GRAVE ENCOUNTERS: A Perfect Parody of Ghost Hunting Shows

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 1,5 тыс.

  • @RyanHollinger
    @RyanHollinger  3 года назад +471

    *What's the best GHOST HUNTING movies, show, etc?* Also... what should I cover next?

    • @ally-20
      @ally-20 3 года назад +13

      The lodge or starfish 💚

    • @williamlinville7131
      @williamlinville7131 3 года назад +16

      Climax by Gaspar Noé

    • @DDfan91
      @DDfan91 3 года назад +18

      Suspiria, the others, Salem's lot, the void, ginger snaps trilogy, the love witch and repo genetic opera

    • @4thwallbreaking870
      @4thwallbreaking870 3 года назад +19

      Would love to hear your take on Channel Zero

    • @webapp31
      @webapp31 3 года назад +7

      Vivarium 🙏

  • @dallinpenney1116
    @dallinpenney1116 3 года назад +1604

    The situation of being trapped in a dark building with no way out is what freaks me out more than the ghosts.

    • @mmmuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiirrrrr
      @mmmuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiirrrrr 3 года назад +81

      You couldn't get me into a building like that in the first place.

    • @daraghokane4236
      @daraghokane4236 3 года назад +7

      @@mmmuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiirrrrr you could you get in someone locks the door afterwards then your traped

    • @daraghokane4236
      @daraghokane4236 3 года назад +13

      @@mmmuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiirrrrr or it's so big you can't find the way back

    • @joebates7545
      @joebates7545 3 года назад +90

      That’s where the terror comes from for me. Watching the actors “break character” out of fear really builds the 4th wall up.

    • @struggler6864
      @struggler6864 3 года назад +37

      Me too.
      Like, holy shit.
      I'm already fucking terrified of darkness and have mild claustrophobia so the idea of getting trapped inside an abandoned, runned down, dark building completely locked it's my prime nightmare.

  • @baneoftechnology
    @baneoftechnology 3 года назад +1603

    now you've got me wishing Grave Encounters was a mini-series: like an outright fictional ghost hunting show where the cast gets increasingly more desperate for "something new/real" until the finale where they get wiped out.

    • @hazmatter0634
      @hazmatter0634 3 года назад +178

      @Le Troll Face maybe add a touch of irony by having legitimate reoccurring ghosts in the background of the first few episodes that they don’t see

    • @aslanroman8824
      @aslanroman8824 3 года назад +11

      Get someone on this !

    • @pilot195sky8
      @pilot195sky8 3 года назад +9

      You are a GENIUS!

    • @AuzzieArtyst
      @AuzzieArtyst 3 года назад +4

      Please some millionaire come along and finance this!

    • @kaijuguy19
      @kaijuguy19 3 года назад +8

      Now that's an awesome idea there. Pretty shocked an idea like that hasn't happened yet.

  • @jwnj9716
    @jwnj9716 3 года назад +1689

    I just love the scene where they pay the gardener to make him say he saw ghosts. His acting is priceless. Decent film, they should have brought Jeffrey Combs to play the doctor.

    • @nicholaslindsey7087
      @nicholaslindsey7087 3 года назад +51

      I loved that scene, the gardener was hilarious

    • @evanhayes5891
      @evanhayes5891 3 года назад +4

      What, Combs as the doc in House On Haunted Hill wasn't enough?

    • @takkat5102
      @takkat5102 3 года назад +5

      @@evanhayes5891 He meant that he should have played the same role again. It would have been cool.

    • @evanhayes5891
      @evanhayes5891 3 года назад +2

      @@takkat5102 I think you're right, but let's pretend he doesn't know about HOHH (which is great and more people SHOULD know about it).

    • @takkat5102
      @takkat5102 3 года назад

      @@evanhayes5891 pretty decent remake. Don't know about the sequel. Not worth my time I guess.

  • @joebates7545
    @joebates7545 3 года назад +3154

    Ryan you can’t just casually throw out the fact that you made found footage movies when you were a teen and not immediately upload all of them.

    • @LABOUMDECADANCE
      @LABOUMDECADANCE 3 года назад +138

      Yeah Ryan, as the old saying goes "p̶i̶c̶s̶ videos or it didn't happen".

    • @theorochardstimamiglio5067
      @theorochardstimamiglio5067 3 года назад +33

      I thought the same thing!!! the world needs to watch those

    • @BloodyVulnona
      @BloodyVulnona 3 года назад +45

      he could do it as a 1 million subs special or smth

    • @skylx0812
      @skylx0812 3 года назад +36

      People would prolly complain in the comments that there's no "Hoy-evars" anywhere.

    • @celestinemorningstar4851
      @celestinemorningstar4851 3 года назад +18

      @@LABOUMDECADANCE " 'clips' or it didn't happen", perhaps?

  • @ninjaeris131
    @ninjaeris131 3 года назад +1414

    For a parody, Grave Encounter had me legit scared at times

    • @Dukesparrow1999
      @Dukesparrow1999 3 года назад +64

      Freal, like its one of those what if scenarios where everything goes horribly wrong for the camera crew

    • @nightmarefanatic1819
      @nightmarefanatic1819 3 года назад +66

      @@Dukesparrow1999 I wasn't too big on the actual reality tv parts because it feels far too fake and too obviously made by people that hate paranormal shows.
      When it actually got to the real haunting though, that was awesome. I love that it wasn't just "Boo! A ghost" haunting and actually warped reality in horrible ways.

    • @shini2007
      @shini2007 3 года назад +6

      Same i legit jumped and some scenes

    • @troin3925
      @troin3925 3 года назад +20

      @@nightmarefanatic1819 Actually according to the behind the scenes featurette on the DVD, the creators were huge fans of paranormal investigation shows.

    • @daymonwinder7913
      @daymonwinder7913 3 года назад +34

      I got this overwhelming feeling of dread, when they were finally able to get the entrance open. Only to open up to just another hallway. 😱

  • @kuraarachan
    @kuraarachan 2 года назад +46

    One thing I really enjoyed about this film is how the characters grew on me over the course of the film. So many horror films just stock their cast with expendable jerks, so there was something really satisfying about the group banding together as shit hits the fan. Once a serious threat is established they never intentionally separate and even as they get frustrated they never truly lash out at each other. Even though they argue they still support each other and watch each other’s back. I remember there being one part where Sasha basically has a panic attack while the group is trying to flee and instead of abandoning or harassing her for it, Lance supports her and talks her through the worst of it so she can run with them. The fact that these characters became more and more sympathetic throughout the movie made me dread their deaths more and more, and it meant their deaths had a much greater impact on me than most horror films.

