Review of Grave Encounters 2 (2012) by Hayden H — 01 May 2014

The vicious brothers definitely brought more to the table and if they werent so lazy and directed it themselves it would have not been as empty and annoying as it was and dont forget cheesy special effects. Im not gona lie and say I didnt jump a few times, they belonged to the clips from the FIRST MOVIE. I also not gonna lie and say I laughed a few times and totally saw some scares coming like one of the them falling out the widow which would have been better if he was pushed right as soon as he was near it and looking down the hall for Tessa. But the oh-so-original "getting dragged into the darkness" is dead and done and this movie will forever make you dread for it to ever appear again in a movie as it doesnt show anything or make u cringe.

REALLY? Youre gonna try to be like Chronicle annd do the whole floating camera stunt. It doesnt work. It only worked for Chronicle because it did it once! I get it brings a clearer screen for the tough parts but it wasnt need for many of the scenes. Tried to do the REC 2 act of bringing the main character back which was nice but was as the other characters... annoying. Half the time I wanted to slap that girl and Alex for being stupid and doing the things, which from people who such HUGE Horror buffs, that'd get u killed in real life. In fact, the ending pretty much sums up how d-bag Alex is and just pisses you off.

Never thought I'd never say this, Grave Encounters 1 was better. If only The Vicious Brothers did this themselves and not do an alien movie, which I've heard it not gonna be good at all and be very generic when it comes to Alien films, and maybe they could have outdone themselves and made a high point in their not-so respected careers. I mean Thermal camera idea was good and the best part of the movie and the emails and around the door camera thing like they channeled the matrix completely on that.

Overall, annoying characters don't work if u don't make them likable and no matter what you add to a crappy car, no matter how much u spend money or time, it will always be a crappy car. C- is my final grade as it actually a good attempt and it polished by at least one horror screenwriiter with good credentials, would challenge films similar like PA, TBW, or the GOD OF THE ALL, REC... Just no cigar.