leave off without off seasonafter have drive to the viking hotel in portland ( me ) from manhattan during the off season and a playwright and his girlfriend settle in to their new home only to find strange thing abound . they both begin to experience the strange thing and yet neither seem interested in reveal those experience to each other for no good reason . the oddity soon take a toll on their relationship physically manifest mainly against the girlfriend ( probably because she doesn not walk around in the hotel room naked like any respectable b horror actress should ) . she suffer dearly get the paranormal flu ( who know the afterlife be so unsanitary . ) and boot from her job ( a a part time librarian . ) and dump by the boyfriend ( for the company of the day drink town hooligan while a guy that hang out across the street from the hotel and flip off the manager when confront oooooh . scary ) and and a sweltering shiner ( beware of the dangerous library book ) . no worry for her though because a dead relative that talk through the answering machine ( only after the beep ) to her will help guide her through the advance of dirty old men wield small cactus and long haired freaky wet men cower in the shower ( do not get hop up for any nudity . ) and and homicidal book smack psycho chick . our heroine triumph in the end write her own best seller expose the exploit of another best selling novelist that co incidentally live in the same hotel before she arrive . believe me when i say i be make this movie sound good than it be . it be an incredibly bad movie that attempt weakly to capture small town colloquialism by spin them into a yarn of mystery and horror ( which it doesn not ) . the problem be the writing and the direction . the plot be almost impossible to follow ( not in a good way ) and be fill with a myriad of ridiculousness ( would the maker of this movie please decide if it be cold or warm or what be the actual weather pattern in portland during the off season . sheez . ) . for the psychological thriller fan and the story be not tight and the character hold no interest . for the b horror fan and this movie be miss all the element no gratuitous nudity and no slashing and and no chasing . the only scream be come from the people that pay to see this movie . don not say i do not warn you .