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 3 года назад +785

    "A paranormal parody of unparalleled proportions!"

    • @konahrikdov6901
      @konahrikdov6901 3 года назад +12

      "Preposterous!" >:(

    • @LnPPersonified
      @LnPPersonified 3 года назад +9

      Perfectly poetic!

    • @Logitah
      @Logitah 3 года назад +3

      How many p's can you fit in a singe sentence. XD

    • @konahrikdov6901
      @konahrikdov6901 3 года назад +9

      @@Logitah "People: Please passively, playfully, protectively, passionately promote pretty, perpendicular, perpetually purple pandas!" From Sarah Madden on Quora

    • @LnPPersonified
      @LnPPersonified 3 года назад +8

      @@Logitah Perhaps predominately pedantic people prefer pontificating preternaturally per passive positions past, present, prospectively prescient, profoundly prologued, packed pretentiously, passing perfection.

  • @zachflag6506
    @zachflag6506 Год назад +230

    Breaking down the front door only to reveal another hallway was my first taste of incomprehensible cosmic horror as a teen. The realization of “Oh shit, the rules of reality no longer apply and there’s nothing they can do” was chilling in a way few movies are for me

    • @darkflame1254
      @darkflame1254 11 месяцев назад +5

      True, If you ever had a nightmare that it felt for ages it's just like this

    • @OpalLeigh
      @OpalLeigh 11 месяцев назад +5

      I love that sh*t. This movie is hot garbage but it has such a special place in my heart for that reason 😂 it’s better to have tried and failed at a unique concept than to have made the same horror movie that’s been made for years only with different actors 😉

    • @zachflag6506
      @zachflag6506 11 месяцев назад +10

      @@OpalLeigh I honestly think it’s a genuinely good movie. The sequel is hot ass sliding down sandpaper but I still love the first one. Maybe I’m nostalgic, I don’t care, shit slaps lmao

    • @hansolo631
      @hansolo631 9 месяцев назад

      Yea I think the movie works entirely, I don't know why these guys are shading it or throwing out disclaimers, the movie is great.@@zachflag6506

    • @kalanicook1
      @kalanicook1 7 месяцев назад +3

      Man when i was younger and watched the blair witch for the first time, when they realise its like been nighttime for like 3 days scared me so much

  • @Childishxmarkeeloo
    @Childishxmarkeeloo 3 года назад +644

    Grave encounters revolutionized youtubers using their ghosts in their top 10 scary thumbnails

    • @DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose
      @DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose 3 года назад +100

      Can't tell you how many times I've seen thumbnails use the roaring ghost lady that stood in the corner or the tall lanky ghost we see climbing out a patient window in the sequel. 😆

    • @VitaeDivinia
      @VitaeDivinia 3 года назад +10

      “Grace encounters” I’m dead

    • @Childishxmarkeeloo
      @Childishxmarkeeloo 3 года назад +4

      @@VitaeDivinia appreciate it didnt catch ut

    • @ManubibiWalsh
      @ManubibiWalsh 3 года назад +9

      I read you comment with Chills’ voice in my head.

    • @J.J.Jameson_of_Daily_Bugle
      @J.J.Jameson_of_Daily_Bugle 3 года назад +8

      "Number 15 ... " xD

  • @Jane-oz7pp
    @Jane-oz7pp 3 года назад +371

    Unironically, Grave Encounters is one of the few FF flicks that actually scared me

    • @gana7206
      @gana7206 3 года назад +5

      Ironically

    • @wilsonjonah
      @wilsonjonah 3 года назад +10

      Same here... It was so freaky and the claustrophobia of the asylum really got to me

    • @sinnsage
      @sinnsage 3 года назад +3

      same

    • @renegadepyro726
      @renegadepyro726 2 года назад +9

      I remember my friend wanted to watch it and it went from us joking around about it and then when things got serious we were all quiet just watching it because it actually did get really good and scary. Then I showed my gf and her family and they did the same thing, and I just said “it gets interesting.” And then they did the same thing and just stayed quiet and watched the whole movie

    • @jamieclips8129
      @jamieclips8129 2 года назад +1

      Same

  • @lazarussolomon3541
    @lazarussolomon3541 3 года назад +522

    My childhood was made of 3 things, Transformers, American history and Paranormal shows. So anything that has those aesthetics makes me nostalgic

    • @amelancholybear1534
      @amelancholybear1534 3 года назад +6

      We're related now.

    • @quainejohnson4808
      @quainejohnson4808 3 года назад +4

      Growing up watching Ghost Hunters made me love this movie

    • @TheKing-qz9wd
      @TheKing-qz9wd 3 года назад +8

      History, horror, theology, action, and a lot of fisticuffs.
      Hmm. Ya know, moments of reflection like this get me thinking.

    • @janetuss6496
      @janetuss6496 3 года назад +2

      X-FILES I HOPE??

    • @katherineminor3402
      @katherineminor3402 3 года назад +3

      So the transformers visit an old civil war battle field and have to battle ghost soldiers.
      Bam! Instant success for me to you...and probably would be better than any of the Michael bay movies

  • @TheKialish
    @TheKialish 3 года назад +395

    "It works as horror comfort food"
    YES OMG thats SUCH a good way to put it. Its not amazing, or groundbreaking, but its Comforting, it has nostalgia, its a decent parody twist in my opinion

    • @harold3165
      @harold3165 Год назад +2

      I think it's pretty amazing. At least compared to other found footage horror films.

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 3 года назад +369

    I look forward to a ghost hunter show finding the phrase "HOYEVER" scratched in the wall of a haunted house.

    • @SeanHiruki
      @SeanHiruki 3 года назад +7

      It will get Purr Ratings

    • @stardragon7893
      @stardragon7893 3 года назад +10

      "What does it mean? Could this be how ghosts spell 'however?'"

