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Grave Encounters

Grave Encounters

Thriller · Horror · 2011

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.

Movie details

Grave Encounters

“They were searching for proof... they found it.”

2011 Thriller · Horror 1h 33m

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6.3 / 10

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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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Stuart Ortiz · Colin Minihan

Written by

Stuart Ortiz · Colin Minihan

Sean Rogerson

Sean Rogerson

Lance Preston

Ashleigh Gryzko

Ashleigh Gryzko

Sasha Parker

Merwin Mondesir

Merwin Mondesir

T.C. Gibson

Mackenzie Gray

Mackenzie Gray

Houston Gray

Juan Riedinger

Juan Riedinger

Matt White

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Arthur Corber

Dr. Arthur Friedkin

Luis Javier

Luis Javier

Javier Ortega (Gardener)

Court is in session

Put Grave Encounters on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.