Day 14: Grave Encounters [Horror Film Review]

Found footage films are becoming a dime a dozen.  They're super cheap to produce, and incredibly profitable.  But the problem is every studio wants to release 40 found footage films a year, and 90% of them are junk.  So now we, the horror fan, have the daunting task of weeding through all the junk to find that diamond in the rough.  If done correctly, a found footage movie can be great and ultra scary.  Grave Encounters is one of those rare found footage movies that was done correctly.

A group of ghost hunters with a TV show called Grave Encounters, are invited to spend the night in a haunted institution.  The crew set up cameras and start to film, so they can eventually edit the footage together for one of their episodes.  Things start off kind of slow, a weird noise here, a creaky door opening by itself there, but it doesn't take long before sh*t really hits the fan.

If you're looking for a great scary movie to watch during the Halloween season, watch Grave Encounters.  It's currently streaming on Netflix, so you have zero excuse to pass this one up.  Again, it takes a little bit for things to get going, but trust me, the pay off is fantastic.  And fellows, if you're on a date with a lady, show her Grave Encounters.  She won't want to sleep alone.  Trust me.

**Note: there's a sequel out there but I hear it sucks.**