Directed by: John Poliquin
Starring: Richard Harmon, Sean Rogerson, Stephanie Bennett, Dylan Playfair, Leanne Lapp, Howard Lai, Ben Wilkinson
Distributed by: Tribeca Film
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 99 minutes
Our Score: 4 out of 5 stars
When I first saw the film “Grace Encounters”, I thought I was in for just another shitty horror film. I was really pleasantly surprised. The film had a lot of good jumps and feels a lot bigger than it is. The film is low budget though the quality seems a lot higher. So now we have “Grave Encounters 2″, is this just another shitty sequel? That answer is definitely no. This film takes a unique approach to the found-footage genre and even improves on the film before it. There are bigger scares, a bigger (and clever) plot and bigger production. Don’t miss this one!
Official Premise: Grave Encounters” was a found-footage horror phenomenon that many people believed was just a movie. Film student Alex Wright is out to prove them wrong in “Grave Encounters 2”. 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.
The first film was written and directed by The Vicious Brothers, read out interview with them here. On the sequel, the duo stepped aside from directing and focused on writing. This really worked well for the sequel, since they had time to focus on the script and make it really kick ass. These guys are going to be huge, they really know how to setup a horror film and execute it well. John Poliquin steps in the director’s chair and he also really nails it. Tribeca Film is one of my favorite studios. They have been releasing a lot of quality films and have become a force to be reckoned with distributed independent films. All I have to say is I want “Grave Encounters 3”!