  • @primarchicarus7099
    @primarchicarus7099 3 года назад +725

    I stayed at the Stanley Hotel a few summers ago and our tour guide absolutely tore apart the Ghost Adventures guy for randomly bringing mattresses into a warehouse on their grounds and fabricating a story that the warehouse was actually once a ward for typhus patients

    • @emilywilhite5807
      @emilywilhite5807 3 года назад +138

      I haven’t stayed at The Stanley but I did their ghost tour. There were 2 middle aged ladies on the tour and every time the tour guide would say ‘Some people say they can see/hear/smell blah blah blah in this location’ the ladies would go nuts. ‘We hear it! We smell it!’ They were actually hilarious.

    • @primarchicarus7099
      @primarchicarus7099 3 года назад +139

      @@emilywilhite5807 haha, my tour guide said "the only spirits I've seen here are in the whiskey lounge"

    • @hyteclowlife
      @hyteclowlife 3 года назад +18

      Classic Zak Bagans

    • @marwapranata5698
      @marwapranata5698 3 года назад +18

      @@emilywilhite5807 reminds me of a scene from a manga that pokes fun at that sort of people. That kind of people will absolutely eat up anything that would give a confirmation or validation to their obsession and bias, and often fell prey to scammers or con that exploited their weakness

    • @okaminokuro
      @okaminokuro 3 года назад +14

      my favorite part of the stanley was the one room with the old paint scheme. kubrick's team walked in, saw the bright pastel whites and yellows and said we can't film a horror movie here! and then had the whole place repaint in darker colors.

  • @ArgyleDinosaur
    @ArgyleDinosaur 3 года назад +524

    This movie is so underrated, man. Just the idea is hilarious and I hate found footage films, usually.

    • @melissag8270
      @melissag8270 3 года назад +3

      It’s one of my favorite films!

    • @estrangedfiction7799
      @estrangedfiction7799 3 года назад +5

      watched it many times. great film

    • @georgeclinton4524
      @georgeclinton4524 3 года назад +2

      It's very funny and fun, until it starts focusing on the characters having legit breakdowns and trying to hold it together. Then it does a good job of being kind of genuinely creepy.

  • @Lambdaleth
    @Lambdaleth 3 года назад +155

    "Teenage Ryan made a lot of crappy found footage movies back in the mid to late 2000s"
    Release the Ryan cuts!

  • @coolwaghmare
    @coolwaghmare 3 года назад +930

    Grave Encounter 2 is clearly inferior to the original, but there is 1 scene that absolutely blew me away and gave me genuine creeps..
    Spoilers
    When they SEEMINGLY escape the mental asylum and reach their hotel room elevator.
    And the moment elevator door opens, it leads to the hallway of the asylum..
    The concept was too scary for me...

    • @ryanjohnson5343
      @ryanjohnson5343 3 года назад +86

      Literally the only good part of the sequel

    • @marekdycjan9637
      @marekdycjan9637 3 года назад +70

      Yea, but it's just a reiteration of scene where they open the exit door in GE1 and it leads to another corridor. Which is actually one of the best scenes from GE1 for me :)
      GE2 is just bad :P

    • @coolwaghmare
      @coolwaghmare 3 года назад +147

      @@marekdycjan9637 imagine standing in front of hell's exit door. When you open it, it leads to the 2nd circle of hell.
      Scary, but we saw it coming
      Now imagine you somehow escape hell, returned you home, hug your parents, took a hot shower, contemplating your life choices and being greatful for the second chance.
      And the moment you open bathroom's door, the HELL AWAITS YOU on the other side.
      There is no escape.
      I think that's beyond scary.
      But then again, horror is subjective✌️

    • @alexresa9039
      @alexresa9039 3 года назад +8

      The sequel was pimp asl you trippin

    • @DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose
      @DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose 3 года назад +52

      And given the fact that you make the discovery from the characters' point of view, looking out into the dark hallway with them, it almost feels like you're trapped there too, and it makes you all the more grateful that you're not. The thought of being in such a situation like that was enough to scare me on its own. 😶

  • @RogueBeatsARG
    @RogueBeatsARG 3 года назад +229

    Those 90s/2000s paranormal and UFO shows had the best aesthetics

    • @charlesthorndike2702
      @charlesthorndike2702 3 года назад +2

      100% agreed

    • @Yaggert
      @Yaggert 3 года назад +5

      For real, i remember those shows so well. Those ad transitions tho

    • @etangbose4755
      @etangbose4755 3 года назад +3

      And finding bigfood

    • @phatase1608
      @phatase1608 3 года назад +3

      Oh man Fact or Faked and Finding Bigfoot were the peak of “paranormal”

    • @Nicole-ui5wv
      @Nicole-ui5wv 3 года назад

      nostalgia 101

  • @ladyblu3433
    @ladyblu3433 3 года назад +109

    God i remember seeing an episode of Most Haunted where the physics tells the woman presenting that a ghost called her a bitch and she starts freaking out and shouting at this 'ghost'. One of the funniest things I've ever seen

    • @Winters91
      @Winters91 3 года назад +9

      I remember that. I always wondered whether the guy was saying how he felt haha.

    • @quinnholmes9954
      @quinnholmes9954 3 года назад +8

      @@Winters91 he was, if you’re talking about the episode I’m thinking of it’s the one where the lady who owned the house kept making v strange racially motivated comments and they didn’t bother her because she was an old lady in the south but the psychic wasn’t gonna deal with that, One of my few begrudging bits of base respect for fake psychics is honestly when they do shit like that.

  • @sticketer
    @sticketer 3 года назад +112

    Everytime someone asks me what found footage horror to recommend, I always suggest 'grave encounters'. And all of them love or like it.

  • @katdeasyy
    @katdeasyy 3 года назад +121

    I watched this at like 13 and didn't realise it was even parodying anything lol just found it terrifying especially the second one where the hotel lift doors open and they're still in the building

    • @120bluestar
      @120bluestar 3 года назад +17

      Yes I love that elevator scene, such a fuck up scene!

