"Grave Encounters" was a pleasant surprise that I
recently saw for the first time. It's a found footage movie about a group of
ghost hunters who are filming a reality show and spend the night locked in an
old mental hospital, never to be seen again. The host and his crew are trying their best to appear polished and professional but are clearly desperate to make their show successful. While some of the daytime interviews with the caretaker and a local historian are decent, they feel it necessary to bribe a landscaper to lie and say that he has seen a ghost at the site. Finally, the psychic arrives, declaring the hospital to high levels of spiritual activity. The personalities being film are over the top and one dimensional but laugh about it after the shoot is over. But once they are locked in
and ghost-like activities begin, you can see the cast becoming real and
relatable.
The actions of the host, Lance Preston, remind me of Heather from
"Blair Witch" with his constant need to record what's going on when
it might be a better idea on trying to survive the next encounter. But I give
kudos to his film crew because they did set up ten stationary cameras in the
ghost "hot spots" and these vantage points give the viewer something
besides the standard Point of View to watch.
Favorite moment – The film crew and host are getting upset
because they haven’t found any ghost activity that they can use. At this moment
the hair on the host’s assistant is lifted up on one side and she begins to
freak out.
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