Stay in any room you want at The Dolphin Hotel. Except for one.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
John Cusack, Mary McCormack, Samuel L. Jackson |
| Director |
Mikael Håfström |
| Screenplay | Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, from a short story by Stephen King |
| Music | Gabriel Yared |
| Cinematography | Benoît Delhomme |
| Editing | Peter Boyle |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Dimension Films, Di Bonaventura Pictures |
Official Site | IMDB page | CAP Report | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Medium
| Genre | Thriller, horror |
| Language | Moderate strong language |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Frequent, bloody, loud and disturbing |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Frightening scenes are shown, that take place in a haunted hotel room. |
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| Category | Score (-50 to 50) |
|---|---|
| Wanton Violence / Crime | -50 |
| Impudence / Hate | -50 |
| Sexual Immorality | 47 |
| Drugs / Alcohol | -39 |
| Offence to God | -50 |
| Murder / Suicide | 9 |
| Final score | -22 |
Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Zane Henry | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Carina Chocano | 10 | |
| iAfrica.com Lisa Human | 15 |  |
| The Citizen Peter Feldman | 14 | |
| BBC Anna Smith  The eventual ending is certainly thought-provoking, its ambiguity both laudable and frustrating. It's still a slight story, but Cusack's charisma keeps the build-up watchable, and the denoument just the right side of far-fetched. | 10 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli This is the most mature horror movie of the year - far more adult and sophisticated than the tedious Hostel Part II. If you like to be creeped out by movies, this is one to see. It reminds us what it's like to be scared in a theater rather than overwhelmed by buckets of blood and gore. | 15 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Hafstrom wisely takes the path King intended: to plumb the violence of the mind. Heebie-jeebies are guaranteed. | 15 | |
| ScreenItOnly partially works on a superficial level that never really gets under your skin. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 27 critics | 13 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 156 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A genuinely creepy thriller with a strong lead performance by John Cusack. | 16 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 37642 Netizens Surprisingly effective. | 14 | |
Average .. 65% | 13 | |