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Shadowhunters was a supernatural fantasy show based on Cassandra Clare's book series. It followed Clary Fray as she entered the world of Shadowhunters on her 18th birthday. The series received mixed responses from critics but won several awards, including Teen Choice and People's Choice Awards. The cast members have found success in various projects after the show's end, with Katherine McNamara appearing in Walker and The Stand, and Dominic Sherwood starring in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.

The supernatural drama Shadowhunters said its final goodbye in 2019, but the cast has been busy since the series ended. The supernatural fantasy show first aired in 2016 and ran for three seasons on Freeform. Shadowhunters follows Clary Fray as she finds out on her 18th birthday that her family came from a long line of human-angel hybrids called Shadowhunters and that their job was to hunt demons. Throughout its three-season run, the series included dramatic cliffhangers,...

In one of its first development moves since the end of the writers strike, New Line has hired Blair Butler to write Occupant, the adaptation of a short story by Victor Sweetser.

Zach Cregger, the filmmaker behind the critically adored 2022 horror movie Barbarian, is producing the supernatural thriller with frequent collaborator Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon and Scott Glassgold of Ground Control — the latter specializes in the horror short-story adaptation business — are also producing, as is John Poliquin.

The project was the subject of a heated bidding war in February with New Line, the Warner Bros. division that dominates the studio horror space, winning it with a six-figure outright buy.

New Line is keeping the logline locked in the basement, but the story is a spin on the traditional haunted house tale. In this case, when a mysterious old house is moved to a small town,...

In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be covering John Poliquin’s underrated sequel, Grave Encounters 2.

Maybe it’s the fear of madness, or perhaps it’s the uncomfortable history of how mental illness used to be treated, but there’s definitely something about psychiatric hospitals that makes them such a compelling location for scary stories. From Dracula to Shutter Island, there’s no shortage of horror yarns featuring spooky asylums, and one of the most entertaining of the bunch has to be the Vicious Brothers’ 2011 Found Footage flick, Grave Encounters.

Breaking online records when its trailer went viral and earning back nearly forty-five times its production budget despite a limited theatrical release, calling Grave Encounters a success is something of an understatement. That’s why it’s no surprise that the film soon spawned a sequel. However, by the time the project had been greenlit, the Vicious...

In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be covering Colin Minihan’s alien abduction thriller, Extraterrestrial!

At one point, it can be argued that the Vicious Brothers were one of Canada’s most influential filmmaking duos, only challenged by the Soska Sisters in genre cinema. While these punk-rock partners (who aren’t really brothers) skyrocketed to stardom after the popularity of 2007’s Grave Encounters, they weren’t too keen on repeating themselves after that initial success, even passing along their directorial duties to John Poliquin on Grave Encounters 2.

For their next endeavor, the duo decided to look back on an unproduced passion project. Inspired by their perceived lack of “cool” alien movies in the horror genre, the filmmakers had come up with a story informed by UFO abduction accounts and government conspiracy theories long before their first feature film. Updating the script, they soon began production on what would eventually become 2014’s Extraterrestrial.

Stars: Francesca Xuereb, Viktoria Vinyarska, Eric Wiegand, Scott Gremillion, Rick Lacour, Quinn Nehr, Sam A Coleman, Timothy McKinney | Written by Ben Jagger, John Poliquin, Nick Richey | Directed by Ben Jagger

Based on a Japanese novel by writer Nanami Kamon and made with the participation of Japanese producers, I was expecting Room 203 to be yet another Anglicised J-horror in the mould of The Grudge but that’s not exactly what we get. Whilst yes, there may be some elements of J-horror for the most part this is a traditional haunted house movie. Only a hunted house movie that spends a Lot of its running time concentrating on the relationship between the two protagonists. Two broken, fragile women who both bring a lot of baggage to their new co-habiting life.

Room 203 sees lifelong friends Kim and Izzy move into the titular, quirky apartment with a creepy medieval stained glass window, Kim slowly...

UK filmmaker Ben Jagger directed, co-wrote.

Voltage Pictures has licensed US rights on J-horror Room 203 from from Japan’s Ammo Inc. and California-based Ammo Entertainment to Vertical Entertainment.