    • @harleyjk6031
      @harleyjk6031 Год назад

      That elevator scene scared the fuck outa me

  • @gee7893
    @gee7893 3 года назад +425

    Ryan likes Buzzfeed Unsolved!! The crossover I never knew we needed

    • @greenhowie
      @greenhowie 3 года назад +11

      Someone needs to make a movie about a killer anti-manspreading chair NOW

    • @UkuleleVillain
      @UkuleleVillain 3 года назад +19

      Maybe he's more of a puppet history kinda guy

    • @R3TR0J4N
      @R3TR0J4N 3 года назад +7

      It's me ya boi

    • @harrisonlee9585
      @harrisonlee9585 3 года назад +4

      @@UkuleleVillain Ryan H is the genie that cursed The Professor

    • @SeanHiruki
      @SeanHiruki 3 года назад +9

      I distrust anything with the Buzzfeed name

  • @darkdemonqueen
    @darkdemonqueen 3 года назад +49

    I’ve always like the basic premise of this movie: don’t mock the dead and things you don’t understand.

  • @PoeticProse7
    @PoeticProse7 3 года назад +34

    The ending still haunts me; eating the rat and then being lobotomized is just horrifying!

  • @wulf2757
    @wulf2757 3 года назад +31

    If anyone else was curious like I was, the runes at 12:03 are Tolkien's runes from the Hobbit, and I've transliterated the main paragraph as the following;
    steamy a relationship
    is at first, the passion
    fades, and there had
    better be a lot of money
    to take its place/ I've
    learned that sometimes
    the people you expect to
    kick you when you're down
    will be the ones who do/
    I've learned that we dont
    have to ditch bad friends
    because their dysfunction/
    The words are a written piece called "I've learned" by an unknown author.

    • @Abrakadabro666
      @Abrakadabro666 Год назад +1

      Wait, what? Is there anymore? What's the story behind this???

    • @wulf2757
      @wulf2757 Год назад +4

      @@Abrakadabro666 Assumedly it was just random Lorem Ipsum content they pulled and then put through a 'spooky' looking font, without realizing it was from Tolkien. Almost certainly they never expected anyone to actually read it lol.

    • @queenberuthiel5469
      @queenberuthiel5469 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​​​​​@@wulf2757
      That's hilarious 😂
      Those creepy ancient.....dwarvish runes..Lol
      Reminds me the scene in Fellowship when Gandalf read the Book of Mazarbul in Moria...and the nightmare that comes after.
      Edit: NGL, the last phrases in the book can be applied in this movie.
      "We cannot get out.
      The end comes.... drums, drums in the deep......they are coming."

  • @007wars6
    @007wars6 3 года назад +24

    I honestly love this movie. It’s got some great jokes, good scares, and is just so unique. But my favorite parts are when you don’t see the ghosts. When there’s the buildup and when the hospital is changing; that kind of stuff.

  • @mitchB04
    @mitchB04 3 года назад +82

    FINALLY SOMEONE WHO LOVES THIS MOVIE AS MUCH AS I DO.... Damn it Ryan where were these videos last year when I was developing my thesis papers on The American Paranormal Horror genre, I mostly focused on the two Haunting On Haunted Hill films, and the two Grave encounters films, and compared and contrasted the films and the themes within them.

    • @DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose
      @DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose 3 года назад +4

      Whoa, that sounds awesome! If you've made it publicly available in some way, I'd love to read it sometime. 🖤

    • @SourOasis
      @SourOasis 3 года назад +2

      Oh man, I absolutely loved those two movie branches when I was younger. I just watch them now for some comforting nostalgia. If you do make your thesis public or accessible please let me know!

    • @mitchB04
      @mitchB04 3 года назад +3

      @@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose Thank you so much for the support! I'm currently drafting the thesis along with my feature film script(which will pair with it at my thesis defence) which is essentially (elevator pitch time) Grave Encounters and House On Haunted Hill mixed together with a bit of the Tales from the Crypt episode of Television Terror and wraps it up with a original (60's) Scooby-Doo style ending, with the visual & editing style of Mandy(with Nicholas Cage). So I'll be able to post everything after my thesis defence in the winter!

    • @mitchB04
      @mitchB04 3 года назад +3

      @@SourOasis Ryan said it best when he described them as "horror comfort food" essentially the theory of the thesis is that modern big budget studio supernatural horror films has evolved into Christian Horror, focusing on some restored sense of faith and themes of the christian God over coming evil and The Devil, as opposed to independent and retro/classic films in the genre which focus more on the horrors of the unknown, trauma, revenge, and regret. and also touches upon how The Conjuring series is kind of misogynistic with it's narratives. BUT Yes I do intend on making all my research and thesis public for any other Horror bugs out there looking for some "academic" material

    • @DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose
      @DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose 3 года назад +4

      @@mitchB04 Tee hee, I sung the elevator theme as I was reading your summary and it made me laugh. 😆But in all seriousness, quite the layered story you've got there, I hope it comes to fruition one day because it sounds like quite the ride! 👏

  • @Blundabus1337
    @Blundabus1337 2 года назад +39

    Ghost Adventurers's Gettysburg episode was freaking great. I'll never forget "I'm pregnant".
    Let's be honest, Gettysburg is probably the most haunted place in America if ghosts exist.

  • @MrSasunaru101
    @MrSasunaru101 3 года назад +36

    I still like watching Zack’s ghost haunting show once in a while.
    Fun way to learn some history and the different versions of ghost stories around the world.

    • @nicolecurrie2896
      @nicolecurrie2896 3 года назад +1

      I know, eh? Like I watch all the ghost/monster hunting shows and the amount of times I’ve had to explain that it’s not that I believe any of it, but the story/history/folklore/etc that comes with it is fascinating, in order to make them stop looking at me weird lol.

    • @GPoh_99
      @GPoh_99 3 года назад

      I love watching it with one of my friends. It's my ultimate guilty pleasure.

    • @TheVolginator
      @TheVolginator 3 года назад +1

      Totally agree. My wife loves the all ghost shit, but I'm interested in the history behind the locations. That and Zak is just the most, and I love it

    • @jameshinton2401
      @jameshinton2401 3 года назад +2

      I can't resist dipping back into it now and then. It's a shame that Zak is so scared of air travel now that the show is forever stuck in the US though.
      I don't believe any of it, and the science they tout is junk, but I have some affection for old Zak and Aaron (Billy can do one).

