Rent Grave Encounters (2011)

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Synopsis:
A ghost-hunting reality TV show crew arrive at an abandoned psychiatric hospital where unexplained phenomena has been reported for years. Locking themselves inside the building for the night they begin a paranormal investigation, capturing everything on camera. But they quickly realize that the building is more than just haunted - it is alive - and it has no intention of ever letting them leave... Finding themselves lost in a labyrinth maze of endless hallways and terrorized by the ghosts of the former patients, they soon begin to question their own sanity, slipping deeper and deeper into the depths of madness and ultimately discovering the truth behind the hospital's dark past.
Actors:
, , , , , , , , , , Martha Eason, , , Eva Gifford, , Alex Timmer, , Ryan Da Silva, ,
Directors:
,
Producers:
Shawn Angelski
Writers:
The Vicious Brothers, Stuart Ortiz
Studio:
Metrodome
Genres:
Horror, Thrillers
Countries:
Canada
BBFC:
Release Date:
23/04/2012
Run Time:
90 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 2.0
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Exclusive behind the scenes featurette – including interviews with cast, crew and the visionary directors, the Vicious Brothers
  • Original and totally uncut theatrical trailer
BBFC:
Release Date:
21/05/2012
Run Time:
94 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles:
None
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Exclusive Behind the Scenes Featurette: Including Interviews with Cast, Crew and the Visionary Directors, The Vicious Brothers
  • Original and Totaly Uncut Theatrical Trailer

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Grave Encounters review by Alyse Garner - Cinema Paradiso

A film crew lock themselves in an abandoned mental hospital in an attempt to capture a real-life haunting; but they soon realize they’ve got far more than they bargained for.

After a tour of the old hospital, in which the crew discover the existence of secret underground tunnels and the horrific and illicit experiments conducted on patients by Dr Arthur Friedkin, the crew attempt to make contact with the spirits they believe to be dwelling in the hospital. After some brief, but increasingly hostile, contact with the spirits of previous patients the crew begin to prepare to exit the house, only to find the front door now leads to another corridor of the hospital and the stairway ends in a brick wall.

Violent and unpleasant attacks ensue in which ghosts and demons appear and dispose of the crew one by one.

Named after the fictional reality ghost hunting show the film crew belong to Grave Encounters is another found footage movie supposedly consisting of data pieced together after the fact, as is the current trend with horror movies. Grave Encounters takes a slightly different approach from its more popular Hollywood counterparts however offering a more suspenseful and mysterious narrative rather than simply scene after scene of violence. The unexpected twist at the end is not quite enough to cause audiences’ eyes to widen and mouths to gasp open, but it will make you make a funny little grunt of surprise.

With a significant cult following Grave Encounters was more of a success than many critics expected it to be, and though horror fans will find much to enjoy in the movie, don’t expect anything too life changing.

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