UK filmmaker Ben Jagger directed the feature about two female roommates tormented by vengeful spirits dwelling in their gothic-style apartment which contains an ornate centrepiece.

Rising actors Francesca Xuereb, Viktoria Vinyarska and Eric Wiegand star.

John Poliquin, Jagger and Nick Richey adapted the screenplay from Nanami Kamon’s Japanese novel published by Kobunsha. Producers are Ammo Entertainment’s Annmarie Sairrino and Ammo Inc.’s Moeko Suzuki, alongside Kat McPhee, Ben Anderson and Eric Gibson.

UK director Ben Jagger directed and co-wrote feature based on Nanami Kamon’s Japanese novel.

Voltage Pictures has added another commercially appealing title to its Cannes market slate, boarding worldwide sales on English-language J-horror Room 203 from Japan’s Ammo Inc. and California-based Ammo Entertainment.

UK director Ben Jagger’s feature is adapted from Nanami Kamon’s Japanese novel and follows two female roommates tormented by vengeful spirits dwelling in their gothic-style apartment which contains an ornate centrepiece.

John Poliquin (Shudder’s Spiral), Jagger and Nick Richey (Low Low) co-wrote the screenplay. The cast features Francesca Xuereb, Viktoria Vinyarska and Eric Wiegand.

Rlje Films Presents Spiral Available On DVD & Blu-ray January 19, 2021 Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Spiral from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Spiral will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 19, 2021. Directed by Kurtis David Harder (What Keeps You Alive), Spiral was written by Colin Minihan (Z), and John Poliquin (Still/Born). …

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Rlje Films Presents Spiral Available On DVD & Blu-ray January 19, 2021 Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Spiral from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Spiral will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 19, 2021. Directed by Kurtis David Harder (What Keeps You Alive), Spiral was written by Colin Minihan (Z), and John Poliquin (Still/Born). …

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In her Brooklyn Horror Film Festival review, Sara Clements wrote that Kurtis David Harder's Spiral "goes full tilt on the horrors of undying prejudice," and following its streaming release on Shudder back in September, the film is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on January 19th from Rlje Films:

Press Release: Los Angeles – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Spiral from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Spiral will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 19, 2021.

Directed by Kurtis David Harder (What Keeps You Alive), Spiral was written by Colin Minihan (Z), and John Poliquin (Still/Born). The film stars Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman (“American Horror Story”), Ari Cohen (It franchise), Jennifer Laporte (“iZombie”), Ty Wood (“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”), Chandra West (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry), and Lochlyn Munro (“Riverdale”). Rlje Films will release Spiral on...

Akatsuki Entertainment, the U.S. film production branch of Japanese gaming firm Akatsuki, has recently wrapped production on English-language horror feature “Room 203.” It is now looking for investors.

Adapted from a Japanese novel from Kobunsha Publishing, the story is a tale of two female roommates who are tormented by the vengeful spirits dwelling in their gothic-style, rented apartment, which contains an ornate centerpiece. The adapted screenplay is by John Poliquin, Jagger and Nick Richey (“Low Low”).

Filming took place in Shreveport, California under full Covid-19 protocols with rising British director Ben Jagger (“Corbin Nash” and the upcoming “Dark Peak”) in the chair. The cast is headed by Francesca Xuereb, Viktoria Vinyarska and Eric Wiegand.

“The apartment is a decrepit, but amazing American Gothic. But there’s an ever-present smell of rot, eerie sounds and noises,” said Bradley in a prepared text. “As the warning signs mount, one of the women...

Toronto-based company also acquires Spiral, Deathcember

Raven Banner has acquired Canadian rights to Keith Thomas’ SXSW supernatural horror debut The Vigil, one of several pick-ups announced by the Toronto-based company on Tuesday (November 10).

The film, a SXSW official selection this year that premiered in 2019 Toronto Midnight Madness, centres on a man who encounters a malevolent force when he is tasked with watching over a deceased member of his former Orthodox community.

Raven Banner brokered the deal with Elle Driver and plans to release The Vigil alongside US distribution IFC Films in early 2021. Dave Davis and Malky Goldman star.

The company...

