A group of friends' lives are invaded by a trio of hostile ghosts after they engage in a drunken bout of gravedancing during a wake for an old friend.

Gravedancers is one of the feature films in the much anticipated Horrorfest lineup. Let me just say before I get started, this was one outstanding film. It was a throwback to the 70’s and 80’s style of horror that sadly you just don’t see anymore.

The plot was simple enough. My above description tells you everything you need to know. What takes place after the foolish act laid out in the title is a rollercoaster ride of sheer terror.

The acting was mediocre. But for a film like this you really couldn’t expect anything spectacular, or should I say spooktacular…...sorry. There was the token comic relief dude in the film who annoyed the hell out of me as that clichéd character does in every horror movie I watch. Quite frankly I don’t know why Hollywood feels the need to shove token comic relief guy down our throats. As if we’re all mindless idiots… Rant over. Everyone was pretty solid in delivering a passable performance though. With perhaps an exception on “The Entity” ghost’s victim. Let’s just say she was a little too composed throughout this flick considering the horrors being inflicted upon her person.

The lead character delivered a pretty realistic performance. One thing that I loved about the writer’s use of this character was that he questioned every stupid WTF explanation that was given forcing the script to provide plausible explanations. It was great. Nothing worse than seeing in a film someone making some insane proclamation like “I know how to kill the ghost” and nobody questions HOW. This movie didn’t cheat us out of our intelligence. Major props!

The special effects were also a major throwback. The ghost’s in their demonic form were absolutely horrifying. The first time you get a glimpse you say to your self “WTF”! It was also done with make-up. Not a lame CGI look. The climax delivers very ghostly effects that are extremely reminiscent of Poltergeist. I immediately thought of the ghost dog in that film.

The gore wasn’t extreme though there was plenty of blood. This film relied more on creepy images to provide scares. Perhaps the only thing more terrifying than ghost rape is a demonic woman floating around a house wielding an axe covered in blood –shutters-.

Overall this film was very well done and a MUCH needed breath of fresh air to the horror genre. It is easily the best horror flick to come out this year. If you dig 70’s or 80’s style terror you will love this. However, if you are into the modern horror revolution you may be disappointed. I’ve noticed a lot of the younger kids found Gravedancers to be cheesy. Idiots! In case you haven’t guessed this easily gets the Marshal’s seal of approval.

9 out of 10 Times I wished they’d shut the overhead light off in the theatre I saw this in!

Holy Shit. That's the best description that I can possibly give this movie. I literally JUST got done watching it and now I feel like I need every light on in the house. This movie was very creepy and extremely well done.

The acting wasn't too bad, but like Earp said, the chick that had the Entity-like ghost was a bit too composed for the thing that the ghost did to her. I would have preferred to see a ghostly rape scene. I think it would have made her ordeal that much more frightening for the viewer.

I did like the scientific aspect of the movie. The paranormal investigators in this weren't know-it-all's. They let everyone know that the things the were saying may not be correct, and that they never had proof of an actual haunting. This brought a lot of humanity to the movie. Too many times there are Ghost Hunters in movies that have EVERY answer to EVERY haunting and, quite frankly, that's just too cliche for me.

I agree with Earp about the appearance of the ghosts. When the first one appeared I jumped, said "Holy Shit!" and then rewound the movie so I could see it again. These motherfuckers are CREEPY! I think the scariest one was the rapist ghost just because of how skinny he was. I like to think that they're reminiscent of "The Gentlemen" in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Hush" only creepier.

The only thing that annoyed me a little was the very end of the movie. I feel that it got a little goofy and took away from the creepiness a bit. This movie is DEFINITELY recommended! Go out and buy it right away. I'm gonna have to because it's on FEARnet and I was hit with banners on the bottom of the screen and an intermission. Fuckers.

This movie has to be watched with the lights turned down and the volume turned up.

9 out of 10 reasons not to get drunk in a graveyard