A Haunting at the Park Hotel (2011)

 Aka The Speak

For the last episode of his web series on haunted places, Shelly investigates the Park Hotel.  The team consists of Shelly doing host duties, his brother Luis as cameraman, and girlfriend Paige who manages everything else. 

The rest of the crew are locals hired by Paige.  Malia is a Native American who will perform a ritual to contact the spirits since the hotel is on former tribal land.  Jackson is the sound guy and Elsa is… also doing sound?  They appear to be dating except Elsa repeatedly hits on Shelly in front of Jackson and Paige.  

When hotel caretaker Doyle shows up, they discover his son AJ, who they’ve been talking to, doesn’t have the right to let them in. Doyle warns them it’s dangerous and tells them to leave.  Paige angrily says they have a contract and AJ has been paid, overlooking the obvious that a contract with someone who doesn’t represent the establishment is useless.

When Shelly threatens to have Doyle fired and get the law after him, Doyle shoves him to the ground. But after repeated threats, he laughs and lets them in when he realizes the best way to deal with these idiots is give them what they wants - entrance to a hotel where people who enter die.  

Once inside, Malia has a bad feeling. She agrees to stay when Shelly promises to pay her four times what she’s been offered . But even then, she says as soon as the ritual is done, she’s leaving. If only the hotel were so forgiving since the ritual calls forth something that lets the demons in and locks the door to keep them from inside.

None of the characters are particularly likable except Malia. Jackson doesn’t seem bad either, but the rest are annoying. Shelly is is egotistical and creepy.

Horribly cringey flirty dialogue

Elsa: I’m Jackson’s Velma. He’s Freddy.

Shelly: That’s cute.

Elsa: You are.

You don’t look forty. You look just as prepubescent as ever.

You see the rack on that Malia chick? Totally gonna get on that one.

The sad comedy stylings of Luis

There is no electricity in the building but later the lights flicker.
Then this scene has a light is shining on a soundboard.