Sara Paxton to Star in Ti West’s ‘The Innkeepers’
by Marc Patterson
We just got notification moments ago that Sara Paxton will be taking the lead in Ti West’s upcoming haunted hotel flick, The Innkeepers. Of course horror fans know Sara Paxton from the remake of Last House on the Left, where she took on the infamous role of Mari, the used and abused daughter. (She also played a really cute mermaid in Aquamarine. – Sorry but I have kids…)
The Innkeepers is centered around the final two employees working in a haunted hotel before it goes out of business. After over one hundred years in business, The Yankee Pedlar Hotel is about to close its doors for good. The last remaining clerks, Claire (Sara Paxton), a twenty something that has come to terms with her lot in life, and Luke (Pat Healy), a computer-smart loner, are convinced that the hotel is haunted and are determined to prove it. As time ticks down to the final days of operation, mysterious guests check in including Leanne Rease-Jones (Kelly McGillis), a former TV actress turned psychic, and an old man insistent on staying in room 353. As several strange occurrences begin to add up, both Claire and Luke must make the crucial decision on what to believe and what not to believe…
While we don’t know much more about the film we do know this – Ti West knows how to make a good atmospheric slow boiler. The Innkeepers should be no different as it’s coming at us from Dark Sky Films, a production company who has a reputation for churning out some high quality horror, and who was also behind the release of last years House of the Devil.
Here’s an interesting fact for you all… The shoot will be taking place at The Yankee Pedlar Inn in Connecticut, a hotel long known for being haunted in real life. (Perhaps there’s a Cinematic Haunts article in here somewhere?)
The film will also star Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis and George Riddle among others.
Source: Dark Sky Films