  • @GaeFootballClub
    @GaeFootballClub 3 года назад +18

    i unironically love this movie with my entire being its so much fun when its being a satire and actually pretty scary when it tries to be

  • @GhostonGuitar
    @GhostonGuitar 3 года назад +118

    This movie legit scared the fuck out of me as a kid.

    • @rainycloud10
      @rainycloud10 3 года назад

      Same. I couldn't bring myself to watch the whole thing because I was so scared.

    • @Abrakadabro666
      @Abrakadabro666 Год назад

      If you saw this as a kid then you're still a kid 🤣 🤣

    • @spencerman07
      @spencerman07 7 месяцев назад

      @@Abrakadabro666 It came out 10 years ago

  • @Vanished_Mostly
    @Vanished_Mostly 3 года назад +25

    Damn. And I was just about to do something productive.
    As an aside, I find stories where people are lost in an infinite (or seemingly infinite) space to be especially unsettling. I blame this movie for sparking that interest.
    Also, I feel the need to shout out Scariest Places on Earth, a show I loved as a kid. Zelda Rubinstein's narration was perfect. I can feel the lazy Sunday morning breeze just thinking about it.
    That last sentence was meant to illustrate my nostalgia, since that's when it aired; I didn't realize it was actually Sunday morning right now. Nice breeze too.

  • @hermesdosanjos4765
    @hermesdosanjos4765 3 года назад +48

    From these kind of shows I really liked Fact or Faked on SyFy. It was fun, a nice mix between MythBusters and Ghost Hunters.

    • @DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose
      @DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose 3 года назад +4

      My favorite part of Fact or Faked was always the beginning when the team members would share their videos; that was always a fun time. (Of course, that was *before* I found out that I could just watch those types of collections here on YT lol). But depending on the episode, for as unique as it was, the debunking was either a bit too boring or the investigation a bit too generic.

    • @im19ice3
      @im19ice3 3 года назад

      same v_v i actually learned stuff

    • @jessicacarranza2959
      @jessicacarranza2959 3 года назад +1

      I love that show

  • @The_Republic_of_Ireland
    @The_Republic_of_Ireland 3 года назад +21

    Gotta love people from the North and their love for Hoyever

  • @zachmcnamara4376
    @zachmcnamara4376 3 года назад +26

    As a kid, the show Fear on MTV gave me nightmares. I've gone back to watch it as an adult and LITERALLY NOTHING HAPPENS IN THAT SHOW. Heres your basic interaction on that show
    Person 1: I can't do it I'm too scared
    Person 2: Yes you can!
    Person 1: Okay I did it, lets sprint back to the safe house
    or
    Person 1: I can't do it I'm too scared
    Person 2: Yes you can
    Person 1: I'm quitting

  • @arejaycee5484
    @arejaycee5484 2 года назад +4

    The guy playing Lance played his character well and expands on it further in the second film.

  • @removelimitbreak7524
    @removelimitbreak7524 3 года назад +45

    "grave encounters broke me."
    Here we go Bois.

  • @MySacul
    @MySacul 3 года назад +92

    This movie manages to be an effective parody and to be somewhat scary at the same time.

  • @deadeyehiki7317
    @deadeyehiki7317 3 года назад +13

    Beyond belief: fact or fiction. Hosted by jonathan cornfrakes. That show was always on chiller and I fucking LOVED IT.

  • @heathernks8
    @heathernks8 3 года назад +95

    I'm getting "GhostFacers" vibes, lol. Never heard of this one; looks interesting!

    • @shawyo5
      @shawyo5 3 года назад +12

      All I’m saying is trust. If ghost facers from supernatural is what you’re referring to then watch this. It’s actually great and to a certain degree you will see ghost facers in it. It’s hilarious and a pretty good film. Nothing amazing, but definitely not bad. I enjoy it a lot and if you enjoyed ghost facers from supernatural then you will enjoy this. Think of it as an extended episode of one of those, but without the boys to save the day or stop deaths/ help them get out. I say check it out though if you never have. I definitely recommend!

    • @heathernks8
      @heathernks8 3 года назад +6

      @@shawyo5
      I wrote this before I watched Ryan's analysis and then.."I was confusion", lol. I had to rewatch his video on "REC" to see that they are two different movies! A LOT of RUclips sites use THIS movie's "demon face" for their "found-footage/REC" thumbnails, so when Ryan used this footage in REC.. and then here...🥴
      I understand now, tho, lol, and it does look REALLY good!😃

    • @emival3335
      @emival3335 3 года назад +2

      I thought of them too!

    • @johnallen3033
      @johnallen3033 3 года назад +6

      The filming location was used in Supernatural about a hundred times. Riverside Hospital in Vancouver.
      If you've watched Supernatural, The X Files or any number of other shows shot in VC you won't see a single square inch of the location in this movie that you haven't already seen before, and once you notice the distinctive parts, like the exterior entrances, lobby or the interior stairs with the big window (where the camera is placed when the light falls down in Grave Encounters) you'll never be able to unsee it.
      I recently re-watched Supernatural myself and practically every second episode I found myself thinking "Hey, there's Riverside again!"

    • @heathernks8
      @heathernks8 3 года назад +3

      @@johnallen3033
      Oh, wow.. That's fascinating! I just started an X-files rewatch on the "Comet" network today. I would have never known.. Thanks!!😃

  • @josephcompton5602
    @josephcompton5602 3 года назад +11

    I recently read a book that opens with a similar plot, called "Killer Candy" by Jason Murphy. It does the whole "Ghost Hunting team runs into real paranormal event" as it opening first two chapter. Which what happens after is a pretty fun and spooky story that feels very much like Sam Raimi style of horror comedy films

  • @boedacious
    @boedacious 3 года назад +33

    Awesome little shout out for the Buzzfeed Unsolved guys. Shane and Ryan rock

  • @TheWayOfShawn
    @TheWayOfShawn 3 года назад +34

    "The Hollinger Tapes" release when?

  • @vgkkingdong
    @vgkkingdong 3 года назад +11

    Do “You’re Next” please! Such a good horror/thriller that doesn’t get enough love

  • @Akursedtime
    @Akursedtime 3 года назад +13

    I'm usually very critical of found footage horror movies but this one was the rare one as it was entertaining and it wasn't boring.
    Also the filming location was at an actual mental institute called Riverview in Coquitlam, British Columbia. My city. And yes it was closed down and is mostly kept currently as a filming location for television shows and movies.

