Show more

Bad Times at the El Royale

Summary: 1969. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.

Release Date: October 12, 2018

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Director: Drew Goddard

Writer: Drew Goddard

Runtime: 2 h 21 min

MPAA: R

Production: Goddard Textiles, TSG Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 32,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,839,115

International: $ 14,043,609

Cast

Stars:

Supporting cast:

Other Cast, Production

Other cast:

Production:

Representation

Tags / Keywords

10 years later 1950 studebaker champion 1960s absolution of the dying african american african american woman alzheimer's disease armed robbery armored car robbery armored truck armored truck robbery attache case audio tape bag full of money bar bare breasts beach bedtime prayer betrayal bistate establishment black comedy blood blood on camera lens blood splatter bonfire bottle smashed on head bound and gagged brainwashed woman brass band breaking a bottle over someone's head breaking down a door british actress playing american character brother brother relationship brother killed brutality buckshot bugged room building on fire buried loot california california nevada state line calling home casino catfight child abuse cigarette smoking close up of eyes coffee coin collateral damage concierge confession corpse courtroom criminal cult cult leader danger dark past dark secret dead bodies on a battlefield death death of sister death threat deception dementia desk bell diner disarming someone disfigurement disguised as a priest doctor door chain double barreled shotgun double cross down on his luck downpour drinking coffee drugging a drink duffle bag dutch angle shot early onset alzheimer's disease eavesdropping electronic bug englishman escape escape attempt ex convict f word face mask fake accent false bottom luggage father daughter relationship fbi agent fbi federal bureau of investigation fear female cultist female female fight female full frontal nudity female nudity female singer fight film reel fire fire pit fistfight flashback fragments of glass gagged gang of killers getaway car girl band government surveillance guilt ridden gun gunfight gutted head butt heavy rain heist heist gone wrong held at gunpoint held hostage heroin addict hidden loot hidden money hiding place hiding place beneath floorboards hippie hit with a bottle hitchcockian honeymoon suite hope hostage hot toddy hotel hotel fire hotel floor plan hotel lobby hotel manager hotel room illegal surveillance impalement impersonating a priest impersonating a salesman impersonating a vacuum cleaner salesman insane female cultist iv drug abuse jukebox kicking in a door kidnapping killer cult knife as weapon knife held to throat knocked out knocked unconscious lake tahoe nevada late 1960s lens flare listening device listening to a radio living out of a suitcase long take lounge singer male nudity male protagonist man bound and gagged man hits a woman man murders a woman man tied to a chair man with a beard manipulation masked man masked robber master manipulator memory loss mercilessness metronome money money falling through the air money hidden under floor montage montage over end credits moral dilemma motel room motown sound movie destroyed multiple perspectives multiple storylines multiple versions of same scene murder murder of fbi agent music performance near death experience neo noir nevada news report newscast no opening credits nonlinear timeline on the run one day timespan one night timespan one way mirror overhead camera shot panic paranoia phone booth picking a lock pie pie vending machine pistol place in title place name in title pouring rain power failure prison prison cell prison sentence profanity prologue prying up floorboards psychopath pulling up floor boards punched in the face race against time rainstorm recording studio redemption reference to charles manson reference to darlene love reference to dean martin reference to deep purple reference to j. edgar hoover reference to john f. kennedy reference to mary magdalene reference to president nixon reference to sex tape reference to the isley brothers reference to the rat pack reference to the ronettes reference to the vietnam war rehearsing reno nevada repeated scene repeated scene from a different perspective rescue revenge revolver rolling up a carpet room key rope roulette wheel ruse russian roulette sabotage sabotaging a car sadist sandwich vending machine secret secret passageway secret surveillance seducer sentenced to prison serial killers sharpshooter shootout shot in the back shot in the chest shot in the face shot in the forehead shot in the head shot to death shotgun shotgun blast signing hotel registry singer singing singing in front of a mirror sister sister relationship six word title sniper snow southern accent spinning a coin spool of film stabbed in the stomach stabbing standing in the rain state line stolen money suitcase suitcase full of money sunglasses surprise ending surveillance surveillance equipment survival suspense suspense mystery swinging from a chandelier tarantino esque tattoo taxidermy bighorn sheep taxidermy grizzly bear thunderstorm tied to a chair timeframe 1960s trail of footprints on a beach truck crash tussle undercover agent upbeat ending veteran vietnam flashback vietnam war vietnam war veteran vinyl violence voyeur voyeurism walking in a meadow walking in the rain washington d.c.washington quarter wearing sunglasses to hide black eye wet clothes whiskey wiretapping woman bound and gagged woman sings woman tied to a chair woman wears a wig woman with a black eye woman's wig written by director year 1959 year 1969

Similar Movies

Parental Guide

Global Consensus

Audience Reviews:

Critic Reviews:

Internet Zeitgest:

Comments: