Gravedancers by Mike Mendez [2006]

Title: The Gravedancers
Director: Mike Mendez
Starring: Dominic Purcell, Josie Maran, Clare Kramer, Marcus Thomas
Runtime: 95 minutes
Year: 2006
Source: Generation X Video

Since my fellow movie bloggers gave this raving recommendations, how could I need go out and rent it? And thankfully, they are on point, as this was easily the best out of last years After Dark Horrorfest. Which isn't to say it's absolutely amazing, but the best among it's peers.

First, I gotta say, the ghosts looked amazing. Happy, smiling ghosts doing everything in their power to kick your ass for disrespecting theirs? Awesome. Far superior to the moody, miserable jerkoff ghost that tries to teach you a lesson [like 95% of ghost movies].

This little bad boy starts out with three friends celebrating the life of a dead friend by dancing on graves[?] after downing a few too many. They picked the wrong corpses to piss off, as they happened to be a bitter axe murderer, a wee little kid addicted to starting fires [with you in it], and a sadistic rapist with a good boy exterior.

Along the way of trying to save their asses they team up with some slighlty annoying paranormal investigators. I wonder if that position exists in the real world? Cause I surely wouldn't mind telling people the exact opposite of what to do just to watch them die. [I know, I know... I'm going to hell].

There's a reason this is the most recommended features out of the Horrorfest films from last year. The ghosts carry the movie, they have more of a story than the actual 'victims' and keeps you rooting for the bad guys.

Recommended.

j.