Exclusive: Netflix has acquired the John Poliquin-directed short film, Selfie, to be made into a feature-length that will explore the horrors of body image in the age of social media. Poliquin and Colin Minihan, who wrote the short, will also pen the film adaptation. The short was set to premiere at SXSW in March before the annual Austin gathering was canceled due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Benjamin Anderson and Minihan are producing the pic. The two are also working together on the Screen Gems thriller, Urban Legend, which Anderson producing alongside Mike Medavoy with Minihan writing and directing.

In addition, Poliquin and Minihan are the creators behind the Shudder original LGBTQ thriller, Spiral, which debuted last month. It follows a same-sex couple raising a 16-year-old girl in a small town where nothing is as it seems.

CAA reps Minihan as a producer. Both Poliquin and Minihan are repped by...

Stars: Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Lochlyn Munro, Ari Cohen, Chandra West, Jennifer Laporte, David LeReaney | Written by Colin Minihan, John Poliquin | Directed by Kurtis David Harder

It’s 1995 and a same-sex couple move to a small town so they can enjoy a better quality of life and raise their 16 year-old daughter with the best social values. But nothing is as it seems in their picturesque neighbourhood. And when Malik sees the folks next door throwing a very strange party, something very shocking has got to give.

Billed by many as the gay equivalent of Get Out, I found Spiral to be more of an interesting look into the pressure of being minority – both sexually and racially – and the toll being “different” can have on mental health than That film. For that’s what, for the most part Spiral presents us with: a man, broken by a hate crime of the past, trying...

We have the new trailer for Spiral, which will be making its premiere on Shudder later this month:

"Malik and Aaron move to a small town in search of a better environment for them and their 16-year-old daughter. But nothing is as it seems as something sinister lies behind the picturesque homes and welcoming faces of their new neighbors.

A horror film for the current age, Spiral skillfully dissects themes of ostracization, otherness, and the cycles of societal rejection and hate, led by a breakout performance by Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman.

With Ty Wood and Chandra West. Written by Colin Minihan (writer of the Shudder Original Z and the upcoming new Urban Legend) and John Poliquin (Selfie), directed by Kurtis David Harder.

Spiral is produced by Minihan, Harder, and John Poliquin for Digital Interference, the celebrated Canadian indie label behind the SXSW sensation What Keeps You Alive (released by IFC Midnight), Shudder Originals Z and Still/Born,...

The FrightFest hit follows a gay couple terrorised by a dark force.

UK sales outfit Sc Films International has boarded worldwide rights outside of English-speaking territories to occult thriller Spiral.

The films follows same-sex couple Malik and Aaron who face homophobic threats when they move to a small Us town to raise their teenage daughter. As the threats become more insidious, Malik begins to suspect there are even darker forces at play.

Spiral premiered at FrightFest over the summer to strong reviews. Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Ari Cohen play Spiral’s central couple, with Lochlyn Munro and Chandra West in supporting roles.

Stars: Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Lochlyn Munro, Ari Cohen, Chandra West, Jennifer Laporte, David LeReaney | Written by Colin Minihan, John Poliquin | Directed by Kurtis David Harder

It’s 1995 and a same-sex couple move to a small town so they can enjoy a better quality of life and raise their 16 year-old daughter with the best social values. But nothing is as it seems in their picturesque neighbourhood. And when Malik sees the folks next door throwing a very strange party, something very shocking has got to give.

Billed by many as the gay equivalent of Get Out, I found Spiral to be more of an interesting look into the pressure of being minority – both sexually and racially – and the toll being “different” can have on mental health than That film. For that’s what, for the most part Spiral presents us with: a man, broken by a hate crime of the past, trying...

UnReal star Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman has landed the lead role in Spiral, an indie film from Digital Interference production company. The narrative follows a same-sex couple raising a 16-year-old girl in a small town where nothing is as it seems. Kurtis David Harder is directing the film based on a script by Colin Minihan and John Poliquin. Chris Ball and Minihan are producing, while ICM Partners is handling worldwide sales. Bowyer-Chapman, repped by Innovative Artists, can be seen as a guest-star in FX’s American Horror Story: Apocalypse.

