Grave Encounters

[Chief Falling Rock]

Watched this last night On Demand. I had heard decent things about it so I figured what the hell. I like shows like Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures (this one especially borrows from Ghost Adventures) so I thought I'd be pretty entertained. And I was for awhile, but it gets old quick. Its about a bunch of ghost hunters setting up in this old insane asylum, and things start gettin freaky after awhile. For the first 30 minutes of the movie its basically your typical ghost hunting show, with the exception of you actually being behind the scenes this time. So its pretty slow unless that stuff interests you. I did find it funny when the main guy offers someone money to say they'd worked there for 10 years and claim they'd seen a ghost when they hadn't. They've also got a bullshit "psychic" with them.

After the first 30 minutes the creepy factor starts to set in....or atleast tries too. Slamming doors, whispers, girl gets her hair messed with. Pretty entertaining at first if you see it as a typical ghost hunting show but this is a movie, u keep expecting more after awhile. I got real annoyed after awhile when the shit hit the fan and everyone in the movie kept arguing. Over....and over....and over again. I didn't fast forward but I realy wanted to. It was getting on my nerves. The movie goes on for a bit to long I felt. With so much arguing and bickering amongst the characters that I wanted it to end. And then teres the fact you dont care about anyone. You won't find yourself caring if any of these characters get out alive or not.

I do feel like this found footage flick was done a little better than most camera work wise. This isn't like that POS cloverfield were everytime something happend the camera shook so much it would give you a seizure. The camera DID shake a lot here. But you did see what you were meant to see here. Creepy girl ghost in the bathroom. Another crazy ghost chasing them down the hall way. This movie had its moments, but nothing I'd ever watch again and nothing you need to really seek out. Towards the end of this movie I was looking forward to one thing...the end credits.

[steelba]

[Wednesday]

When every single article on this movie shows that same ghost lady I know it's gonna be meh. Too bad; it's a good idea for a movie.

[FrighT MasteR]

Looked like POS anyway.

[Chief Falling Rock]

it was

[steelba]

Thanks for bringing this too our attention Chief!

[Darkgod]

:elstare:

[Chief Falling Rock]

Thanks for bringing this too our attention Chief!

I smell a rat

[steelba]

[Dexter]

I thought it was really good.

Then I switched it on.

[Fulcento]

I'm gonna watch it tonight. Be it good or bad kudos to the thumbnail pic of G.E on the YT trailer. Now THAT was scary

[Il Duce]

I got this one on my comp last night not sure when i'll check it out though.

[MEITTI]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8FBR...yer_detailpage


Anyone here seen it yet? Trailer looks promising, I like the idea of making a movie of one of those shitty ghost hunting shows turning "real".

That would make for a good tv show too, ghost hunting show which doesnt even pretend to be real, and it would rather run like a serialised horror movie. IMO I'd prefer seeing some corpse crawling across hallways or shadows standing in the dark, rather than just seeing idiots screaming in the camera, saying "something touched me!".

[IrishG3nt]

I saw the trailer for this and it is on Demand with DirecTv.

I to like the ghost hunter gone wrong type of flicks as well. Tend to be boring at times but I can usually make it thru...i will check it out eventually.

[Happytom82]

Seen it. I liked it, but I guess it's directly linked to the fact it was pitch dark, I was lying doen on the bed, headset... But I got scared shitless a couple of times, and that has not happened since... let's say kindergarden So put it in your laptop, lie down, plug in a headset...

[Fulcento]

I really enjoyed it, didn't rely on jump scares and it had original ideas, physical laws do not apply at times, especially in the case of the front door. There, that wasn't a spoiler, just a cryptic teaser - ooh, I'm soooo mysterious
8/10 and let's be honest - what better location could there be for a horror film than an abandoned insane asylum?
Session 9 knew it, and so does Grave Encounters

[IrishG3nt]

and let's be honest - what better location could there be for a horror film than an abandoned insane asylum?
Session 9 knew it, and so does Grave Encounters

[MEITTI]

Yeah, I saw it and though its nothing revolutionary, it brings decent scares to it and some smart ideas. 8/10.

Spoiler...

I had a flashback of the first silent hill game when they rushed to the rooftop only to find its entrance sealed off by a wall

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Funny thing was, I found the movie scarier when things didnt even start going with the rapid pace that it did towards the end. When the stuff happening was still relatively minor, and you were nervously staring at the end of the corridors and hallways when they were walking around. Its not the "Boo!"-moment which is the scariest thing in horror flicks, but the wait before it.

[sneazr]

not bad, nothing new in story line though. Although the whole maze thing was great.

[Macready]

This is on Netflix to stream now. I watched it this morning and really enjoyed it. I didn't particularly like a certain direction the movie went but all in all it was definitely worth a watch.