![]() On the floor around the bed, the killer has placed candles and photos of the victims' families and blotted black ink over each their eyes. His hands are also nailed to the headboard, rendering him incapable of moving. Her corpse straddles her still-living lover, a man who has had his tongue and eyes cut out and placed in the ashtray. A woman was fatally impaled through the chest with a spear and her hands are nailed to the headboard. In a different hotel, John Lowe investigates a gruesome murder of two adulterers. Vendela pushes the door and finds Agnetha sprawled and unconscious on the tiles as two children drink her blood. She cannot see Agnetha, but hears some strange suckling noises coming from the bathroom. She ushers them into Room 64, which they "never rent out." Hours pass, and Vendela wakes at 2:25am when the bedside radio switches itself on. Iris informs them that the police are on their way and warns that they will be arrested for evasion if they leave. They are reluctant to follow her, as they both want to leave the hotel right away. The elevator doors open and Iris ushers the girls to another room. ![]() Iris claims ignorance and promises that the girls won't be charged for that room as compensation. The tourists cower in the elevator with Iris and demand to know who the man was. A naked and decrepit man begins to claw his way out, terrifying the screaming girls. The girls step back from the bed and an arm shoots up from the filling. Despite Agnetha's warning about damaging hotel property, Vendela takes a knife and cuts open the mattress to see what lies beneath. When they strip the bed of its sheets, they discover a line of crude stitching running down the length of the mattress. Agnetha works out that the smell is coming from their mattress. A call to Iris proves futile as the receptionist says that the hotel is booked to capacity and refuses to allow them to switch rooms. Returning to their room, she finds Agnetha lighting scented candles because the room reeks of decomposition. As she scoops ice into the bucket, a metallic, clawed glove approaches her shoulder from behind, but is gone when she turns suddenly. She turns back and does a double take as she realizes that the other child has also disappeared. When Vendela follows him, the only person in the hallway is the laundress. Vendela takes a step toward him and he darts around the corner and out of view. He points behind her, and Vendela turns to see a second child. Vendela arrives at a junction in the corridors and notices a small child at the end of the next hall. The laundress notices her stare and tells her that there was a "ghastly" accident in room 51. When Vendela goes to get ice, she encounters a laundress steaming a bloody bed sheet in the hallway. Iris guides the women to their room, and notes that there is no Wi-Fi and that the entire building is a cell phone "dead zone." Without their deposit money, Vendela and Agnetha do not have the money to book a new hotel. Iris is unhappy with this and refuses to give the girls a refund. Vendela turns to Iris and attempts to explain their situation, requesting the return of their deposit. They decide that they are unimpressed with the hotel and that they should look elsewhere for accommodation. Vendela and Agnetha switch to Swedish to have a conversation without Iris understanding. Iris finally emerges to greet them and asks for their reservations. Another moment passes and Vendela grows impatient, ringing the bell another two times. While they wait, the girls muse that the silence and darkness in the reception area is eerie, like a tomb. The check-in counter is vacant, so Agnetha reaches over and presses the service bell. The girls walk inside with their luggage and weave their way through the spotless art deco lobby. ![]() Vendela and Agnetha are surprised and disappointed by this, as the hotel is a lot further away from the attractions than they had been led to believe by the online information. Vendela asks the taxi driver if they are close to Universal Studios, but he tells the girls that it's about ten miles away. On the street outside the Hotel Cortez, a taxi delivers two blonde Swedish tourists. A mysterious tip points him to the enigmatic Hotel Cortez. Detective and family man John Lowe investigates a chain of gruesome murders in Los Angeles. ![]()
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