Grave Encounters 2 (2012)

A film student who is obsessed with the movie Grave Encounters sets out with his friends to visit the psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film.

Director:

John Poliquin

Writers:

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

Stars:

Richard Harmon, Shawn C. Phillips, Jennica Fulton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shawn C. Phillips	...	Vlogger
Jennica Fulton	...	Vlogger
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman	...	Vlogger
Charlie Kerr	...	Vlogger
Francisco Passuelo	...	Vlogger
Andrew Amphlett	...	Vlogger
J. Jones	...	Vlogger
Mike Holtz	...	Vlogger
Calvin Walantus	...	Vlogger
Zach Lorkiewicz	...	Vlogger
Chris Hill	...	Vlogger
Brandon Christensen	...	Vlogger
Tessa Paige Bildstein	...	Vlogger
Simone Belshaw	...	Vlogger
Nikkie Mucci	...	Vlogger

Storyline

For people who don't believe the events of Grave Encounters (2011).Grave Encounters, film student Alex Wright is out to prove them wrong. Alex is as obsessed with the first film as the 20 million people who viewed its viral trailer on YouTube. While he and his friends research the events and visit the real psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film, they find themselves face-to-face with unspeakable evil, banking on the hope that their knowledge of the original film will help them survive the sequel.

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Plot Keywords:

found footage | canada | camera | producer | sequel | 

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Taglines:

Fear Is Just a Word. Reality Is Much Worse.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fenómeno siniestro 2

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$1,400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Death Awaits Cinema, Twin Engine Films, Pink Buffalo Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

[All trivia items for this title are spoilers.]

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Goofs

(around 1 hr) When Alex and his gang leave the hotel, the security camera shows the date as December 3rd, 2011. However, when the gang go into the elevator - the date is now December 4th.

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Quotes

Lance Preston: He opened a gateway, you know? Friedkin did. He took the real world and the spirit world and he mashed them together.

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Crazy Credits

For a split of a second at the end before the credits roll there are the coordinates shown for the Riverview Hospital, which are "49 14 122 48".

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Connections

References The Evil Dead (1981)

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Soundtracks

Not So Fast
Written by Anami Vakil and Kevin James Maher (SOCAN)
Performed by Anami Vice

User Reviews

Mediocre Sequel but worth a watch for fans

I wasn't expecting much from this movie. I saw the first movie "Grave Encounters" and loved it. There were scenes in that movie that genuinely creeped me out and I was excited to see what they would do this time around.

John Poliquin directs the sequel, written by the original writers 'The Vicious Brothers'. Alex Wright, a film student is convinced that the first movie was in fact real and decides to visit the hospital where the film was shot to investigate for himself and shoot a documentary. How this happens though seemed improbable to me. Alex is busy shooting a student movie when he receives a mysterious video showing one of the actors from the grave encounters movie. It doesn't take much to convince him to drop everything including filming of his movie to fly to Vancouver Canada with a crew to visit the hospital.

It takes an exhausting 35 minutes before Alex and his crew actually reach the creepy hospital and it doesn't take long before things go wrong and they become trapped in the building.. The action starts to pick up a little then but I found the scares were too similar to the first movie. I got the feeling at times that the film was parodying itself. The characters often view scenes from the film and comment on "the lame CGI affects". And we are constantly reminded of the first film. For me though that had the effect of taking me out of the film a little.

I recommend the movie to fans of the first. I would have liked to see some more creative scares. There are no scenes that stick out for me and it lacked the level of tension that the first movie had.