Tony Todd, the character actor who is best known his role in the Candyman slasher films, has signed on to join horror film Streetwalkers from Night Fox Entertainment. John Beasley will also co-star in the film, which is being directed by Benjamin Louis (State’s Evidence) based on a screenplay by Jonah Kuehner(Good Luck Charlie). The plot...

With Scream Factory releasing The Vicious Brothers' Extraterrestrial on Blu-ray today, I had a chance to talk with the filmmaking duo of Stuart Ortiz and Colin Minihan about Extraterrestrial’s origins, working with Michael Ironside, Grave Encounters 3, and more.

Thanks for taking the time to chat today. How did you guys come up with the idea for Extraterrestrial?

Stuart Ortiz: It was actually the first script Colin and I ever came up with, which was about eight years ago now. It’s changed a lot since then, though. Colin and I met on the Internet on a filmmaking web forum, a really early one where people put up clips and stuff. This was in the dial-up era, so a one minute-long clip would take all day to upload. We would post short films we made and we liked each other’s work and started chatting and formed this relationship.

Chiller TV's Chilling Visions: 5 States of Fear is set to premiere on July 11th, and right now we have the first TV spot for this latest chilling affair. Check it out, and if you get the channel, set those DVRs!

The anthology features five short films that are each set in a different state, thus the title, and which center on five different basic human fears.

Sandy - Fear of Ego Death - Written & directed by Brett Simmons; produced by Brett Simmons, Andrew Ducote, Kellen Moore for Brett Simmons Productions

The Trouble With Dad - Fear of Separation - Directed by Glenn McQuaid; written by McQuaid & Clay McLeod Chapman; produced by Larry Fessenden, Jennifer Wexler for Glass Eye Pix

Tick Warning - Fear of Mutilation - Written & directed by John Poliquin; produced By Dan De Filippo, Dave Marken for Pipeline Entertainment

Ghost Daughter - Fear of Extinction - Written...

Chiller TV's Chilling Visions: 5 States of Fear is set to premiere on July 11th, and some pretty cool new poster art for it from Iconisus L&Y - Visual Communication Systems hit the Net this weekend, which you can check out right here.

The anthology features five short films that are each set in a different state, thus the title, and which center on five different basic human fears.

Sandy - Fear of Ego Death - Written & directed by Brett Simmons; produced by Brett Simmons, Andrew Ducote, Kellen Moore for Brett Simmons Productions

The Trouble With Dad - Fear of Separation - Directed by Glenn McQuaid; written by McQuaid & Clay McLeod Chapman; produced by Larry Fessenden, Jennifer Wexler for Glass Eye Pix

Tick Warning - Fear of Mutilation - Written & directed by John Poliquin; produced By Dan De Filippo, Dave Marken for Pipeline Entertainment

Ghost Daughter - Fear of...

Around this time last year, Chiller premiered their anthology film Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear, which included short films from the likes of Eric England (Contracted), Emily Hagins (Pathogen) and even Pet Sematary's Gage Creed, Miko Hughes.

This year they're at it again, with the premiere looming for the follow-up Chilling Visions: 5 States of Fear.

The second installment in the series is set for premiere on July 11th at 9pm Est, of course exclusively on Chiller TV. The anthology features five short films that are each set in a different state, thus the title, and which center on five different basic human fears.

Check out the full roster of included shorts below, and set your DVRs!

Sandy - Fear of Ego Death - Written & Directed by Brett Simmons Produced By, Brett Simmons, Andrew Ducote, Kellen Moore for Brett Simmons Productions

The Trouble With Dad - Fear of...

So, Day Five of Toronto After Dark 2012 is officially wrapped, which means we are now a little past the halfway point of the festival. Part of me always gets sad when this happens, but the other part just reminds that part that there are still four more days of fun and movies ahead, and then I cheer up. Anyhow, tonight was dubbed “Scary Night” because both features that played fit pretty solidly into the horror genre, so I put on my Ghostbusters tee and headed out to watch some films with ghosts and mutant children!

The night kicked off with a short titled, Annie and the Dog, which was a solid tale of a priest and a policeman headed to an exorcism. It was well-made and had a lot of humor included; even though it eventually headed into darker territory. If you get the chance, you should seek it out,...

