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With their spooky, isolated atmospheres and intriguing histories, hotels and motels have long been the ideal place for horror to thrive. These eerie settings constitute the backdrop for some of the most well-known horror movies, including Psycho’s Bates Motel and The Shining’s haunted Overlook Hotel. Here are a few of the most terrifying horror films set in hotels and motels, where the visitors almost never leave alive.

Psycho (1960)
96% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.5/10 on IMDb
Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is set at the isolated Bates Motel, owned by Norman Bates, whose dark dual nature is even more scary than the desolate, peaceful highway it is situated on.

1980’s The Shining
84% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.4/10 on IMDb
With its spectral occupants and a Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) driven insane, the Overlook Hotel is one of the most memorable horror movie locations ever. The Overlook is a terrifying maze of hedges and its terrifying twins—a nightmare shrouded in majesty.

1990’s The Witches
93% on Rotten Tomatoes and 6.8 on IMDb
Despite being a children’s dark fantasy, the picture features a group of witches gathering at the magnificent Hotel Excelsior, which is actually the Headland Hotel, with a chilling plot that will chill any viewer.

1408 (2007)
79% on Rotten Tomatoes and 6.8/10 on IMDb
1408, which is based on a short fiction by Stephen King, depicts a cynical writer who is looking into paranormal activities at the Dolphin Hotel. Anyone could be convinced that some locations are best left undiscovered by the horrors in room 1408.

Parts Private (1972)
IMDb rating: 6.5 out of 10.
In this little-known masterpiece, the King Edward Hotel on Skid Row in Los Angeles turns into a site of obsession and psychological terror. It’s a sinister and dark read for lovers of classic suspense novels.

The Night (2020)
79% on Rotten Tomatoes and 5.5/10 on IMDb
This Iranian-American psychological thriller creates a cramped nightmare as a couple confronts evil powers while imprisoned overnight using the actual Hotel Normandie in Los Angeles.

Self-Awareness (2003)
63% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.3/10 on IMDb
Ten strangers are forced into the Desert Valley Motel by a downpour, but what should be a safe haven suddenly becomes a death trap when the visitors start dying one by one for unknown reasons.

2005’s The Devil’s Rejects
55% on Rotten Tomatoes and 6.7/10 on IMDb
The graphic horror film directed by Rob Zombie centers on a family of murderers who are holed up at the Kahiki Palms Motel. As they carry on with their vicious spree, the tension grows.

Unoccupied (2007)
55% on Rotten Tomatoes and 6.2/10 on IMDb
This thriller, starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson, capitalizes on everyone’s fear of being stuck at a haunted motel with evil personnel and secret cameras capturing the horrors that happen.

Inn (2005)
59% on Rotten Tomatoes and 5.9/10 on IMDb
When a party of backpackers checks into a hostel in the Czech Republic, they find a terrible torture ring that targets travelers. This very graphic film has permanently changed the way that travelers view inexpensive lodging.

These films, with their spooky atmospheres, evil proprietors, and mysterious forces that make an indelible stamp on film history, demonstrate just how terrible even a seemingly routine night away from home can be. do more than merely shock audiences; they make them face uncomfortable realities about people, the world, and themselves. These eighteen films are as difficult to watch as they are to forget, whether they are questioning the conventions of filmmaking or providing sobering commentary on the state of the world.d.