Grave Encounters (2011)

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.

Directors:

Colin Minihan (as The Vicious Brothers), Stuart Ortiz (as The Vicious Brothers)

Writers:

The Vicious Brothers, Stuart Ortiz (as The Vicious Brothers)

Stars:

Ben Wilkinson, Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Wilkinson	...	Jerry Hartfield
Sean Rogerson	...	Lance Preston
Ashleigh Gryzko	...	Sasha Parker
Merwin Mondesir	...	T.C. Gibson
Juan Riedinger	...	Matt White
Shawn Macdonald	...	Morgan Turner
Arthur Corber	...	Dr. Arthur Friedkin
Bob Rathie	...	Kenny Sandavol
Fred Keating	...	Gary Crawford
Max Train	...	Punk Guy
Martha Eason	...	Punk Girl
Luis Javier	...	Javier Ortega
Mackenzie Gray	...	Houston Gray
Eva Gifford	...	Demon Girl
Michele Cummins	...	Bathtub Demon

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 have 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.

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Plot Keywords:

found footage | characters murdered one by one | crying man | crying woman | murder | 

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Taglines:

They were searching for proof... they found it

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Similar to Cloverfield, this film's only soundtrack is played during the end credits.

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Goofs

As the history of the asylum is revealed, it is stated that a former doctor performed grisly experiments on the asylum patients in the 1930s. In a flashback sequence referring to this time, a patient is shown in front of a television, watching static. However, the television was not introduced to the public until the 1939 World's Fair, and was not common in US households until the early 1950s. An asylum in the 1930s could not, and would not, have had a television.

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Quotes

T.C Gibson: [while in a bathroom, the door slams shut] What the fuck was that? Guys, cut the shit! I'm not fucking playing!

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Crazy Credits

The standard paragraph at the end of most credits stating that the movie is fictitious is altered to say: The Events, Characters, and images depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or (un)dead, or to actual events is purely coincidental.

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Connections

Referenced in Still/Born (2017)

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Soundtracks

FreaXXX
Performed by Brokencyde

User Reviews

Let go and just have a good time-

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!

Details

Official Sites:

Official site (CA) Official site [Japan]

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 September 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Grave Encounters

Filming Locations:

Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD100,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,055,919

Company Credits

Production Co:

Digital Interference Productions, Twin Engine Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1