Grave Encounters 2

Directed by John Poliquin

Written by The Vicious Brothers

Canada/USA, 2012

Remember when The Blair Witch Project caused a bit of a kerfuffle back in 1999? Thanks to a potent concoction of viral and apocryphal marketing, the film caused a bit of a furor amongst the movie-going public, with heated debates over the story’s strongly implied authenticity. However, by the end of the movie’s fifteen minutes of fame, even the most ardent of the ‘it’s real’ crowd succumbed to reason and accepted it as a work of fiction. Now, imagine if those fifteen minutes were stretched to a hundred, and into a film that tries to prove the veracity of itself and the contended sequence of events it’s documenting, while simultaneously looking like a clichéd found footage horror movie, and you have Grave Encounters 2, the sequel to the marginally effective 2011 predecessor.

In it,...

Grave Encounters was a found footage film that tried to set itself apart from others by claiming it was a ghost hunter’s show and that these are the events that really happened. Well, the sequel Grave Encounters 2 tries to fool the audience again with a film student who becomes obsessed with the first movie. He believes someone is trying to contact him from the original film to prove the footage was true.

Grave Encounters 2 stars Richard Harmon as Alex, a film student who is currently working to create the best and most original horror film. He has a weekly v-log where he discusses films of the genre and Grave Encounters is a film that he gives a horrible review to. Soon after he is contacted on his Youtube page by someone named “Death Awaits.” Not happy with how his film is going, he becomes more intrigued with...

Title: Grave Encounters 2 Director: John Poliquin Starring: Richard Harmon, Dylan Playfair, Stephanie Bennett, Leanne Lapp, Howard Lai, Sean Rogerson, Ben Wilkinson Using Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz’s found-footage horror flick “Grave Encounters” as a self-referential leaping-off point, “Grave Encounters 2″ gathers up a head of loose-limbed steam and bundles it up in a rather impressive technical package, but ultimately fumbles it away on a story that buckles under the weight of layered self-consciousness. Film student Alex Wright (Richard Harmon) is one of many folks obsessed with the original “Grave Encounters,” whose YouTube trailer was a viral sensation. Opinions on the movie are wildly divergent, but some people believe it to have [ Read More ]

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Interview with John Poliquin (Director - Grave Encounters 2)

Welcome to the Monster Movie Podcast. This week we go ghost hunting at the Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital and we face down a poltergeist haunting a family in their new apartment. Then we face our fears with an interview with director John Poliquin. This week monster host Doc Rotten reviews the VOD release of Grave Encounters 2 and Apartment 143 currently available… More...

Looking for some spooky Halloween fun to make this weekend special? Look no further! Grave Encounters 2 (review) will be having midnight showings all weekend! Read on for a list of locations.

New York, NY: Village East Cinema – October 12 (Fri 10/12 & Sat 10/13: midnight) Baltimore, MD: Charles Theater – October 12 (Fri 10/12 & Sat 10/13) Phoenix, Az: Valley Art – October 12 (Fri 10/12 & Sat 10/13) Denver, CA: Denver Film Center – October 12 (Fri 10/12 & Sat 10/13) San Diego, CA: Gaslamp 15 – October 12 (Fri 10/12 & Sat 10/13)

John Poliquin directed from a script penned by the original's helmers, the Vicious Brothers. Grave Encounters 2 is available now nationwide On Demand with a theatrical roll-out coming later in October.

Synopsis

In 2011 Grave Encounters was a found-footage horror phenomenon from the Vicious Brothers, with a trailer garnering over 20 million views on YouTube. Many people believed it was just a movie. They were wrong, and film student Alex Wright is out to prove it in Grave Encounters 2.

The Vicious Brothers’ original Grave Encounters is a perfect depiction of passable found footage horror conjured from a solid idea and decent execution. Not great or game changing, but decent. John Poliquin’s sequel on the other hand, Grave Encounters 2, is a far different beast.

Still written by The Vicious Brothers, their genre-mashing return to Collingwood mixes the idea of self-aware horror with inner meta workings (a la The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence) and found footage delivery, culminating in a roller coaster ride of bizarre highs and lows, each act feeling like a different film.

