Grave Encounters
They Were Searching For Proof. They Found it.
2011 | 93m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz |
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| Writer: | Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz |
| Staring: |
| A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 09, 2011 |
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| Director: | Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz |
| Writer: | Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz |
| Genres: | Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | insane asylum, paranormal, haunting, psychiatric hospital, ghost hunting, paranormal investigation, labyrinth, mental asylum, found footage, straightforward |
| Production Companies | Darclight, Twin Engine Films, Digital Interference Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sean Rogerson | Lance Preston |
| Ashleigh Gryzko | Sasha Parker |
| Merwin Mondesir | T.C. Gibson |
| Mackenzie Gray | Houston Gray |
| Juan Riedinger | Matt White |
| Arthur Corber | Dr. Arthur Friedkin |
| Luis Javier | Javier Ortega (Gardener) |
| Shawn Macdonald | Morgan Turner |
| Bob Rathie | Kenny Sandoval |
| Benjamin Wilkinson | Jerry Hartfield |
| Fred Keating | Gary Crawford |
| Michele Cummins | Bathtub Demon |
| Max Train | Punk Guy |
| Martha Eason | Punk Girl |
| Eva Gifford | Demon Girl |
| Alex Timmer | Tongueless Demon |
| Josh Holmes | Hospital Patient |
| Ryan Da Silva | Hospital Patient |
| Cliff Rogers | Hospital Patient |
| Matt Diamond | Hospital Patient |
| Jon Malmberg | Hospital Patient |
| Warren Cwele | Hospital Patient |
| Blair Brownlee | Hospital Patient |
| Greg Stubbard | Hospital Patient |
| Robert Wellman | Hospital Patient |
| Gisli Johanneson | Hospital Patient |
| Brenda Anderson | Nurse |
| Kate Roumieu | Nurse |
| Jacquelin Wood | Nurse |
| Kristina Brown | Nurse |
| Dana Keller | Nurse |
| John Sampson | Orderly |
| Michael Mahoney | Orderly |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul McCulloch | Production Design |
| Laura Toplass | Casting |
| Brant McIlroy | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Vince Renaud | Sound Designer |
| Colin Minihan | Director, Editor, Writer |
| Shawn Angelski | Line Producer |
| Uri Levanon | Thanks |
| Natalie Simon | Costume Design |
| Tony Mirza | Director of Photography |
| Emma Higgins | Assistant Art Director |
| Amber Makar | Makeup Department Head |
| Quynne Alana Paxa | Original Music Composer |
| Stuart Ortiz | Director, Editor, Writer |
| Stuart Gordon | Thanks |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Karlin | Associate Producer |
| Laura Toplass | Associate Producer |
| Colin Minihan | Executive Producer |
| Mark Knechtel | Executive Producer |
| Shawn Angelski | Producer |
| Steve Sheils | Executive Producer |
| Stuart Ortiz | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 24 | 32 | 16 |
| 2024 | 5 | 25 | 40 | 17 |
| 2024 | 6 | 30 | 64 | 19 |
| 2024 | 7 | 28 | 52 | 17 |
| 2024 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 11 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 17 |
| 2024 | 11 | 22 | 45 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1 | 22 | 31 | 15 |
| 2025 | 2 | 17 | 32 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 844 | 868 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 241 | 431 |
With what little I knew about _Grave Encounters_, I knew it had ticked enough of my "Generally Avoid" boxes that I never really had any interest in watching it. In fact the only reason I saw it at all was because of a recommendation I got online when I posed the question "Where there any good movies ... in 2011"? I didn't love _Grave Encounters_. But I am, to my surprise, super glad that I watched it. If more Found Footage Horror films were like this one, maybe I wouldn't detest the genre. Seriously, although I had a number of problems with the movie, I'd still put this one up closer to _The Last Exorcism_ and _The Blair Witch Project_ than to the usual dreck the genre offers. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._