The Innkeepers

• Genre: Thriller
• Director: Ti West
• Stars: Sarah Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis
• Rate: ** 1/2

Paranormal webmaster Luke and fellow hotel staffer Claire want proof that the 100-year-old Yankee Pedlar Inn, New England’s most notorious “haunted hotel,” lives up to its name before it closes for good. On the last night, they set up to record whatever happens when a psychic and an old man check in. A long, slow build focusing on friendship finally pulls out of the gate – and poof! It’s over. More buddy film than horror.