Pseudo-documentary horror "Seekers of graves". Actors, creators, plot

"Grave-seekers" (actors: Sean Rogerson, Ben Wilkinson, Mervyn Mondeser, McKenzie Gray, Ashley Gryzko, Juan Ridinger) - this is a typical horror about a haunted house, made in a somewhat podnavevshem moksymentari style. Everyone knows that pseudo-documentary horror films bring fabulous profits to creators, but not all of them possess the necessary levers of psychological influence on the audience. But the creation of the directors and screenwriters Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz, the brothers Viches, in spite of the unpretentious plot and its simple embodiment, frightens and admires at the same time. Authors have perfectly felt the material put in a basis of a horror film "Searchers of tombs". Actors and roles were chosen by them with special attention.

Canonical plot

The narrative narrative of the picture is inspired by the fact that the master of horrors Stephen King in the unforgettable "Dance of Death" described as "The Story of the Hook": a collective image of urban legends, terrible stories, myths that frighten to the horror when they are told in the dark night near the fire. It is literally canonical. In the center of the narrative is a team of experienced TV men who specialize in debunking myths around certain dwellings of spirits, whether they are mansions, abandoned factories or psychiatric hospitals. Members of the group all as one are guided only by skepticism, cynicism and full conviction that in our reality there is nothing paranormal. And the group will have to go to a new task in an abandoned psychiatric hospital, in which, according to the city legend, the chief physician was fond of illegal experiments on insane patients, which provoked their rebellion, which turned into a bloody massacre. Such a plot has the film "Searchers Graves". Actors often improvised during filming, contributing to the development of the plot.

Intrigue

Arriving at the destination, the permanent host of the scandalous project, Lance Preston, after consulting with the producer of the TV show, decides to resort to the help of a hired extrasensory quack and all sorts of special effects, as the situation in the clinic is absolutely not intimidating, and without the means to create the show will not work. However, all his doubts were dispelled with the onset of darkness, when, after dusk, something inexplicable but unambiguously ominous and frightening intensified in the hospital. In addition, the film "Searchers Graves", whose actors are extremely accustomed to the images of their characters, will acquaint the viewer with the domestic cuisine of such TV shows and the internal conflicts of the crew.

Then begins an active running around first for the ghosts, a little later - from them. One of the most exciting moments was the one when heroes, trying to get out of the hospital, break the lock on the front door, but find themselves only in the next labyrinth of corridors. Labyrinths simultaneously fascinate and frighten. This moment is one of the main advantages of the picture. The actors in the movie "The Grave Seekers" look a little pale in comparison with the frightening atmosphere and decorations.

Final in the style of "Prohibited Reception"

Paradoxically, the audience's greatest interest is the first part of the movie, in which there are no ghosts yet. The team's work on the well-organized scheme of filming "paranormal" TV-releases, bribery and confidential conversations with the local population, mezhdusoboychiki, jokes and jokes - all this will not leave the viewer indifferent and certainly make you think about television, to understand how it is self-serving, deceitful and deceived.

The subsequent transformation of the team members into new inhabitants of the psychiatric hospital has ancient genre roots. Thought it's not bad, but its design leaves much to be desired. Make the viewer think and the final of the horror "Searchers Graves". Are the actors (or rather their characters) alive? What is their future fate? This will help to figure out the sequel to the picture with the name "Grave Seekers 2". But even this culmination (in the style of "Prohibited Reception") does not save the movie from a certain stereotyped character.

In horror it is difficult to be an innovator

In general, this attempt to create something not new, but at least original on the funneled horror field can be called more or less successful. Despite the fact that in the movie "Grave Seekers" actors were involved those who previously worked only in TV projects, they created quite charismatic images. For the exemplary horror film, the picture lacked the moments of logic in the narrative, the contrivances of the operator and costly sound effects. But given the fact that the movie was filmed in just 12 days, the viewer should be indulgent. And true fans of pseudo-documentary film can be safely recommended for viewing.