Hotel

Directed by Jessica Hausner

Film Movement

2004

76 Minutes

Austria, Germany

German

Horror, Mystery, Drama

Women Directors

Not Rated

Library Pricing:

DVD $150.00

Blu-ray $150.00

PPR $350.00

DRL $499.00

PPR+DRL $599.00

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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.

Cast

Franziska Weisz
Birgit Minichmayr
Marlene Streeruwitz
Rosa Waissnix
Christopher Schärf

Highest Rating
"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
Highest Rating
"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
Highest Rating
"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
Highest Rating
"[A] creepy and effective supernatural thriller. "

Brian Montgomery, DVDBeaver.com
Highest Rating
"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

Gallery

Awards & Recognition

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

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