The Innkeepers [2011]

Characters: Claire
                     Luke
                     Mrs. Jones/Lee
                     Madeline O'Malley

                     an old man (unnamed)
                     a mother and her son (unnamed)
                     café staff
                     policemen

           First Shot: Pictures of the building of The Yankee Pedlar Inn and its interior from time-to-time
           Final Shot: Room 214, then banged door

Shows Mrs. Jones/Lee (left) holding the pendulum and
trying to communicate with the spirits while Claire
(right) stares at Lee.

            It is a story of an inn named The Yankee Pedlar Inn, which is about to close in a few days when a horrible and terrifying event happened on Claire (major protagonist), one of the remaining two staffs of the hotel. Luke is the other innkeeper who managed a website of the inn--telling stories, posting videos and pictures of the history along with horrible, present-day events. Claire became interested on picturing out the reason why Madeline O'Malley, dubbed as the widow of Yankee Pedlar and an 1800s lady who used to celebrate, together with her husband, her honeymoon on Yankee Pedlar Inn; unfortunately, her spirit is still roaming around the inn. And this quest made Claire interested in finding out why. Though scared, Claire continued to know the real story of Madeline O'Mally's tragic death by hanging on the basement of the inn. A known personality Mrs. Jones or preferably Lee checks-in on the hotel. She has a psychic power to communicate with the spirits with her pendulum; she is also able to see the happenings that will happen anytime, unexpectedly. There are only 3 guests on the inn--Mrs. Jones, the mother and son, and an old man, who, ironically, celebrated his honeymoon with his, now dead, wife on same inn.

           In midst of searching the truth about Madeline O'Malley, Luke pronounced that the website about the inn is just a lie, a set-up , but some of them are true. Claire and Luke started to record in every room the noise activity that might lead them to a voice of Madeline O'Malley. Claire heard some unbearable noises such as crying lady, playing piano, etc; but most of the time, it is hardly static. One time, Luke and Claire decided to include in their personal investigation the down of the basement. As Claire called for the spirit of Madeline O'Malley to make a sign of her existence within their area through voice, Luke, who wore the device for hearing sounds beyond a man can hear, heard something whispering. He removed the device off his ear and suddenly, Claire saw Madeline O'Malley behind him. Luke ran off and left Claire. Claire immediately came to Lee for help. They went downstairs to the basement where Lee saw an event that would lead to the death of Claire. Lee pronounces that all of them should leave the inn. Claire approached the old man, who happens to be on the 3rd floor, and she sees his dead body swimming in his own blood in the bathtub. She again looked for Lee down the basement if ever she is there, with no proof at all. Downstairs, she saw the dead old man that scared her a lot, and made her scream aloud. She continud on the inside of the basement where she again saw the old man then the hanged lady in white. Until she is trapped inside a room with the lady in white. Claire died. Luke and Lee are the remaining alive then. (daveyfc16)

       

Picture of Madeline O'Malley from the Yankee Pedlar
Inn's website. Text on the right is a part of her history.

The piano at the lobby of the inn that plays itself while
Claire is wearing the device in her ears.

An up-close image of the spirit of Madeline O'Malley
wherein she scares Claire at the basement. The main point
why Claire died.

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