The Innkeepers is a 2011 horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 written, directed, and edited by Ti West

Ti West

Ti West is an American film director, best known for his work in horror films.- Early life:West was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He was featured in a 2001 Fall issue of Teen People Magazine...

, starring Kelly McGillis

Kelly McGillis

Kelly Ann McGillis is an American actress. Her films include Top Gun, The Accused, and Witness, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.-Career:...

, Pat Healy and Sara Paxton

Sara Paxton

Sara Paxton is an American actress, model and singer. She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004, after playing the title role in the series Darcy's Wild Life and Sarah Borden...

.

Cast

• Sara Paxton
  Sara Paxton
  Sara Paxton is an American actress, model and singer. She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004, after playing the title role in the series Darcy's Wild Life and Sarah Borden...
  
   as Claire
• Pat Healy as Luke
• Kelly McGillis
  Kelly McGillis
  Kelly Ann McGillis is an American actress. Her films include Top Gun, The Accused, and Witness, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.-Career:...
  
   as Leanne Rease-Jones
• George Riddle

Production

In January 2010 Ti West

Ti West

Ti West is an American film director, best known for his work in horror films.- Early life:West was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He was featured in a 2001 Fall issue of Teen People Magazine...

 was named as the director of the MPI/Dark Sky project. Kelly McGillis

Kelly McGillis

Kelly Ann McGillis is an American actress. Her films include Top Gun, The Accused, and Witness, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.-Career:...

, Sara Paxton

Sara Paxton

Sara Paxton is an American actress, model and singer. She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004, after playing the title role in the series Darcy's Wild Life and Sarah Borden...

 and Pat Healy signed on in May of 2010. The film is produced by Derek Curl, Peter Phok, Ti West

Ti West

Ti West is an American film director, best known for his work in horror films.- Early life:West was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He was featured in a 2001 Fall issue of Teen People Magazine...

 and Larry Fessenden

Larry Fessenden

-Life and career:He is president of Glass Eye Pix, an independent film production company based in New York City. Fessenden produced the Dark Sky film The Inkeepers which is directed by Ti West and the thriller Hypothermia, besides his work as producer he stars in the psychological thriller I Can...

 for Dark Sky Films in partnership with Glass Eye Pix

Glass Eye Pix

Glass Eye Pix is an independent film studio based in New York City, headed by producer Larry Fessenden since 1985.-History:Glass Eye Pix is the fiercely independent NYC-based production outfit headed by award-winning art-horror auteur Larry Fessenden Glass Eye Pix is an independent film studio...

. It was shot in Torrington

Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington is the largest city in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the northwestern Connecticut region. It is also the core city of the largest micropolitan area in the United States. The city population was 36,383 according to the 2010 census....

, Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

. West shot several scenes in the actual Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington is the largest city in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the northwestern Connecticut region. It is also the core city of the largest micropolitan area in the United States. The city population was 36,383 according to the 2010 census....

 Yankee Pedlar Inn.

Release

Dark Sky Films set the release for 2011. Ti West

Ti West

Ti West is an American film director, best known for his work in horror films.- Early life:West was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He was featured in a 2001 Fall issue of Teen People Magazine...

 narrated and presented his film on the "Get Lit" Winter Party on 22 December 2010 in The Purple Lounge at The Standard Hotel on the Sunset Strip, Hollywood, California.