    • @sherilynm9271
      @sherilynm9271 3 года назад +2

      Yeah, that's why this movie freaked me out, too, because I also live in Coquitlam! I've heard too many stories of people seeing things on the grounds at night, and I'm a giant weenie, so... Too scary for me!

    • @Akursedtime
      @Akursedtime 3 года назад +2

      @@sherilynm9271 That's awesome! I rarely come across fellow Coquitlam people on RUclips. It's mostly the question, where is Coquitlam. Lol
      But yeah, my mom worked there for a year as a student nurse and she scared me a whole ton about that place. It also looks very haunted. I wouldn't want to go there at all.

  • @d3dshotcalamity226
    @d3dshotcalamity226 3 года назад +9

    OMG Yes! I was just watching your other videos and thought that it would be awesome if you covered Grave Encounters!!

  • @slxxpyhollow
    @slxxpyhollow 3 года назад +9

    This is one of the most underrated horror films.

  • @methenthusiast9148
    @methenthusiast9148 3 года назад +73

    I had a friend show me this movie who thought it was real

    • @radiohead93
      @radiohead93 3 года назад +18

      You could probably convince your friend that Noroi The Curse or Lake Mungo is real

    • @squeegiebeckenheim8476
      @squeegiebeckenheim8476 3 года назад +8

      That’s the plot of the sequel lol

    • @jaymereynolds9172
      @jaymereynolds9172 3 года назад +5

      @@radiohead93 I feel lake mungo is well done enough to work. It fooled me for awhile and I don't even feel stupid for falling for it, it's great.

    • @methenthusiast9148
      @methenthusiast9148 3 года назад +4

      @@radiohead93 there was a Sasquatch movie that he thought was real too, can’t remember what the name was though, I think it was something creek or river

    • @Kimnicpat
      @Kimnicpat 3 года назад +2

      @@methenthusiast9148 Are you thinking of 2014's Willow Creek?

  • @MrDrProfessor4
    @MrDrProfessor4 3 года назад +5

    Watched this back when it was new. Despite its bad improvised dialog I loved this film so much for the reasons you explained, mainly that something actually happened in a Ghost Hunters episode.

  • @ladypossum1776
    @ladypossum1776 3 года назад +11

    He mentioned the Ghoul Boys! Shaniacs and Boogaras we've bEeN SUMMONED!

  • @thecorrected7401
    @thecorrected7401 3 года назад +13

    Boy I wish they still did the documentary style haunted shows in the U.K. Growing up we had things like CASTLE GHOSTS OF (ENGLAND/SCOTLAND/IRELAND), HAUNTED HOTELS and GHOST STORIES that were all essential viewing.

    • @spooksmalloy
      @spooksmalloy 3 года назад +1

      They do hundreds of these on Amazon, they're all dogshit but I'll watch every single one

  • @amber7591
    @amber7591 3 года назад +9

    Yessssss!!! I love this movie! I first watched it with a friend and thought, "oh it's just a crappy low budget ghost horror movie" but afterward I was like, "omg, this is one of my favorite movies!" Even though it is kind of a low budget corny ghost horror, I just really like the plot and the characters.

  • @TrevorNWhite
    @TrevorNWhite 3 года назад +1

    Yes! Thank you for talking about this movie, and from that angle - it’s long been one of my favorites for the dark comedy of how it descends from the crew playacting horror at little spooky events to impossible architecture and genuine fear for their lives

  • @J50143
    @J50143 3 года назад +4

    Man have such a soft spot for found footage movies, loved this one.

  • @nickofthelivingdead7874
    @nickofthelivingdead7874 3 года назад +23

    I am so glad you talked about this movie today of all days. A year ago this month I had finished my first screenplay in 3 years for a low-budget found footage parody movie highly inspired by this film, Ghostbusters, Ghostwatch, and BuzzFeed Unsolved. Because of COVID, I never got to actually film it, and it made me very sad to revisit the project or any other project for a while because of how much time and effort I had put into it and how at the time it seemed that it was all for nothing. In the year since however, I've gotten the chance to grow more as a writer, and your videos have helped so much in that growth. Just yesterday, I finished my first draft of a no-budget feature-length horror comedy I hope to produce this summer. As for the found footage parody, I'm hoping to craft a pitch bible and pilot script for a TV show adaptation of it. Whether it comes to fruition or not, that project and this film hold a very special place in my heart, and to be reminded of it today really impacted me and put this whole past year of my creative journey into perspective. I just wanted to say thank you for that. Keep up the fantastic work!

  • @nicholaxxx
    @nicholaxxx 3 года назад +142

    The entire movie was dope, one line broke me
    "I want my mom..."

    • @kayd.1600
      @kayd.1600 7 месяцев назад +4

      I’m so glad someone pointed this out. That line destroyed me. These characters were clearly in over their head and it eventually hurts to watch them suffer so much.
      Also, the main guy being lobotomized? Jeez, what an awful fate.

    • @TheFrugalVideoGamer
      @TheFrugalVideoGamer 2 месяца назад

      That was hands-down my favorite moment of the movie, as it was so eminently relatable and horrifying in the classic sense - she'd literally just vomited blood and was pleading for help, instinctively calling out for her mother.

  • @auzpayeur8229
    @auzpayeur8229 3 года назад +9

    Oh fuck yes. I watched this for Halloween last year and it jumped to the absolute top of my list. So excited to hear your take

  • @mikkoleinonen9846
    @mikkoleinonen9846 3 года назад +6

    There's one found footage film that I watched with my friends while drinking. Australian film called The Tunnel. We were prepared for a funny little horror flick but in the end the movie really creeped us out.

  • @anothercolby1848
    @anothercolby1848 3 года назад +33

    This movie isn't perfect but it is very underrated

  • @MrMmnngghh
    @MrMmnngghh 3 года назад +1

    I have a rare appreciation for this film and I don't care who knows it.
    The still, quiet scene upstairs showing the open window and it being pitch black "outside" when it was supposed to be morning said more than any of the jump scares.

