Definitely the worst horror movie of the year i have seen.. Not only the script but the acting and plot it was all too predictable.. I also feel bad for the actors. But what i mostly did not like was that movie theaters do play these movies. It feels like you are being ripped off. Lately i see a lot more of movies from where i wonder why do they play these movies. Is it because they can buy these movies for less money and makeup for some losses? Because i bought a ticket i cannot return. Anyway this movie does not belong in the theater.. However sometimes i am happy they still make these kind of movies because than i know that there is still hope for me and my movies. Any way thank you for listening - i will for sure recommend this movie as a "bad movie". I hope the director will do well next time.

This film was re-titled "Haunted Motel" when it was shown in local theaters. This actually was already a warning that this is going to be one lousy film. I should have taken that warning."Haunted Motel" starts with a tragic accident when a little girl was suddenly run over by a speeding car. Her shocked parents could do nothing but helplessly wail by the roadside in front of their motel (called the Round the Bend Motel). This scene shot in dramatic sepia is the best of the whole film (worth a star on its own). Everything else fell to pieces after that.Several years later, a group of five young people meet a car accident and were forced to spend the night at an abandoned roadside motel. And, as all horror films of this type go, we see the members of the group get killed off one by one, apparently by a ghostly little girl. Of course, the explanations come at the end, but by that time, you don't even care if you completely get it or not.During all this time, we get a convoluted and confusing sequence of inexplicable events, told with absolutely no sense of dread or terror at all. Even the ghostly little Angela looked so pasty and fake, you don't really get scared by her. All the characters (a drug addict, a masochist, a rapist, a pregnant teen and her clueless friend) were very thanklessly unlikable, and the actors portraying them did not exactly rise above mediocrity of the material.This is a generic B-horror film all the way. No redeeming factors either in the story, technical or in the acting departments. This is tolerable only if you have nothing else to watch, but keep your expectations real low.

*** This review may contain spoilers ***"No Tell Motel" is a classic horror movie about young teens getting stranded on the beaten path. Director Brett Donowho takes the mix of careless teens that are out for adventure, and places them in a haunted abandoned motel. Unsuspecting to them at first, they are soon plagued by the ghosts that haunt the motel.Donowho creates depth in each character by giving some back story through the movie. From an ex-jock troubled with a drug addiction to a girl hiding her newly found pregnancy from her lover. I had initially believed that this was only to create "likeability" or a way to connect to the characters, but the back story becomes the baseline of the "twist" that was later revealed in the movie.The film is set in modern times and of course as with any horror movie, implicitly cellphone reception was no where to be found. This is where this movie had its faults. In some parts of the movie, you have read the subtle hints. The acting also seemed very cut and dry. The dialog was very laid back and some parts even seem impromptu. At certain points of the movie I found myself saying, "Wait, where's the emotion? Didn't their friend just die?" The director also fails in my book by just rushing from scene to scene. From teen to teen, it seemed like a crash course to get them out of the way."No Tell Motel" lacks in acting and development of the characters. The "scream factor" is there with its dark and confined situations. At certain points of the movie, I did pull towards the edge of my couch, but not too often. The camera angels where pretty straight forward and dead on to the actors. There where no noticeable signature shots that jumped out such as low angels, close-ups, and panning. And the music and ambiance really just relied on the silent creeks and crashes that where meant to startle the viewer. The story overall is just a regurgitation of a horror baseline with a different twist. This movie almost reminded me of a hybrid of the movie Wrong Turn.

So I have no idea what happens during the last ten minutes or so... my flash crashed while I was watching this. I just picked some random movie to watch online and munch on my snacks, but this turned out to be really good, even joined IMDb to review this. So, please if anyone would do a whole synopsis thing, to know what happens at the end? I jumped a one time or two. Children are the spookiest thing I know from scary movies, and in a way this is like Pet Sematary where it isn't the cat that gets to die. It is very dark and looming filmed all the way and I like that. It is not all happening in the dark though like some films are way too dark. So I was thinking whether the acting is 'right' for this kind of movie, but mostly you are inside the characters. This could be a predictable film! But you have to just cast this aside like the kids do with that swing that swings by itself, while talk hotheadedly about something...