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Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

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  • 20212021
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  • 3h 40m
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Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
For nearly a century the Cecil Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles has been linked to some of the city's most notorious activity, from untimely deaths to housing serial killers. In 2013 college student Elisa Lam was staying at the Cecil when she vanished, igniting a media frenzy and mobilizing a global community of internet sleuths eager to solve the case. Lam's disappearance, the latest chapter in the hotel's complex history, offers a chilling and captivating lens into one of LA's most nefarious settings.
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College student and tourist Elisa Lam vanishes, leaving behind all of her possessions in her hotel room. The Cecil Hotel grows in infamy.College student and tourist Elisa Lam vanishes, leaving behind all of her possessions in her hotel room. The Cecil Hotel grows in infamy.College student and tourist Elisa Lam vanishes, leaving behind all of her possessions in her hotel room. The Cecil Hotel grows in infamy.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
18K
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POPULARITY
5,520
338
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    • Stars
      • Tim Marcia
      • Amy Price
      • Greg Kading
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      • Tim Marcia
      • Amy Price
      • Greg Kading
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    • 757User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Videos8

    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel: The Cecil Hotel Manager
    Clip 2:10
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel: The Cecil Hotel Manager
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel: Who Was The Real Elisa Lam?
    Clip 3:19
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel: Who Was The Real Elisa Lam?
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:55
    Official Trailer
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel: Season 1
    Trailer 1:09
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel: Season 1
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel (Spanish/Spain Trailer 1 Subtitled)
    Trailer 1:55
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel (Spanish/Spain Trailer 1 Subtitled)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel (German Trailer 1 Subtitled)
    Trailer 1:56
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel (German Trailer 1 Subtitled)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel (Dutch Trailer 1 Subtitled)
    Trailer 1:55
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel (Dutch Trailer 1 Subtitled)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel (French Trailer 1 Subtitled)
    Trailer 1:55
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel (French Trailer 1 Subtitled)

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    Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
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    Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
    Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)

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    Tim Marcia
    Tim Marcia
    • Self - LAPD Homicide Detective (Ret.)
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Amy Price
    Amy Price
    • Self - Former Cecil Hotel Manager
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Greg Kading
    Greg Kading
    • Self - LAPD Homicide Detective (Ret.)
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Josh Dean
    Josh Dean
    • Self - Journalist
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    John Lordan
    John Lordan
    • Self - YouTuber
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    John Sobhani
    John Sobhani
    • Self - Web Sleuth
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Kim Cooper
    Kim Cooper
    • Self - LA Historian, Esotouric
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Santiago Lopez
    Santiago Lopez
    • Self - Former Cecil Hotel Employee
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Doug Mungin
    Doug Mungin
    • Self - Skid Row Historian
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Kenneth Givens
    Kenneth Givens
    • Self - Former Cecil Resident
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Artemis Snow
    Artemis Snow
    • Elisa Lam
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Steve Gamble
    Steve Gamble
    • Websleuth
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Viveca Chow
    Viveca Chow
    • Elisa Lam Recreation
    4 episodes4 eps • 2021
    Kiwi Kimii
    Kiwi Kimii
    • Self - YouTuber
    3 episodes3 eps • 2021
    Stephanie Harlowe
    Stephanie Harlowe
    • Self - YouTuber
    3 episodes3 eps • 2021
    Lily Darragh Harty
    Lily Darragh Harty
    • Self - YouTuber
    3 episodes3 eps • 2021
    Jim McSorley
    Jim McSorley
    • Self - Detective Sergeant, Los Angeles
    3 episodes3 eps • 2021
    Judy Ho
    Judy Ho
    • Self - Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychologist…
    3 episodes3 eps • 2021
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    • Trivia
      The Hotel Cecil was partly the inspiration for the Hotel Cortez in American Horror Story: Hotel.
    • Connections
      Featured in WhatCulture Horror: 10 Horror Movies That Eerily Came True (2021)

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    4/10
    The art of padding.
    All I can say is the trailer that Netflix produced for this was incredible, it drew me right in, you're sold the mystery of the infamous Cecil Hotel.

    There's the side of it that really is tragic, the story of poor Elisa Lam, the scenes of her grieving family, and that pretty awful moment where she's last seen alive.

    Part of me finds the whole thing a little tasteless, the poor girls story is sensationalised beyond belief, and some of the interviewees maybe should have had a bit more consideration for poor Elisa.

    It's well made, it's well produced, but at just under four hours...... It could have been told in one, they really did drag this one out.

    Very slow, pretty boring, and slightly tasteless I thought.

    Poor, 4/10.
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    • Release date
      • February 10, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Netflix Site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Hiện Trường Vụ Án: Vụ Mất Tích Tại Khách Sạn Cecil
    • Production companies
      • Imagine Documentaries
      • RadicalMedia
      • Third Eye Motion Picture Company
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      3 hours 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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