According to its blurb on the Apple trailers site, the first Grave Encounters film was a "found-footage horror phenomenon", which is probably just a polite way of saying "generic Paranormal Activity ...

I make no bones about it… I adored the first Grave Encounters. It was a found footage movie for people who say that nothing ever happens or you never see anything in a found footage movie. While not ...

In 2011, the world was exposed to the last recording of a group of hopeful ghost hunters, trapped in over their heads by a malevolent asylum with a sinister desire to keep them inside forever. A year ...

We’ve seen plenty of “found footage” movies, but there’s something very special about the independent film Grave Encounters. Set during the filming of a TV show/paranormal investigation, this movie ...

Rachael Severino is a writer from New York. She was awarded her Bachelor's in Classical Archaeology and Literature from Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently completing her MFA at Columbia ...

Joel Medina spent his life devouring all things pop culture - for better and worse (he watched Final Destination way too young). Born and raised in LA County, he spent his summers watching every movie ...

Memo to horror directors: If it’s been done before, try not to do it. That’s the main takeaway from “Grave Encounters,” a highly derivative haunted house effort from first-time filmmakers the Vicious ...

It’s getting increasingly difficult to keep the found footage style fresh and Grave Encounters proves it. While the film does have a rather unique tone in terms of how it blends horror and comedy, ...

With apologies to Bob Dylan: How many times can a group of attractive young males and females go into a dank, deserted building in the dead of night and pretend that nothing bad is going to happen to ...

The first Grave Encounters won some minor acclaim early last year when released straight to DVD as it went places that Paranormal Activity wouldn’t dare. Here was a film with a set up familiar to ...