Grave Encounters

Plot

For their ghost hunting reality show, a production crew locks themselves inside an abandoned mental hospital that's supposedly haunted – and it might prove to be all too true.

Release Year: 2011

Rating: 6.1/10 (5,884 voted)

Critic's Score: 33/100

Director:
The Vicious Brothers

Stars: Sean Rogerson, Juan Riedinger, Ashleigh Gryzko

Storyline
Lance Preston and the crew of "Grave Encounters", a ghost-hunting reality television show, are shooting an episode inside the abandoned Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital, where unexplained phenomena has been reported for years. All in the name of good television, they voluntarily lock themselves inside the building for the night and begin a paranormal investigation, capturing everything on camera. They quickly realize that the building is more than just haunted – it is alive – and it has no intention of ever letting them leave. They find themselves lost in a labyrinth maze of endless hallways and corridors, 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, ultimately discovering the truth behind the hospital's dark past…and taping what turns out to be their final episode.

Cast:

Sean Rogerson
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Lance Preston

Juan Riedinger
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Matt White

Ashleigh Gryzko
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Sasha Parker

Mackenzie Gray
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Houston Gray

Merwin Mondesir
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T.C Gibson

Arthur Corber
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Dr. Friedkin

Michele Cummins
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Ghost

Luis Javier
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Gardener

Shawn Macdonald
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Morgan Turner

Bob Rathie
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Kenny Sandivol

Ben Wilkinson
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Jerry Hartfield

Taglines:
They were searching for proof… they found it

Details

Official Website:
Official site (CA) |

Release Date: 9 September 2011

Filming Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

User Review

Let go and just have a good time-

Rating: 8/10


It's a waste of time to complain that movies like this have been done
before. Yes, they have and if you don't like them, don't watch them. I
don't think I will ever understand why people watch a movie like this
expecting something totally new and different and super high art to
fulfill their overly pretentious taste and make them feel like true
film critics- Please.

We watched this movie last night via On Demand. A roomful of horror
movie fans ranging in age from 11 to 39- and we had a great time. A
wall crawling, giggling, screaming at the top of our lungs good time.

-and that's the point! Having a good time.

I don't need to have everything in a scary movie make sense, or be
explained to me. I am not in school, I am having a laugh and a good
time freaking out with the poor saps trapped in the haunted mental
institution.

The story was tight enough to be good, loose enough to allow for the
insanity that ensued. The characters were not cliché and the ending was
not totally cookie cutter.

Bottom line- this movie was fun. There were moments when we laughed at
it, but there were also moments that made us freak out and want to turn
on the lights. Just stop over-analyzing, relax and go with it and have
fun. If you have to nit-pick a movie to death you have way too much
time on your hands…..HAVE FUN!