To me this remake of the original classic is actually better than the original,Tobe Hooper does the directing and producing of this gory slice of horror. Set in Hollywood this movie is about a hotel that was built over 80 years prior to the time frame of where the film is set. Starts out with Sheri Moon buying a paper and going to her hotel room and gets murdered almost instantly. Fast forward a bit and we meet a couple who are moving into the hotel for their time in town because her boyfriend is a practicing Dr. Who has been relocated and is always working,his girlfriend Nell starts hearing strange sounds and seeing strange markings etched into the wall. She sees that the landlord or building super is weird and so is his assistant who does the repairs is also a bit off. She gets creeped out but meets a friend who is always running and she does it everyday like clockwork,she does an online chat thing and the kid across the hall likes to watch her. The girl and Nell are supposed to go running but she disappears,without a trace. The super claims that the building is old and it is Hollywood,people come and go so it is nothing strange. Nell starts searching around and finds out that the bulding was made by a guy who practiced dark arts and black magic. The building was shut down because too many people started dying and it was closed,the girl searches some more and finds out that the guy who built it was never found. She meets a guy with town records and he shows her that their is a hidden room throughout the building,because every floor is missing 1 room that is walled off. She realizes that people keep disappearing and she calls the cops several times and they keep showing up to find nothing,yet the people keep disappearing and the blood is certianly flowing. The boyfriend of Nell is hardly ever in the movie until the end and when he is he keeps saying don't worry. She spots the neighbor kid spying on the girl with his laptop and camera,the markings on the walls are spells to keep him alive. The guy is almost 170 years old and he is into taking bodies from this hotel and killing them in the most violent of ways. Nailgunned to the ceiling,drill to the head,powdered lye on the face of the doorman. A pair of bolt cutters to the spine of the super,people getting sawed in half and dismembered. Trust me this movie is way more brutal,eerie and all around indane than the original version. The movie will not disappoint you,if you are a gorehound or a fan of Tobe Hooper's films or just like the original film you will enjoy this one. The film is amazing,so much vicious images and so many plot twists to keep you entertained and at the edge of your seat. Don't listen to the negative reviews just take the 88 minutes out and watch the film,it will not disappoint. It will keep you guessing until the end,and the ending is insane.