Movie Review: Gravedancers

The beginning of Gravedancers reminded me of a low-key horror film that they would air on lifetime. I have seen some pretty good ghost movies on lifetime, and Gravedancers would fit an 8 o’clock time slot with many ratings. But as a film added into the 8 films to die for’ set just didn’t fit the bill, at least not for me.

I have been obsessing over getting my hands on all 8 films, but so far have only seen 3, and have been disappointed by all 3 of them so far. I’m not in any rush to view the rest of them to be honest.

THE MOVIE:

Gravedancers follows a group of friends who have reunited for their friend’s funeral. They have a small get together and get blitzed and decide it would be a good idea to visit the graveyard in which their friend has been buried.

While there they then decide it’s a good idea to dance on the graves of the dead. This is where you get the name of the movie, ‘Gravedancers.’

But the dance was also followed by a chant.
You see one of the guys found a piece of paper with some words scrawled on it that someone left behind at his friend’s tombstone. Stupidly he reads the paper and unleashes some curse unknowingly.

This whole scene reminded me of my favorite 80’s horror film Midnight Hour. Only we never get to see the dead rise, they sort of just are.

But the dead is angry! They come back for vengeance in full force. The ghosts now haunt all of them, at first the haunts started off small for some of the characters, opening and closing of doors, as time goes on though the haunts get more drastic.

The ghosts are now making themselves known and there is no denying that there are some pretty scary scenes.

The group is running out of time, and they seek the help of a paranormal expert who will supposedly help them escape from their own death.

The ending is where things gets super cheesy, it involves an enormous floating hand and body parts.

MY THOUGHTS:

Lame! I’m sorry; I have seen better horror movies on lifetime and discovery.

The make-up and special effects were done nicely, but everything else just sucked.

The actors are what made the movie horrible. It could have been a really scary movie if it were not for them.

Now if I were to wake up from my sleep to discover there is a stiff lying next to me, I sure as hell am going to flip out, run out of my home and never ever look back. Possibly even suffer from shock afterwards.
Yes the actor looked scared, but not scared enough. After her husband came back into the room it was almost as if nothing had ever happened. ‘I’m over it. Sigh, that was scary!’

When they should have been all out scared for their lives they sort of didn’t really care. It seemed as if death just was not scary enough for them, and it really made the movie lack because of this.

There was also another scene in which cheating came up. Yet the wife whom was sort of cheated on (her husband kissed another woman) barely even seemed to care. She confronted the hussy but in a ‘whatever’ type of way.
You would think fists would fly, and hair would be pulled to add to the slow paced action. Nope, it was almost as if she forgave her or feared confronting her. It was just weird, and offbeat.

The ghosts made up for poor acting but not well enough.
They went from simple haunts to all out devastation and stalking. It was freaky sometimes yes, but most of the time it was too unbelievable and fake.

I enjoy a good haunting film don’t get me wrong, but not when haunts cross the line over into sci-fi.
Ghost biting, some poltergeist activity, wrapping on doors, throwing things, and possession is really as far as you can go with a ghost haunting movie for it to be scary as hell and enjoyable.

Another thing I couldn’t grasp was how one woman was being haunted and she wasn’t even present at the grave dance. Another woman even died and she wasn’t present.

If these ghosts were out for vengeance on those who danced on their graves, they sure made some huge mistakes on who was guilty for doing so.
Those women should have been free from anything happening to them seeing how the curse was designed for the grave dancers, but whatever. This was a major flaw in the movie in my opinion.

Gravedancers threw in some scary as hell ghosts, that were scary, but they over did it, and it became a mystery sci-fi type movie with really bad actors that are all emotionless.

That is the mood it left me in after watching it. It was a pretty emotionless flick that seemed to drag on, then hurry up, then drag on again.

Like Penny Dreadful, this is another film in the 8 films to die for collection that wasn’t worth my time.

You know it’s a bad movie when your laughing when the good guys die, and you’re rooting for the ghosts.


RECOMMENDATION:

Well its pretty boring, offers weak action, bad acting, but some pretty wicked looking ghosts. It’s not worth a buy, nor a rent.
If you happen to find it for free or have an online movie by mail plan then I’d say go for it. Other than that, it’s a skip in my opinion.