Grave Encounters (2011)
They were searching for proof... they found it.
Director: Stuart Ortiz, Colin Minihan · Writers: Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz
A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.
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Director
Stuart Ortiz
Colin Minihan
Cast
Sean Rogerson
Lance Preston 
Ashleigh Gryzko
Sasha Parker 
Merwin Mondesir
T.C. Gibson 
Mackenzie Gray
Houston Gray 
Juan Riedinger
Matt White 
Arthur Corber
Dr. Arthur Friedkin 
Luis Javier
Javier Ortega (Gardener) 
Shawn Macdonald
Morgan Turner
Bob Rathie
Kenny Sandoval 
Benjamin Wilkinson
Jerry Hartfield 
Fred Keating
Gary Crawford
Michele Cummins
Bathtub Demon User Reviews (2)
With what little I knew about _Grave Encounters_, I knew it had ticked enough of my "Generally Avoid" boxes that I never really had any interest in watching it. In fact the only reason I saw it at all was because of a recommendation I got online when I posed the question "Where there any good movies in 2011"? I didn't love _Grave Encounters_. But I am, to my surprise, super glad that I watched it. If more Found Footage Horror films were like this one, maybe I wouldn't detest the genre. Seriously, although I had a number of problems with the movie, I'd still put this one up closer to _The Last Exorcism_ and _The Blair Witch Project_ than to the usual dreck the genre offers. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
This is just lovely! The idea of locations being the antagonists (House on Haunted Hill springs to mind) is always hit-or-miss, and this one hits it. It hits it hard. The movie works wonders with its location, the interplay between the characters on camera and 'off', and once the spooky things start happening it is done in a way that does not burn all the good stuff and gets repetitive, but instead builds on previous hints and 'behind you'-shots until you are jumping at shadows. The acting is solid, the cinematography great, the directing on point and while some of the effects are a tad bit cheesy, this is a great horrormovie I keep going back to over and over.
