Vacancy 2: The First Cut is a 2009 American horror-thriller and the prequel to 2007's Vacancy. It was directed by Eric Bross and stars Trevor Wright, David Moscow, Agnes Bruckner and Gwendoline Yeo.
Plot
Set years before the first film, the movie takes place in and around the Meadow View Inn, a small roadside motel in rural North Carolina. It starts off with newlyweds driving and the bride wants to have sex in the car, which makes the groom stop. They are then stopped by a man who shows them where the motel is. The manager, Gordon (David Moscow), oversees an operation of using cameras within the motel to videotape the newlyweds having oral sex. Later, a serial killer (Scott G. Anderson) who checks into the motel as simply Smith brutally murders a woman he brought with him in one of the motel rooms. The horrified staff see the whole crime on videotape and then subdue the man. They however do not know what to do with him as they will endanger their operation if they call the police. Smith manages to convince Gordon and his staff to hire him to torture and murder the motel guests on videotape and then sell them as snuff films.
The trucker confirms that this is indeed a functional market and Gordon agrees under the conditions that he is the leader of the operation. Smith mockingly agrees. A couple of days later, a young couple Caleb (Trevor Wright) and Jessica (Agnes Bruckner) and their friend Tanner (Arjay Smith) check into the Meadow View Inn for a night's rest, unaware of the inn's sick-minded employees and their nefarious intentions. As the killers begin to terrorize the hotel guests, it quickly becomes apparent that Smith is a loose-cannon, with no intention of following Gordon's lead. He fashions a crude mask out of wire and proceeds to murder two of the hotel's three guests. They take and kill Caleb, while Jessica and Tanner hide in the woods and then to a nearby house. It is revealed that the man who stopped the newlyweds lives in the house with his wife. It is revealed his name is Otis. They let Jessica and Tanner in. They tell the couple about the killers, but Otis doesn't believe them. Smith and the others come in, telling the man that Jessica and Tanner stole from them, which Otis believes. But his wife does not, as she takes the phone and is about to call the cops. Quickly, Smith shoots Otis then his wife and runs after Jessica and Tanner
They catch both and do tortouous things to Tanner first. Smith calls the others off, since he wants to kill Jessica himself. The others are watching on tape what Smith is going to do. But one of them doesn't want to kill anymore and Gordon says, "We'll call the cops and blame the whole thing on Smith." Smith leaves the room to check on Gordon and the others. Jessica found a way to untie herself. Smith comes back and is about to kill Jessica. But Jessica had a knife she stole from them and stabs Smith in the neck. But Smith didn't die. Jessica escapes and Gordon and the others run to see what happened to Smith. Jessica hides and finds dead bodies. She then finds Caleb dead and Tanner, dying while choking on his blood. Meanwhile, Smith [who took care of the wound] and the others desperatly search for Jessica. One of the staff go to the place where Jessica hid, but she hides under Caleb's body and pushes it upward, causing the employee to die [since it had low ceiling and nails sticking out of it] Jessica takes his gun and goes underwater in the lake. Gordon goes to the lake and searches for her.
Jessica, underwater, pulls out the gun out of the water. Gordon turns around to see it and Jessica pulls the trigger, killing him. Smith hears the gunshot and runs to the lake. Jessica gets out quickly and hides in Smith's trailer. He finds her and tries to stab her, but she gets the torcher and burns him and she runs. The next day, the cops arrive and Jessica tells the story. But they aren't sure of her story.
At another hotel (it is disputed as to whether or not this is the Pinewood Hotel seen in the first film), a badly scarred Smith informs the trucker that he will have the motel up and running in a few weeks just as soon as the cameras are set. Smith gives the trucker the very first snuff film that features one of the guests he murdered at the Meadow View Inn. He tells the trucker that he will burn more copies as soon as he can.
Cast
* Trevor Wright as Caleb
* David Moscow as Gordon
* Agnes Bruckner as Jessica
* Gwendoline Yeo as Bride
* Beau Billingslea as Otis
* Brian Klugman as Reece
* Arjay Smith as Tanner
Soundtrack
64 minutes of music was written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jerome Dillon (Nearly, Nine Inch Nails) with engineer Ryan Kull, in his home studio for the soundtrack.
Release
It was released on January 20, 2009, straight to DVD.Reviews were average and mediocre.
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