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Vacancy is a 2007 American horror film directed by Nimród Antal and starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson. It was released April 20, 2007, by the distributor Screen Gems. Vacancy 2: The First Cut was released in 2008. Written by Mark L. Smith, and directed by Eric Bross, it serves as a prequel, and focuses on how the motel's employees started their tortures. The film stars Agnes Bruckner and Trevor Wright. Terror Trap (stylized in some countries as Vacancy 3), is a 2010 American horror film written and directed by Dan Garcia. The third film stars David James Elliott, Michael Madsen, and Jeff Fahey, and is similar to the original film in that it also features a couple being terrorized by a motel's owner and his employees while being recorded.
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Three young people check into the Meadow View Inn for a night's rest, fully unaware of the inn's sick-minded employees and their nefarious intentions.