The Hotel Manor Inn

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The Hotel Manor Inn
Directed byWayne Chesler
Written byWayne Chesler
Produced byWayne Chesler
Starring John Randolph
Sam Trammell
Burke Moses
Jennifer Corby
CinematographyMichael McCurry
Edited byWayne Chesler
Michael McCurry
Music byAlan Schwartz
Production
company
Manor Films
Distributed by50th Street Films
Release date
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Hotel Manor Inn is a 1997 American film written and directed by Wayne Chesler and starring John Randolph, Sam Trammell, Burke Moses and Jennifer Corby.

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Cast

Release

The film was released at the Quad Cinema on March 28, 1997. [2] It was also among the films that screened at the inaugural Long Island International Film Expo. [3]

Reception

Stephen Holden of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "This hopelessly flat, unfunny spoof of tabloid television and hotel management doesn't even generate a tingle." [2]

Lisa Nesselson of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Creepy and offbeat enough to sustain interest without devolving into gratuitous violence or gore, this low-key horror pic is at least as suspenseful as the remake of Diabolique , although the body count is higher." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Nesselson, Lisa (August 12, 1996). "The Hotel Manor Inn". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Holden, Stephen (March 28, 1997). "The Hotel Manor Inn". The New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2022. Wayne Chesler's comedy "The Hotel Manor Inn," which opens today at the Quad Cinema...
  3. https://longislandfilm.com/archives/