Hotel

Directed by Jessica Hausner
Film Movement
2004
76 Minutes
Austria, Germany
German
Horror, Mystery, Drama
Not Rated
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Irene takes a position at a hotel deep in the woods of the Austrian Alps. She soon discovers that the girl she replaced vanished mysteriously and fears that her life is at stake. A disturbing journey through mystery and anguish reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch, empowered by a very personal vision of terror.

Director & Cast

  • Director: Jessica Hausner
  • Starring: Franziska Weisz
  • Starring: Birgit Minichmayr
  • Starring: Marlene Streeruwitz
  • Starring: Rosa Waissnix
  • Starring: Christopher Schärf

Where to Watch

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Reviews

  • "This is a haunting film about labor, obedience, the invisible presence of passive-aggressiveness as a form of violence, and that odd, intangible spirit of being aware that other people long gone once worked where you now work - that intangible presence of workplace ghosts."
    Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Fangoria
  • "Hotel succeeds in bringing a distinctive sense of menace behind every shadow and closed door, burrowing into the deepest realms of our subconscious and making us think twice about our next hotel booking, lest it be our last."
    Tomas Trussow, The Lonely Film Critic
  • "Writer/director Jessica Hausner scored a notable art-house hit with Lourdes in 2009, but her 2004 psychological horror film Hotel is a frustratingly unrecognized exercise in mystery and tension that lands somewhere between David Lynch and The Shining."
    Eddie Harrison, Film-Authority.com
  • "[A] creepy and effective supernatural thriller. "
    Brian Montgomery, DVDBeaver.com
  • "Hausner’s forays into psychological horror mine the genre’s suspense and creeping disquiet in service to her vision of an irreducibly inexplicable universe, in which strangeness makes incursions into the safety of familiarity, and nobody can ever be known fully. "
    Carmen Gray, British Film Institute
Winner
Grand Prize
Diagonale, Austria
Winner
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film
Leeds Int'l. Film Festival
Nominated
Un Certain Regard Award
Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection
Karlovy Vary Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
Toronto Int'l. Film Festival
Official Selection
BFI London Film Festival
Official Selection
Mar del Plata Film Festival