Sure, it’s something to marvel at, hitting so many themes in one simple film, but at the same time, the final product feels like a messy and convoluted heap of footage bound together by a few stand out moments that show promise for our horror loving “brothers.” Sadly, they just aren’t...

Written by the original movie’s The Vicious Brothers and directed by John Poliquin, Grave Encounters 2 is currently on VOD and hits theaters in select cities this Friday, October 12. Here’s the synopsis:

“Grave Encounters was a found-footage horror phenomenon that many people believed was just a movie. Film student Alex Wright is out to prove them wrong in Grave Encounters 2. Alex is as obsessed with the first film as the 20 million people who viewed its viral trailer on YouTube. When he and his friends research the events and visit the real psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film, they find themselves face to face with unspeakable evil, banking on the hope that their knowledge of the original film will help them survive the sequel.” In this clip, Alex and his friends have split up to pull down all their camera equipment and escape while they still can,...

Written by the original movie’s The Vicious Brothers and directed by John Poliquin, Grave Encounters 2 is currently on VOD and hits theaters in select cities this Friday, October 12. Here’s the synopsis:

“Grave Encounters was a found-footage horror phenomenon that many people believed was just a movie. Film student Alex Wright is out to prove them wrong in Grave Encounters 2. Alex is as obsessed with the first film as the 20 million people who viewed its viral trailer on YouTube. When he and his friends research the events and visit the real psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film, they find themselves face to face with unspeakable evil, banking on the hope that their knowledge of the original film will help them survive the sequel.” In this clip, Alex and his friends have split up to pull down all their camera equipment and escape while they still can,...

Written by the original movie’s The Vicious Brothers and directed by John Poliquin, Grave Encounters 2 is currently on VOD and hits theaters in select cities this Friday, October 12. Here’s the synopsis:

“Grave Encounters was a found-footage horror phenomenon that many people believed was just a movie. Film student Alex Wright is out to prove them wrong in Grave Encounters 2. Alex is as obsessed with the first film as the 20 million people who viewed its viral trailer on YouTube. When he and his friends research the events and visit the real psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film, they find themselves face to face with unspeakable evil, banking on the hope that their knowledge of the original film will help them survive the sequel.” In this clip, Alex and his friends have split up to pull down all their camera equipment and escape while they still can,...

Written by the original movie’s The Vicious Brothers and directed by John Poliquin, Grave Encounters 2 is currently on VOD and hits theaters in select cities this Friday, October 12. Here’s the synopsis:

“Grave Encounters was a found-footage horror phenomenon that many people believed was just a movie. Film student Alex Wright is out to prove them wrong in Grave Encounters 2. Alex is as obsessed with the first film as the 20 million people who viewed its viral trailer on YouTube. When he and his friends research the events and visit the real psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film, they find themselves face to face with unspeakable evil, banking on the hope that their knowledge of the original film will help them survive the sequel.” In this clip, Alex and his friends have split up to pull down all their camera equipment and escape while they still can,...

The Vicious Brothers crashed onto the horror scene with the found footage film Grave Encounters, which owed its success to a massively successful trailer that went viral on YouTube. Now, the dashing duo is back with a sequel, Grave Encounters 2. The film is out on iTunes now, but opens in select theaters on October 12th.

In the following Uncensored interview, Stuart Ortiz and Colin Minihan (the Vicious Brothers), reveal their origins as friends and as filmmakers, explain where they came up with their moniker, discuss their thoughts on both Grave Encounters movies (as well as the possibility of a 3rd), and hint at their next project. Read on for the goods.

FM: So do you guys live in Vancouver or are you there doing another movie?

Stuart Ortiz: That’s where we’re based out of right now. Colin (Minihan) is Canadian, and he’s from here, and I’m American,...

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with John Poliquin, the director of the highly entertaining Grave Encounters 2 (currently out on Video on Demand in the States) for the Monster Movie Podcast and HorrorNews.Net.

John spoke about the his background in music video and the influences on making his first feature film. He shared about the film’s spectacular fire gag, the special effects both CGI and practical and teased information about both Lance Preston… More...