  • @j.r.cilliangreen4083
    @j.r.cilliangreen4083 3 года назад +19

    Did you see the “Most Haunted” appearance on Inside No. 9? A rather scary episode

  • @flyingmintbunny1286
    @flyingmintbunny1286 3 года назад +1

    Thank you!! Someone is finally covering this one!!

  • @christyfielding7498
    @christyfielding7498 2 года назад +23

    I absolutely love Grave Encounters. I don't care how cheesy it is. Its just fun to watch.

  • @UnknownGamer-cw3uo
    @UnknownGamer-cw3uo 3 года назад +3

    Ryan and Shane at buzfeed are so good at what they do when they investigate the paranormal etc they make everything feel real

  • @The_Dailey_Gamer
    @The_Dailey_Gamer 3 года назад +10

    When paired with the 2nd movie, mainly for the “explanations” of the bad cgi in the 1st movie, I truly do feel the first movie is practically as flawless as it can be.

    • @charles67198
      @charles67198 3 года назад

      I remember 2 but what are you referring to when you say explanations of bad cg? What did they say exactly?

    • @The_Dailey_Gamer
      @The_Dailey_Gamer 3 года назад +5

      @@charles67198 sorry for the late reply, basically in the second movie the first movie actually exists and they talk about the characters in the first one by using their actual names but they treat it like they were actually filming a ghost hunting show and that they were just using their stage names, and everything still happened but that the studio took the footage and added the bad cgi (the hands coming through the wall and the spooky 2011, or so, face filter) to make it look more convincing that it was all fake and then used the footage to market it as a movie (Grave Encounters) It’s meta as hell but pulls it off amazingly well without overdoing it.

    • @charles67198
      @charles67198 3 года назад

      @@The_Dailey_Gamer oh that's right. Thanks 👍

    • @georgeclinton4524
      @georgeclinton4524 3 года назад +4

      Within the narrative of the 2nd film it directly tells you that the guy running the movie studio was lying to him about the "bad cgi", and the studio did nothing other than cut together the raw tapes and release it as a movie to try to recover any financial loses and cover-up their liability in this tragedy. The story of the 2nd film is that the ghost basically made a snuff film and tricked a film studio into releasing it, then with the power it gained it could effect things outside the asylum and lured this new group their to make another snuff film.

  • @gigi8528
    @gigi8528 3 года назад +2

    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction was freaking amazing! 📺❤️

  • @4thwallbreaking870
    @4thwallbreaking870 3 года назад +13

    I remember watching Grave Encounters back to back with The Descent a few years ago with a few friends. And while The Descent really didn't work for us, Grave Encounters really got us...

  • @yunix2396
    @yunix2396 3 года назад +1

    This film really brings back lots of nostalgia of my early youtube days. Looking up paranormal videos uploaded to the internet and video game mysteries and creepypastas. The film captures that style of an era so effectively that I can't help but have so much appreciation for the film. I love it.

  • @hopegallows1392
    @hopegallows1392 3 года назад +6

    I’d love to see you cover the A Haunting episode about the Snedeker families experiences in the late 80’s. I remember watching the tv special with my mom and it terrified us. Then the 09 movie came out and we laughed our asses off at it

  • @victoriah2025
    @victoriah2025 3 года назад +125

    It goes without saying, if you used to watch Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, you're hot now.

    • @Miromoto
      @Miromoto 3 года назад +22

      About damn time. It was exhausting being ugly.

    • @victoriah2025
      @victoriah2025 3 года назад +12

      @@Miromoto We can relax, our time has come

    • @gmonroy852
      @gmonroy852 3 года назад +6

      "It's an urban legend that never happened"

    • @im19ice3
      @im19ice3 3 года назад +1

      :D!
      there is one(1) clip from that show that still haunts me no joke

    • @victoriah2025
      @victoriah2025 3 года назад +1

      @@im19ice3 yeah they managed to catch some really eerie vibes when they filmed some of it. Like a fever dream

  • @era_s
    @era_s 3 года назад +5

    As someone who does indeed love the first movie, Ryan is dead on: I also really liked the second movie, but if you're at all lukewarm on the first movie I can see absolutely *hating* #2. It commits totally to what it's trying to be, which works if you vibe with the sheer wackiness but *really* doesn't if you don't.

  • @ylliastergames659
    @ylliastergames659 3 года назад

    You are literally the only channel on all of RUclips that I keep the notifications on for, because this video was great!

  • @HonestWatchReviewsHWR
    @HonestWatchReviewsHWR 3 года назад +6

    I remember watching this. It's a fun, but definitely an underrated film.

  • @youarenowawarepodcast8896
    @youarenowawarepodcast8896 4 месяца назад +1

    I’m a horror movie buff and I find a lot of horror movies don’t really effect me anymore. I want to be scared and be jittery when I go to bed at night but I’ve seen so many horror films that not much really scares me anymore.
    I watched this film yesterday, and Grave Encounters really effected me. It’s kinda funny since many didn’t find it too scary, but ‘impossible horror’ is my kryptonite and contains many of my favourite horror tropes.
    Never ending hallways, the exit opening to more of the hospital, the roof access being blocked by a wall that was not there previously… shit like that always gets me. I had plenty of nightmares afterwards full of the trope where if a door closes or if you take your eye off of who you’re with for too long and they wander they just disappear since the area is ever changing. A door closing and as soon as you open it those that were behind the door and the previous setting had changed

  • @madmarx7543
    @madmarx7543 3 года назад +6

    You should check out Noroi: The Curse since you didn't mention it. I'd love a video about that, it's such a fascinating FF movie.

  • @stephgilliam
    @stephgilliam 3 года назад

    This is one of my favorites, I'm so glad you did a video on it!

  • @implodingnerd
    @implodingnerd 3 года назад +6

    Honestly, one of my favourite horror movies.

  • @hexangel1523
    @hexangel1523 3 года назад +39

    Literally one of my favorite horror movies of all time and to anyone who has a problem with the CGI my question is "how exactly is a ghost or demon supposed to look?"

