Hotel Poseidon
A day in the life of reluctant hotel owner Dave, a man troubled by nightmares, his neighbour, his friends and love. Dave’s days and nights blend into each other as he wanders vacantly through the halls of the abandoned and dilapidated Hotel Poseidon, which he inherited from his deceased father. When a young woman knocks on the hotel’s door looking for a room, while Dave’s best friend wants to throw a party in the backroom, and a recurring dream haunts him, a surreal and grisly ordeal is set in motion.
Why it matters
A slow-burning descent into atmospheric dread that fuses psychological horror with decaying urban isolation.
- A character study wrapped in a haunted hotel’s crumbling walls, evoking the liminal spaces of Lynch and early Argento.
- Practical effects and grimy production design create a tangible sense of rot and unease.
- For fans of surreal, dreamlike horror that trades jump scares for creeping disquiet.
- Not for those craving clear-cut scares or fast pacing—this is mood and texture over plot clarity.
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Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
71
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
0
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
85
Survival
17
