A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Direction
Antal squeezes maximum dread from motel hallways.
Production
The seedy set design deserves its own Yelp review.
Acting
Wilson and Beckinsale sell frayed nerves perfectly.
Director
Nimród Antal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was shot on the same soundstage as the original Psycho motel set, which Antal visited for inspiration.
Released during the torture porn era alongside Saw and Hostel, this was marketed as psychological thriller but rode the wave—yet its 85-minute runtime was a deliberate rejection of bloated horror.
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