    • @dustmybroom288
      @dustmybroom288 3 года назад +9

      You should watch Asian horror films. They have the scariest looking ghosts while using makeup and none to very little CGI

    • @cheezyfilmsproductions1842
      @cheezyfilmsproductions1842 3 года назад +3

      That’s just a a bad excuse. The designs are fine, it’s the bad cg that’s the problem

    • @neongoatguts
      @neongoatguts 3 года назад +4

      I kind of like the aspect of bad CGI because at the beginning the director stated that they purposely made the CGI look bad so people wouldn't think its real

    • @bartoszkrawczyk5921
      @bartoszkrawczyk5921 3 года назад +3

      @@neongoatguts I want a found footage movie where ghost knows all horror tropes, so he mocks people he tortures by doing the most obvious things.
      You know, throwing things obviously across the room, the "Haha i am your reflection in the mirror" scare, standing behind someone when they are talking to someone else, completely oblivious of the fact a demon is standing behind them etc.
      Or even just looking like a bad CGI, so nobody believes them if they do escape.
      It was kinda done in Hi, I'm Mary Mary (if i remember the title right) youtube series, but a Hollywood production like that would put a smile on my face.

  • @rikuauditore
    @rikuauditore 3 года назад

    I LOVED this film! So glad to see you cover it.

  • @lifeofdylan1766
    @lifeofdylan1766 3 года назад +4

    Oh damn, I weirdly love this movie and it's sequel since they released. The Outlast Games are also dope. Great video Ryan dude

  • @SpoonieCreates
    @SpoonieCreates 3 года назад +2

    I loved this one so much. It makes me sad it hasn’t gotten the recognition it deserves

  • @gerardwfreak
    @gerardwfreak 3 года назад +3

    This was such a fun film to watch, and I really enjoyed that they made fun of the techniques that reality ghost hunting shows do! And yeah, the effects are a bit cheesy at times (when the ghosts' faces distort mainly), but definitely a fun film to watch with friends over! Also, I really liked the way that the hospital was never ending, always changing wings (kind of reminded me of the Winchester House), and I did appreciate that they didn't go for a cheesy ending.. I liked the way that they ended it, because it's something that does stick with you
    EDIT: If possible, please do a video on Ghostwatch!! It only aired once on the BBC and it's caused such an uproar because people thought it was real; it's such a good film and it was so so creepy!!

    • @whitedragoness23
      @whitedragoness23 3 года назад

      Wow. I hope he sees your comment, I would love to see him cover something that people thought was real

  • @trungkhoaLe
    @trungkhoaLe 3 года назад +1

    Another great found-footage/mockumentary horror movie for you Ryan. Noroi The Curse from the land of rising sun Japan. Incredibly entertaining and scary as hell.

  • @Fr3unen
    @Fr3unen 3 года назад +3

    I had a guilty pleasure in Ghost Adventures as a kid.

    • @lukecremecheese597
      @lukecremecheese597 3 года назад

      same!!! every time they said credibility in the intro, my parents and i would immediately parrot it back the way they say it lol

  • @TheAlmightyLoli
    @TheAlmightyLoli 3 года назад +1

    Gonjiam Haunted Asylum did the same concept, but legit pretty creepy.

  • @lamechannelboring4008
    @lamechannelboring4008 3 года назад +8

    I was about to watch a grave encounter clip after watching foundflix grave encounter explained.

  • @GPoh_99
    @GPoh_99 3 года назад

    YES! I've been hoping you'd cover this one ever since I found your channel!

  • @Hedgpig
    @Hedgpig 3 года назад +13

    Wasn't Zach Bagans the one who made that editing mistake, and left in some footage he uploaded to RUclips of him and his cameraman faking a door moving? It was the exact same kind of casual glimpse behind the scenes as in Grave Encounters

  • @JwatersMMA
    @JwatersMMA 3 года назад

    Hey man best horror back in the day. Scared both my mates the most at the time and haven't had too many spooky times since

  • @LnPPersonified
    @LnPPersonified 3 года назад +8

    "Teenage Ryan made a _lot_ of crappy found footage movies back in the mid to the late 2000s."
    Can...can we see any?

  • @aries2242
    @aries2242 3 года назад

    I love it whenever Ryan uploads a new vid but I get super hyped when the movie he reviews is something I've watched.

  • @MediaGhost_
    @MediaGhost_ 3 года назад +3

    What a GRAVE ENCOUNTER I've forced myself in by watching this video. :D

  • @fasola183
    @fasola183 3 года назад

    I’m so happy you made this video!!! Grave Encounters is so near and dear to my heart. When I first watched it, it was my favorite horror movie and the only movie to scare my older sister to this date! (The scene where the girl’s hair lifts up by itself made my sister SCREAM)

  • @tree4318
    @tree4318 3 года назад +8

    "I saw a ghost, it was really scary."

  • @drcrumbs
    @drcrumbs 3 года назад

    Dude I’m so excited you talked about FEAR. I spent so many nights as a kid watching this with my dad and it brings me so much nostalgia. I feel like a lot of people didn’t even know it existed.

  • @alipoon4854
    @alipoon4854 3 года назад +18

    Super Eyepatch Wolf releases a video about fake psychics, followed by Ryan analysing a film parodying exploitative paranormal TV.
    ...keeping my eye on you Irish 👁

  • @ryanjohnson5343
    @ryanjohnson5343 3 года назад +1

    This film is genuinely fantastic! Also watch the intro to the show they film and watch the intro to the older seasons of Ghost Adventures, so well done

  • @forsaken841
    @forsaken841 3 года назад +31

    I find it hard to believe someone who made it through the Poughkeepsie Tapes and the House Jack Built would be “broken” by Grave Encounters.

    • @kylemeluch4801
      @kylemeluch4801 3 года назад +6

      Hoyever....

    • @laurahall7681
      @laurahall7681 3 года назад +1

      He didn't mean it broke him emotionally

    • @forsaken841
      @forsaken841 3 года назад +4

      @@laurahall7681 what did he mean? I watched the whole thing and don’t understand how it “broke” him.

    • @laurahall7681
      @laurahall7681 3 года назад +17

      @@forsaken841 Broke him in the sense that he was conflicted about how he felt about the film, whereas he usually speaks with conviction on how a lot of films make him feel.

    • @forsaken841
      @forsaken841 3 года назад +1

      @@laurahall7681 ah ok.

  • @deathxxbed3291
    @deathxxbed3291 3 года назад

    I remember recommending this on Twitter a while back.
    I feel so seen, so blessed 😇😇