The Gravedancers - After Dark Horrorfest | 
| Director: Mike Mendez
Actors: Dominic Purcell, Josie Maran, Clare Kramer, Marcus Thomas, Tcheky Karyo
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 15048
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 21116
UPC: 031398211167
EAN: 0031398211167
ASIN: B000MEYKDW
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: March 27, 2007
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Product Description
AFTER A DRUNKEN NIGHT OF DANCING ON GRAVES, A GROUP OF FRIENDS ARE HAUNTED BY THREE HAVOC-MINDED GHOSTS BENT ON REVENGE.
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Scary Enough May 22, 2009
C. G. Smith
This movie is by no means terrifying, but it has its moments. Its definately scary enough. I liked the effects.
 Another movie I ended going "I need to own that DVD!" April 28, 2009
Amber (Georgia)
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.
ONE OF THE BETTER ONES IN THE SERIES April 17, 2009
fmwaalex (Austin, TX USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THE GRAVEDANCERS
I was a bit surprised way back when I bought this and finally sat down to watch it, compared to the previous ones I had seen this one wasn't that bad. I have come to find that most of the films in this series are decent while only a few are really good. This one falls kinda in between as it is just good not real good but good none the less. It is actually very creative because the story line I find really intriguing. Imagine saying good bye to a friend and in the process unleashing evil spirits upon you by dancing on their graves, sounds like a good time. That is exactly what happens here and other then a few missteps this is a pretty good flick that I found entertaining.
The movie follows three friends who come together once again for the funeral of a friend; two make it there the other stays away. That is until later that night when he makes the suggestion that they go to the cemetery that night for one last good bye to their departed friend. At first the disagree but soon they all make their way there and happen upon a note, a note that says they should dance, and dance they do. Each grooves on top of one grave each it seems, thus unleashing whom ever it was they were on top of upon them.
This movie really feels like a really good made for TV movie to me, I think because of the way it was shot [especially the opening credit sequence at the cemetery]. Writers Brad Keene and Chris Skinner did a good enough job with this film since the idea behind the movie is actually pretty cool; I think the budget was the biggest enemy of this movie. Director Mike Mendez seems like he could make a really good flick if he had a better budget, this is apparent in the last third of the film. The best example of this is the Ghostbusters style large ghost head chasing the car; once again the budget must be to blame. Also the ghost of the wife beater guy I believe it is looks like an anorexic Pumpkinhead, kinda cool. But aside from that this is a pretty decent flick.
Acting wise I think the entire cast did well enough and pulled of believable enough performances. Dominic Purcell, Josie Maran, Clare Kramer, Marcus Thomas, and all the rest of the cast do good jobs on this film and pull out some believable performances even when the effects are not as good. Even the ghost's are cool in this one, one is a little fire starter maniac while another is a vicious wife beater. Then of course there is the crazy lady bent on cutting you up, or at least in that scene she was. All of them were cool and the actor played well off of the idea of these spirits. Of course like I said not all the special effects were so good, but that is a budget thing I assume.
Over all this is a worthy addition to the series and may be one of the best over all. Still it falls a little short of classic status even though it is original. I guess it will be a while before I dance on graves again, man that used to be so fun.
 The best of Horrorfest. March 31, 2009
Robert Thompson (Under Your Bed!!!)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Horrorfest is a collection of independent horror movies that normally wouldn't have made it to theaters but for one reason or another After Dark Films saw something in them that deserves a chance. I'm really appreciative of this becuase I doubt I would have seen The Gravedancers without Horrorfest. Out of the Horrorfest movies I've seen, which is all of the first generation ones and a couple from the second time around, The Gravedancers id by far the best. It doesn't have much of a budget but they do as much as they can with what they have. The ghosts are pretty darn creepy looking, especially in a dark living room or theater. There's some good scares here and there, but I don't think a horror movie is ever going to really scare me much again. The acting is better than it is in most horror movies interestingly enough. The directing is surprisingly good, I can see this guy going places in the horror genre. There's some gaps in the plot here and there, and while it's not very complicated or all that original, it's better than a most of the other crap going around these days. The ending is pretty out of place and very corny, it's almost like a joke. That far into the movie though, I just kind of let it slide. Overall it's a surprisingly great horror movie that's the best of the Horrorfest movies I've seen. It's at least worth a rent.
movie buff January 13, 2009
Johnny Hurt (california)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
ok this is a real horror movie the ghosts look so real i dont know how the film makers did it. excellent AAAplus
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