I watched the first Grave Encounters film, and while it was somewhat enjoyable, it was instantly forgettable.
This sequel makes its predecessor look like Citizen Kane. Quite how the producers thought there was 98 minutes in this movie is beyond me. And the most pertinent point for me is this: it's not frightening. Not whatsoever. There are two moments which may make you jump. That's it.
I understand how there are such a glut of found footage movies: they're cheap. But found footage films are now old hat. In order for them to work they have to be original like The Blair Witch Project (which was groundbreaking), or to have a different angle like the Paranormal Activity movies do, when putting the action in the home of the protagonist. However, merely name checking those movies does not make something into some kind of Scream style Meta-horror. In fact, it just looks lazy.
I watch plenty of low budget, low expectation horror movies - I love them. However, this film just had me looking more at the time remaining than the screen, which demonstrates just how boring I found it.
This sequel makes its predecessor look like Citizen Kane. Quite how the producers thought there was 98 minutes in this movie is beyond me. And the most pertinent point for me is this: it's not frightening. Not whatsoever. There are two moments which may make you jump. That's it.
I understand how there are such a glut of found footage movies: they're cheap. But found footage films are now old hat. In order for them to work they have to be original like The Blair Witch Project (which was groundbreaking), or to have a different angle like the Paranormal Activity movies do, when putting the action in the home of the protagonist. However, merely name checking those movies does not make something into some kind of Scream style Meta-horror. In fact, it just looks lazy.
I watch plenty of low budget, low expectation horror movies - I love them. However, this film just had me looking more at the time remaining than the screen, which demonstrates just how boring I found it.
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