The Elk Hotel (2006)

Passion, Drugs, Depression, Identity Fraud, Government conspiracies, Native American myths, a typical night at the Elk Hotel.

Directors:

Daniel Paul Bates, Skye Thorstenson

Writer:

Skye Thorstenson (screenplay)

Stars:

Laurie Bushman, Edisol W. Dotson, Michael Ehrenberg

Cast

Credited cast:
Laurie Bushman	...	Diva
Edisol W. Dotson	...	Agent X
Michael Ehrenberg	...	Agent Y
Andy Gates	...	Eddie (as Andy Freeman)
Dan Higgins	...	Dirty Dan
John Hull	...	Pete Good
Diane Jourdan	...	Singing Woman
Veronica Klaus	...	Betty Good
Mara Luthane	...	Junie Wilde
Sharon Mahoney	...	Doll #1
William Martin	...	Marky
Brandon W. Nash	...	Aunt Patty
Nancy Dobbs Owen	...	Eilleen
Adam Palermo	...	Handsome Man
Alaska Sala	...	Beautiful Woman

Storyline

Passion, Drugs, Depression, Identity Fraud, Government conspiracies, Native American myths, a typical night at the Elk Hotel.

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Plot Keywords:

government conspiracy | hotel | elk | singer | singing | 

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Taglines:

A dirty city soap opera.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Music | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

styptic [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Styptic

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

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Drugs. Drug fueled Sex. Psychic Betty. Homosexual extraterrestrials. A drippy phallic bio-weapon. Aunt Patty's cookies. I remember, but the context is a blur. As the bizarre stories of the residents at the Elk Hotel unfold, the big mystery only deepens. Why is it always night-time? What's the matter with Junie? What is the gaylien agenda? These and many other queries arise but to little resolve, and the viewer becomes doomed to forever walk the halls of the Elk Hotel in search of the answers.

A camcorder anomaly of the ultra-weird, this one is as atmospheric as it is amateurish...imagine David Lynch jiggling his pocket change and magically creating a very dark soap opera. Yeah...it's kinda like that.

More weird than good, but worth a look if your personal cinematic palate is craving a relish of an entirely unnatural flavor. I rather enjoyed its perverse charisma and peculiar metaphysical dreariness.