A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades, but when renovations start, a series of murders take place.A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades, but when renovations start, a series of murders take place.A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades, but when renovations start, a series of murders take place.
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- 1 win & 2 nominations total
Marco Rodríguez
- Luis Saucedo
- (as Marco Rodriguez)
Christopher Doyle
- Coffin Baby
- (as Chris Doyle)
Alan Polonsky
- Philip Sterling
- (as Allan Polonsky)
Sheri Moon Zombie
- Daisy Rain
- (as Sheri Moon)
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- TriviaChristian Bale stated in an interview that he tried hard to contact Tobe Hooper for the role of Steven Barrows and even personally recorded and sent a screen test of himself, but was never called back. He instead focused on scoring the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Begins (2005).
- GoofsWhen the killer reappears through the window he enters making a spectacular jump, even there is not enough space behind the window to execute it, as it is shown after he falls down.
- Quotes
Byron McLieb: I just wanted to welcome you guys. I know it's a bit of a shock with all the hub-bub and emergency personel, but we're really a quiet building... Did I give you the storage key?
- Crazy creditsEvery years thousands of people come to Hollywood to pursue their dreams. Some succeed. Some move back home... And some just disappear.
- Alternate versionsThe US release was heavily censored to get an "R" rating rather than an "NC-17". The following scenes were edited:
- The "drill kill" of the girl in the apartment was about 20-30 seconds longer, showing much more blood fly out of the back of her head, and the drill going all the way through her mouth. After the killer retracts the drill, he then begins drilling again into her head. Also, this scene is well-lit as opposed to the darkened version in the "R" rated cut.
- The man getting his head sawed in half; this scene was much longer. More blood and grue flies out as the killer saws, and the aftermath of the top half of the man's head being ripped off was shown, and the camera lingers longer on it when it hits the ground.
- The man being strapped to the table and killed was a bit longer. There were more hits with the hammer, more screams from the man, and a better view of the powder being poured on his head. A more grisly after-view of the man's lye-laden head was present afterward.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Top 10 Worst Top 10's (2013)
- SoundtracksCalifornia (Back To Hell)
by Shithead
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I like bad horror movies. But at the end of this film I was left with a "huh?" resounding in my brain. Just unanswered questions:
1.) The old guy, Charlie (?). How did he know about the killer? Why was he allowed to live?
2.) The killer- okay so he "clawed his way" out of his mother's body. Then what? He was in a fire? He drank Ponce de Leon's fountain of youth juice? Whats with the face and the homicidal tendencies?
3.) Why was Ned and Byron allowed to live so long?
4.) Did Saffron eventually die, nailed to the ceiling? Or was she finished off later on?
5.) If there was no apartment 4 on any floor, why did they make their attempts to "hide" that so obvious? Why not just make the former #5 apartments #4's?
6.) Why doesn't Angela Bettis eat?
I just wish we had more of an understanding of the killer, instead of some quickly thrown in nonsense about a "pagan" spell (and once again spreading the negative stereotype of the pentagram). And what did the symbols have to do with anything? It seemed that she was following a map, but it looked to me like she was just finding the symbols and looking at them.
1.) The old guy, Charlie (?). How did he know about the killer? Why was he allowed to live?
2.) The killer- okay so he "clawed his way" out of his mother's body. Then what? He was in a fire? He drank Ponce de Leon's fountain of youth juice? Whats with the face and the homicidal tendencies?
3.) Why was Ned and Byron allowed to live so long?
4.) Did Saffron eventually die, nailed to the ceiling? Or was she finished off later on?
5.) If there was no apartment 4 on any floor, why did they make their attempts to "hide" that so obvious? Why not just make the former #5 apartments #4's?
6.) Why doesn't Angela Bettis eat?
I just wish we had more of an understanding of the killer, instead of some quickly thrown in nonsense about a "pagan" spell (and once again spreading the negative stereotype of the pentagram). And what did the symbols have to do with anything? It seemed that she was following a map, but it looked to me like she was just finding the symbols and looking at them.
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- Terror en el piso 13
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- $187,910
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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