The Graveyard (2006) (V)

Director:

Michael Feifer

Writer:

Michael Hurst (writer)

Release Date:

27 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Fear is buried here...

Plot:

The friends Jack, Allie, Sarah, Charlie, Michelle and Eric go to the Placid Pines Cemetery to play hide and seek in the tombs...

Plot Keywords:

Camp | Hide And Seek | Prank | Parole | Cemetery

Cast

Christopher Stewart	...	Charlie (as Chris Stewart)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lindsay Ballew	...	Michelle
Sam Bologna	...	Sheriff
Trish Coren	...	Allie
Eva Derrek	...	Veronica
Brett Donowho	...	Camper
James Gallinger	...	Bailiff
Patrick Scott Lewis	...	Bobby
Leif Lillehaugen	...	Jack
Markus Potter	...	Peter Bishop / Adam
Erin Reese	...	Sarah (as Erin Lokitz)
Mark Salling	...	Eric
Natalie Denise Sperl	...	Zoe

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity and language.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

MRG Entertainment

Movie Connections:

References The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Sure it's bad but it has a few good things

A bunch of high school idiots sneak into a graveyard late one night. They decide to play hide and seek but one dies in a tragic accident. Bobby (Patrick Scott Lewis) is accused and sent to jail for it. Five years later he's released and his former friends take him to a summer camp near the graveyard to help him get over it (???). While there they are attacked by a masked killer who kills them one by one. Is it Bobby or someone else? Seriously you won't care!

The plot is insultingly stupid with cardboard characters--there's the slutty girl, the obnoxious over-sexed guy, the now clichéd lesbians, the nerd and the ever present good girl and good guy. There's also a LONG needless shower scene that the straight guys in the audience will enjoy. Also the plot is stupid with some real pointless twists that add nothing to it. Plot inconsistencies abound--night changes to day almost immediately, the graveyard STILL has a hole in its wall five years later and is there really a summer camp that's 10 MILES away from civilization? There are plot holes galore and the explanation at the end doesn't really make a bit of sense. Two of the actors--Leif Lillehawgen (as Jack) and Lewis (as Bobby) are pretty awful. Also the VERY end was a groaner. To make it worse this was shot direct to video and the image is very soft and fuzzy.

On the good side there IS some good acting by Lindsay Ballew (as Michelle and especially Markus Potter (as Peter). The other actors are OK. The killings are bloody, violent and well done. There are a few cute lines here and there too like "Nothing good ever comes of a girl going into a dark basement". But, all in all, a pretty by the numbers slasher.