Dante's Hotel

Preparing to throw a New Year's Eve party, an event planner planning a lavish celebration finds that a series of disappearances are part of a regular pattern of events happening at the hotel where a figure arrives and murders guests forcing her and a guest who knows the truth to try to stop it.

This one wasn't too bad of a genre effort and has some rather likable elements present. One of the finer aspects of this one is the rather fun setup present which makes for a really fun time here. With the initial background of the curse haunting the specific hotel where the series of murders repeats every decade or so, the connection between this and the figure staying at the hotel that's continually involved in the crime sprees every time but no one can do anything about it provides a wholly intriguing and rather solid background for everything. The resulting rampage that occurs here at the party as it sets out carrying out the curse at the location once again while the others try to find out what's going on with the disappearing bodies while investigating the possible connections is all handled incredibly well here serving up an immensely fun storyline. That gets the film setup for the series of supernatural-tinged rampages that take place as a means of featuring the cloaked figure acting as a slasher-type being. The incidents being made to look like suicides or accidents before realizing that the figure is running around doing everything gives everything a great touch as there's some fine suspenseful stalking at play throughout here. The exaggerated nature of the killers' powers generates a great series of confrontations here including the attack on the couple who sneak into the party, a fantastic ambush on a couple partaking in a pool game, or the chilling encounter with the family guests who arrive at the hotel which all manage to bring about some thrilling motivations for everything on top of the great action utilized to make it come to life. As they finally learn the truth about the killer and how it all ties together with his past coming in to explain how it all works, this comes to a fantastic finale where everything comes into fine form featuring some great gore, some surprising revelations, and a nice sense of fun to make for a great time here. There are a few minor issues here that bring this down. The main drawback to be had here is the incredibly illogical way the finale spreads out the reveal of everything regarding the killer. While the setup for the most part works quite well due to the setup, that only highlights how little this starts to make sense with the history of the location and the events at play. The series of events takes place in a recognizable and clear-cut pattern yet what happens here is seen as something that really only makes sense if the individual in question isn't an undead lord of space and time they literally figure it as so this whole section is a bit underwhelming. As well, some of the low-budget limitations in the wonky CGI does become a bit of an issue here but not enough to be as detrimental as the other factor.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

A pretty stupid story but it has a decent foundation. You can easily see they had an idea then actually had to write a script around it. It reminded me a lot of the straight-to-rentals of the late 90's but that's not a bad thing. The deaths in the movie seem just written in to have a death but for the most part they're pretty cool. The antagonist has a pretty good look and then he talks and the dialogue is comical. The acting, cinematography, effects, sound design, and lighting are pretty good and it doesn't have that poor low budget look like a lot of movies shot on a low budget. I watch a lot of horror and most of it is pretty terrible so I actually do recommend this if you're looking for something different and kinda fun to watch.

I was not familiar with this 2023 horror movie from Tubi and The Asylum. But with it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to give the movie a fair chance, as I happened to stumble upon it here in 2025.

Initially I have to say that the fact that it was a Tubi movie didn't exactly have me harboring the biggest of expectations. But I will say that writers Anthony C. Ferrante and William C. Martell actually put together a fair enough script and storyline. Sure, it wasn't exactly a revolutionary script in terms of horror movies go, but it was definitely entertaining enough for what it turned out to be.

Something that did impress me about "Dante's Hotel" was the cast ensemble. There were a lot of familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of Moon Bloodgood, Ted Raimi, Judd Nelson, Ken Davitian and Emilio Rivera. It should be noted that the acting performances in the movie were fair.

The effects in the movie were actually good, and that certainly helped adding to the overall enjoyment of the movie.

All in all, "Dante's Hotel" was a surprise of a movie. And it is one that I would actually recommend, if you enjoy a good old fashioned supernatural horror movie.

My rating of director Anthony C. Ferrante's 2023 horror movie "Dante's Hotel" lands on a six out of ten stars.

For some reason Tubi original horror movies aren't pure garbage.

This one is actually an attempt of an interesting plot hook combo'd with a slasher.

Overall, there's a lot to like about this one, like some decent practical effects and set pieces.

However the direction and acting really hurt this film.

For one the acting (except Raimi and the male lead) is pretty bad. I'm not sure if the direction was just terrible: the cops constantly go into rooms with their guns out regardless of what is happening and they do so in the most exaggerated and ridiculous fashion.

The CG at parts is also really hit or miss. Some parts are well done, others look like flat renders someone made in 10 minutes.

The ending was also a bit of a let down. Really liked the hook but the resolution was really cliche.

Overall, give it a go if you want to see some decent shlock horror that tries to elevate it with an unusual story.

Certainly not the greatest quality movie. There were a number of editing errors and line mistakes by actors. It could have almost moved to comedy/horror due to the actual concept of the movie.

It was a joy to see Judd Nelson on screen again and his quirky character was probably the most quality performance in the whole movie.

The character and setting development was a high point. Who doesn't love a good old haunted hotel kind of movie and the back story on the main characters kept me watching.

A really great story which could have been better done with a higher budget I'm sure. A good watch if there is nothing else on and you love the horror genre.