The Last Inn

Seriously, aside from the absolutely horrible dialogue and wooden acting, the story and creepy visuals are actually pretty good.

Pretend it's stage play, and just enjoy it.

The Last Inn (2021) is a movie that I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows a young lady who unexpectedly arrives at an Inn with little memory of where she came from and where she's going. She runs into another couple and a young man also staying at the inn. They decide to play a board game that seems to unlock the spirits within the house and strange things start happening. Can the new friends put the spirits back in their place or will they all die trying?

This movie is directed by David Kuan (Death is Here 3) and stars Emily Hall (Lumina), Walker Barnes (Butter), Tristan Cunningham (Sleeping with Strangers), Jamel King (Unhinged) and Lauren Peterson (Moxie).

This is one of those movies where the twist at the end was likely written first and then the author had to build a story to get to it, because the end was definitely the best part of the movie. The acting and dialogue were average. The makeup and creation of the horror elements were also mediocre to bad, though some of the props were cool. There is a bathroom scene in here that's perfectly executed and very well done, but shortly after there's a flashback montage and background song that's painful.

Overall, with a little more patience with the writing of the screenplay and a bigger budget this could have been a worthwhile addition to the horror genre; unfortunately, it ends up falling short of its potential. I would score this a 3/10 and recommend skipping it.

While watching this, my heart went out to Emily Hall, who plays Laura. She gives a decent performance considering all the things working against her - namely, her appalling dialogue, unfathomable dubbing (from American into American), the stone-dead pacing, derivative storyline and the performances of all of those around her. Oh, and the ballad accompanying the longed-for finale 100 minutes later.

There is a scene towards the end of 'The Last Inn' involving a priest explaining the entire plot (which seems to be cribbed from 'The Others'), which involves some of the worst acting I have ever seen on film. So bad, it's as if everyone is emoting through a mechanical speech-generating device.

It's as though the dialogue and delivery were translated strictly from another language - possibly Chinese, given that the filming took place mainly at Hengdiah film studios. Remember the old Japanese 1970s 'Godzilla' films from Toho studios, and how they were often let down by poor dialogue and dubbing? That's what this reminds me of.

Elsewhere, the cinematography is very good and nicely lit. There is no skimping on the budget either, because some money has clearly been spent on this. That the results are so off-kilter and odd, ensure that it's a challenge to get to the end, where you can at least get some comfort spotting the spelling errors in the closing credits. Hopefully Emily Hall can put this behind her. My score is 3 out of 10.

Serioys...it's so bad it's a crime not seeing it. Won't say this or that or the other is bad because everything is so really bad. Go-ahead and watch it.

What did I unfortunately just watch ? "Are we there yet" ? Is it almost over ? No ...not yet. It just keeps going. What a script ! Holy smokes ! What a herundous movie. Rated this a 1...because there is no zero .