Review of Grave Encounters (2011) by Mike A — 25 Aug 2012

Enjoyable horror film! better than many craps in the found footage genre.

This review of Grave Encounters (2011) was written by Mike A on 25 Aug 2012.

Grave Encounters has generally received mixed reviews.

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I watched the entire Grave Encounters film on youtube, and it was so unimaginably meh, boring, and forgettable that it gave me a headache and…

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Un concentré de ce qu'il y a de plus détestable dans les found-footage : c'est très mal flimé, désagréable à cause de nombreuses coupures,…

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By Kai T (56) on 18 Aug 2017

I watched the entire Grave Encounters film on youtube, and it was so unimaginably meh, boring, and forgettable that it gave me a headache and…

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By Brian C (2,025) on 16 Oct 2016

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The movie's desperate attempt to look amateurish is risible and the actors are mostly terrible, but the good thing is that it manages to create…

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By Inta K (296) on 20 Jul 2015

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