Fans of Grave Encounters are well aware that Grave Encounters 2 (review) is now making its way onto the festival circuit and into their homes via VOD. Recently the creators of the series, The Vicious Brothers, spoke with Dread Central about Grave Encounters 2 and more.

Individually known as Stuart Ortiz and Collin Minihan, the guys preferred all their answers be attributed to The Vicious Brothers as a whole to illustrate their one-mindedness about their work. And it's work they have big hopes for. "We wanted Grave Encounters 2 to be our Aliens to Alien. A lot of people say the sequel is a better film," The Vicious Brothers said. "We think the sequel that we've come up with is twice everything we delivered in the first film."

With the success of the first movie, The Vicious Brothers jumped at the chance to make a sequel. However, initially the idea...

Time for another spooky sliver of ocular candy for you ghost lovin' cats! On tap right now is an exclusive clip from Grave Encounters 2 (review) that we're sure will send at least a couple of chills up your spine. Then again, you're a pretty rough bunch and that's part of why we love you!

John Poliquin directed from a script penned by the original's helmers, the Vicious Brothers. Grave Encounters 2 is available now nationwide On Demand with a theatrical roll-out coming later in October.

Related Story: Hidden Grave Encounters 2 Videos Discovered

Synopsis

In 2011 Grave Encounters was a found-footage horror phenomenon from the Vicious Brothers, with a trailer garnering over 20 million views on YouTube. Many people believed it was just a movie. They were wrong, and film student Alex Wright is out to prove it in Grave Encounters 2.

While researching the events depicted in the original film...

Here at Dread Central we love when a studio goes out of its way to do something cool for the fans of its movies. That's just the case with Tribeca Film, which has some spooky tricks up its sleeves for Grave Encounters fans!

Earlier today we spotted a tweet from Tribeca Film which read: "Spend October in the asylum. Visit http://bit.ly/GE2666 & press Shift + 666 to unlock hidden #horror. #GE2 #shift666"

Of course we did so, and the link ended up taking us to the Tribeca Film website, where we followed the instructions to press Shift + 666. What happened? What did we see? Hit the link and find out for yourself.

John Poliquin directed from a script penned by the original's helmers, the Vicious Brothers. Grave Encounters 2 (review) will be available nationwide On Demand beginning October 2nd with a theatrical roll-out later in October.

Synopsis

In 2011 Grave Encounters was...

We’ve discussed some found footage recently haven’t we? I’m not sure if I call it a shooting style or a genre. Do I call the camera an actor in the film at this point? Is the camera the next Dracula or Frankenstein? Nah, that’s just pretentious and “artsy” and you know me better then to think I’d feed you lines like “the camera is the actor”… but then again I might just do that. I might say that John Poliquin’s follow up to Grave Encounters as directed by the Vicious Brothers has just that very element much as it can be seen in the first film and any found footage flick worth its wait in camera shake (the sequel is also written by the Vicious Brothers). It’s the twelfth man on the field in football. It’s a player. Does Grave Encounters 2...

Directed by John Poliquin

Written by the Vicious Brothers

Featuring Reese Alexander, Stephanie Bennett, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Richard Harmon

Grave Encounters tried to take a fake show about fake ghost hunters and make it real. Grave Encounters 2 maddeningly tries to take a fake movie about fake scares and make it real.

Because it is. Real, that is. Also, it’s real. Have you heard it’s totally real?

In Grave Encounters, a fake television crew of a “Ghost Hunters”-type show meets some not-so-friendly ghosts and most of them meet their demise in a creepy hospital. It’s a great premise: a bunch of cynics believe they are going to walk through the motions and get their job done so they can go home but have to face their fears head-on if they hope to survive. The movie actually managed some tension; the characters had seen a number of these...

So we received an e-mail from a user known only as DeathAwaits letting us know of a clip from the upcoming movie Grave Encounters 2. At great peril to our own well being, we've decided to share it with you.

John Poliquin directed from a script penned by the original's helmers, the Vicious Brothers. Grave Encounters 2 will be available nationwide On Demand beginning October 2nd with a theatrical roll-out later in October.

