#grave encounters 2

[elliot-amy]

Japanese posters for the Grave Encounters movies

[gorewound]

The Grave Encounters duology is like actually baller as hell and neither film deserved the reputation they got for being bad movies.

The first one is a really great premise and also a love letter to the horror genre.

The second one might actually be one of the best horror sequels I've ever seen in terms of what it does with the set up from the first movie.

Deeply underrated classics in my opinion

[russellwynn]

everything is in motion. everything is changing — room to room, wall to wall, door to door.

don’t get too close. there’s nothing there.

[notastranger]

[thehorrormoviechick]

31 Days of Horror

Day 23 - Grave Encounters (2011)

Day 24 - Grave Encounters 2 (2012)

[splatteronmywalls]

[samwiselastname]

sean rogerson and the collingwood mental hospital exploring each other's bodies

[blackcatfilmprod]

Hi Guys,

Tonight Boys 'n' Ghouls Film Review Podcast reviews Grave Encounters 2 here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I14r5KWqwDo via YouTube

[imaxyxia2]

[saintsavage]

WE DID GET A WEEPY HIMBO. REJOICE.

[strawberryspooktacular]

Grave Encounters 2 (2012) 18/10/23

Rating before seeing the movie: Nic: 10 Vic: 8.5

Rating after seeing the movie: Nic: 10 Vic: 9

What you did like about the movie:

The special effects were incredible.

The jump scares were pretty good. There wasn’t really any lead up to them showing on screen.

The meta in the meta cause the meta does the meta

The first movie was happening inside the second movie. Inception.

The concept was cool.

The reappearance of Sean! 

What you didn’t like about the movie:

Vic: The jump scares. I get spooked easily, okay? And my website wasn’t right on time.

Sean’s wig.

Particularly memorable scene: Vic: The Tall Man chasing them. Nic: THE RED DOOR

Would you watch it again: Vic: NO. Nic: Yes and I do

Reflections: Vic: “While I don’t really like jump scares, this movie was pretty good. The characters were pretty good and the ending was certainly a twist I wasn’t expecting.” Nic: “It’s a good horror movie. Don’t watch if you don’t like jump scares but it’s an actual good sequel to a horror movie.

Final quotes: Vic: “I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS WHITE MAN SUGGESTED SPLITTING UP” Nic: “LONG MAN. AH HES SO LONG.”

[ironcmoniker1]

Grave Encounters 2, Rewatch and Reaction

Since Grave Encounters was better than I remembered it, I figured I'd roll right into Grave Encounters 2.

The original kicked off with a very good sartorial take on the ghost hunting realty shows. This one kicks off with the equivalent of era specific YouTube videos that capture the aesthetic and vibe of the time as well.

The entire scene in the Halloween party is unfortunate, in pretty much every way. It's comical and a little disappointing that this was made in 2012, but the entire rant about the state of horror films, in the middle of the party, while this very pretty girl is clearly looking for his attention, feels all too real, as does the vomiting and humiliation that follows.

The obsession with a supposed conspiracy has unfortunately become even more believable/topical in the last decade too. The way this is all coming together feels like a stretch though. The "spirits reaching out through the computer" almost always feels like a reach or like its shoehorned in, because it both doesn't make sense, but isn't far enough out of the norm to feel supernatural. It also leads inevitably to the questions about why the "spirits" wouldn't be luring as many people as they could to wherever they're looking for victims.

Bringing the producer back from the original is smart, and making him a very stereotypical Hollywood douche bro is good for effect, if not a little on the nose.

It's also a funny bit when Alex and Jennifer, go so quickly and easily into the same melodramatic, over the top on camera delivery as Lance in the original when he starts filming his "documentary."

Though it takes longer to get into the hospital, this one kicks into high gear even more quickly than the original, thanks to a conveniently placed spirit board. Where the first one took its time introducing the idea of time and space being warped, this one immediately jumps into that and the introduction of spirits/ghosts in camera. There isn't any consistency though, because we also see someone attacked by something that can't be seen within minutes.

There may be a bit too much of the ghosts on camera in this one. I also can't nail down why I felt more invested in the sense of threat the characters were facing in the previous movie. These kids all feel like cannon fodder.

The security guard showing back up to get electrocuted was unexpected.

This bit of the building letting them think they got out and were going to make it home was an interesting twist.

Lance (the protagonist of the first film) showing back up, looking like a Robinson Crusoe extra was unexpected as well. The Red Door bit is a little on the nose, but the bit with the door that doesn't go anywhere until the third time they open it is cool. They're playing with the rules of time/space warping in some interesting ways this time. This bit with the camera floating up out of the bad by itself seems kind of unnecessary. We already know that they're not alone, and whatever is there is malevolent. As an excuse to wake someone up, it seems a little extra, given the situation. Who's going to sleep all that well in the first place?

Trevor wandering off alone is also a little much, given what we've already seen. Characters in horror movies do dumb shit all the time, but these people have seen som serious shit already. Sean/Lance taking him out was unexpected. Feels like some Shining shit. The camera floating around by itself is taking things a little far. Are ghosts really that interested in being recorded and making sure they're message is going to get out? I don't know man. The hospital or whatever is in the hospital being obsessed with finishing the film also feels like it's a little much.

Well, I remembered correctly. This feels like a pretty inferior sequel.

[thevideodungeon]

Grave Encounters 2 (2012)

A sequel the plot of which revolves around the popularity of the original and an investigation into whether or not it was real. So basically the same general concept as Book of Shadows, but done in a way that actually feels like a sequel to the original. Overall, it is a little "more of the same." And while that does mean that it does well the things that the original did well, it also falls short in the same areas. Unfortunately there is just a bit less of the good, and more of the bad. Especially the ghosts that still look like a badly Photoshopped image that would accompany a derivative middling creepypasta.

5/10

[andrevasims]

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: 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.