surprised, since I would get it mixed up with Joy Ride in my head.
This sequel is not quite up to the tension of the first movie, since the first one played with a lot more mystery. In this one, the villains have a much more interesting dynamic, since it focuses on two clerks, both of whom are just sleazy. The market for the covert amateur porn they film is drying up. A man comes to their hotel and uses the room as the setting to kill a prostitute. The clerks confront him, and decide that they will work with him to film snuff videos, which will sell much better.
The most interesting aspect to this is the dynamic between the clerks and the killer, as the killer takes control of the situation, makes his own rules, and winds up taking over the operation. I wish they had gone a little further down this road, but it’s otherwise a by-the-numbers dead teenager movie. It’s not too bad. There are a few twists I didn’t see coming, but it’s not an especially interesting movie.
There’s one element that surprised me, especially because it didn’t seem to have much of a purpose. The girl is pregnant, but there doesn’t seem to be much of a reason for this. No change to the plot. It’s entirely backstory.
It does make me think I might try to find the first one again.
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