5つ星のうち5.0Another movie I ended going "I need to own that DVD!"
2009年4月28日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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Of the original After Dark Horrorfest films, only two of the eight were any good in my opinion. Those two were Unrest and The Gravedancers.
Although a lifelong horror movie fan, I don't recall anyone using this particular plotline before. Dancing on graves makes the spirits furious? It's so intuitive, but somehow, either no one else picked up on it, or I just missed those movies. The way the writers handled this story was fantastic! The movie started slow, but once the three had committed the offense, the pace picked up VERY quickly. Everything moved in a pretty fluid manner with some genuine scares along the way. The actors were great in their roles and their reactions were believable. Good dialogue too. The CG was a bit crappy at times, especially when we saw the kid at the climax, but the special effects in other areas made up for that.
I have many criteria for what makes a good horror movie. Besides the usual acting/dialogue/pacing/effects/scares, I also look at two other things. If I end the film going "That was awesome! I want to see it again!", then that is a high mark. If I end it announcing "I'm going to have to buy this DVD!", that's the highest mark. And if I can watch it multiple times and see some different nuance each time, then I am totally sold on the film. All three of those criteria were met with this film. I saw it, had to own it, and I get something new from it with each viewing. This is one of the favorites in my collection.
Slasherpool says "this is a terrifying horror flick" and Horrorwatch.com says this is "the best horror film of the year". This is about a group of people who thought they could get away with desecrating graves by dancing on them and partying in a cemetery. NEVER a good idea even in real life. The afterlife exists and has now been scientifically proven to exist in real life. It has aslo been proven that beings exist in the astral realm that do NOT like humans and are little more than wild, powerful animals. This is a story about what might happen if you anger one or some of them. To them you are a puppet or a murder or BOTH. VERY SCARY FILM.