The Gravedancers (2006)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Mike Mendez

Writers (WGA):

Brad Keene (written by) &
Chris Skinner (written by)

Release Date:

27 August 2008 (Philippines)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Unrest In Peace

Plot:

After a night of drunken exploits, Allison, Harris, and Kira are chased and terrorized by the ghosts of a child pyromaniac, an ax murderer, and a rapist.

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Curse | Rapist | Cemetery | Tombstone

Cast

Dominic Purcell	...	Harris McKay
Josie Maran	...	Kira Hayden
Clare Kramer	...	Allison Mitchell
Marcus Thomas	...	Sid Vance
Tchéky Karyo	...	Vincent Cochet
Megahn Perry	...	Frances Culpepper
Martha Holland	...	Emma
Oakley Stevenson	...	Haunted Woman
Samantha MacIvor	...	Nurse Jenny (as Samantha Twyford MacIvor)
Jack Mulcahy	...	Police Officer #1
Jim McKeny	...	Doctor
Geneva Avarett-Short	...	Nurse Brolin (as Geneva E. Averett-Short)
Bob McHone	...	Priest

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence/terror and some language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:16 | Australia:MA (2008) | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-18 (self applied)

Filming Locations:

Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Code Entertainment

Trivia:

The slim man talking to Kira at the wake is the film's writer, Brad Keene.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Harris is installing the alarm system, the drill for the insert shots is orange, while the drill shown in other shots is blue.

Quotes:

Sid Vance: I'm not going anywhere unless something is chasing me.

Movie Connections:

References The Entity (1981)

Not bad, but effects towards the end kind of killed it for me

This is my third of the "8 Films to Die For" series, and if I did not also have "Reincarnation" to watch, I'd probably be done after this one. Unless, of course, someone were to give me the rest for free. Gravedancers isn't bad, up to a point, but there's some ghostly apparition effects near the end that remind me of The Haunted Mansion or something, very hokey and laughable. Anyway, we have one dead thirty-something and some friends come back for the funeral, and one that actually misses it, so after an evening of imbibing adult beverages they go back to the graveyard & after finding some strange little card on the grave, they end up dancing the night away on the graves. Shortly afterward, they notice strange changes in their lives, like noises in their homes, fiery footprints, etc. Seems their grave dancing conjured up some vengeful spirits that followed them home. Of course, you know no good can come of this. One of the gang, Sid, calls some people in to investigate a haunting at his place and this all leads to finding out that the spirits they conjured up were from the "pscyho section" of the graveyard...one is a cheerful young firebug called Dennis, one was a music teacher that axed her married lover's wife and then him, and one was a respectable judge that had a few kinks of the sexual kind and even caged up women in his basement. Whoo hoo! I guess they sure can pick 'em. Anyway, the spiritual investigators have devised a way for the curse to be lifted but one unfortunately throws a monkey wrench in the works by doing something selfish and stupid, and all hell breaks loose. Now, up to that point it was a fairly decent film but the ghosts...oh come on now, cheesy at best, and while I've never seen one in real life, I've certainly seen better ones in other films. Anyway, not all that bad but with a few elements that dragged it down. 5 out of 10.