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5 March 2010 5:31 PM, PST | 28 Days Later Analysis | See recent 28 Days Later Analysis news »

Director: Alvaro de Arminan.

Writers: Bruce A. Taylor, and Roderick Taylor.

Open Graves is currently being distributed by Lightning Entertainment and the film was released on DVD February 23rd. The film is smart, sometimes funny and blends death with the naturalness of life i.e. surfing. Paradoxes abound, but centrally Arminan's story is one of tragedy and unfulfilled love, while nighttime sequences are given poor attention.

Briefly, Open Graves is about seven friends who sit down to play a boardgame, that was: "painted with her blood and tears" (Open). The her is a Spanish Inquisition era witch, who was burned for practicing black magic. The what is called Black Mamba and those who play often die, sometimes beg, and occasionally wish for their previous lives back.

This is intelligent filmmaking. The story of Open Graves is clever as characters fight for their lives against a mostly unseen enemy. The writing »

- Michael Ross Allen

1 item from 2010