Synopsis

In 2011 Grave Encounters was a found-footage horror phenomenon from the Vicious Brothers, with a trailer garnering over 20 million views on YouTube. Many people believed it was just a movie. They were wrong, and film student Alex Wright is out to prove it in Grave Encounters 2.

While researching the events depicted in the original film and the subsequent disappearance of its lead ”actor” Sean Rogerson, Alex Wright received a bizarre video from a mysterious blogger named...

Ready for your first look at the sequel to the cinéma vérité spook show Grave Encounters? Trust us - if you dug the first film, you're really gonna dig on the second. Talk about a perfect companion piece. Check out a new trailer and poster right now.

John Poliquin directed from a script penned by the original's helmers, the Vicious Brothers. Grave Encounters 2 will be available nationwide On Demand beginning October 2nd with a theatrical roll-out later in October.

Synopsis

In 2011 Grave Encounters was a found-footage horror phenomenon from the Vicious Brothers, with a trailer garnering over 20 million views on YouTube. Many people believed it was just a movie. They were wrong, and film student Alex Wright is out to prove it in Grave Encounters 2.

While researching the events depicted in the original film and the subsequent disappearance of its lead ”actor” Sean Rogerson, Alex Wright received a...

Here’s first look at the trailer for Grave Encounters 2, the sequel to last year’s supernatural horror film shot in first-person found-footage style, written by The Vicious Brothers.

The movie’s prequel will be available as Video On Demand on October 2nd and can be seen in theaters beginning October 12th, 2012 (Halloween is fast approaching).

Grave Encounters was a hand-cam nightmare phenomenon that many people believed was just a movie. Film student Alex Wright, also obsessed with the first film, will find evidence against them in Grave Encounters 2.

While he and his friends research the events and visit the real psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film, they find themselves face-to-face with unspeakable evil, banking on the hope that their knowledge of the original film will help them survive the sequel.

Newcomer John Poliquin is directing this outing with Reese Alexander, Stephanie Bennett and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman starring.

John Poliquin makes his feature debut with new found footage horror sequel 'Grave Encounter 2' which arrives this October. Shock Till You Drop have scored an exclusive look at the new trailer for the follow-up which sees Richard Harmon play Alex, an obsessed fan of the original movie, who decides to venture into the abandoned psychiatric hospital with friends to prove the events witnessed were in fact real. And of course he gets his wish! The sequel to last years pretty decent ghost hunting feature from The Vicious Brothers will hit VOD on 2 October and have a limited theatrical run plus various midnight screenings which kick off on 12 October in the Us. Sean Rogerson returns and is joined by Stephanie Bennett, Howie Lai, Leanne Lapp and Dylan Playfair. Check out the trailer below....

From the minute it was announced, we knew that making a sequel to the cinéma vérité spook show Grave Encounters was going to be no easy task. Having recently seen the finished product, I can tell you first-hand... Grave Encounters 2 could very well be the perfect sequel.

John Poliquin directed from a script penned by the original's helmers, the Vicious Brothers. Grave Encounters 2 will be available nationwide On Demand beginning October 2nd with a theatrical roll-out later in October.

Synopsis

In 2011 Grave Encounters was a found-footage horror phenomenon from the Vicious Brothers, with a trailer garnering over 20 million views on YouTube. Many people believed it was just a movie. They were wrong, and film student Alex Wright is out to prove it in Grave Encounters 2.

While researching the events depicted in the original film and the subsequent disappearance of its lead ”actor” Sean Rogerson, Alex Wright received...

Shock Till You Drop has your exclusive first look at the trailer for Grave Encounters 2, the sequel to last year's supernatural thriller, Grave Encounters, directed by The Vicious Brothers.

The follow-up is being released nationwide on VOD October 2nd, with a theatrical release and midnight screenings beginning on October 12th.  As we told you earlier when this project was first announced, the sequel is taking a meta approach and follows characters who have seen the first film.  John Poliquin is making his feature directorial debut.

Synopsis: Grave Encounters was a found-footage horror phenomenon that many people believed was just a movie.  Film student Alex Wright is out to prove them wrong in Grave Encounters 2.  Alex is as obsessed with the first film as the 20 million people who viewed its viral trailer on YouTube.  While he and his friends research the events and visit the real psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film,...