Voices from the Grave

USA 2014
produced by
Laurence Holloway, Richard Stoudt, Darlene Stoudt (executive) for AmberMoon Productions
directed by Laurence Holloway, Richard Stoudt
starring David Nelson, Michael Hanelin, Chris Labadie, Michelle Green, Scarlett O'Neill, Maryam Cné, Bobby Shook, Sean Ryan McBride, James Leatherman, Brandon Thomas, Sarah Masters, Corey Livingston Henderson, Scarlet Fry (= Walter Ruether), David C. Hayes (voice), Stephen Kessen, Jonathan Medina, Jessica Nelson, Andrew Presler, Danielle Schultz, Don Teply, Rose Urgitus
written by Richard Stoudt, Laurence Holloway, Darlene Stoudt, segment invitation based on the short story Mark of the Loser by Gary Brandner, music by Robin Hall, special makeup effects by Cristobal Hernandez, Shane Travis

review by
Mike Haberfelner

A very jaded horror fan (Bobby Shook) finds a very rare horror book in a library and begins to browse it, getting into three horror stories that manage to shock and fascinate him:

• All Hallow's Eve: Robert (David Nelson) has lost his brother (Sean Ryan McBride) on Halloween three years ago, and the memory has haunted him ever since, so much so that he shuns Halloween altogether. But this year's Halloween his brother's death comes back to haunt him not only in his memories but for real ...
• Invitation: Len (Michael Hanelin) is invited to a party is a town he's a stranger in where everybody seems to know him. It's getting a bit macabre when he learns the hostess of the party has died decades ago - but it gets definitely horrific when the hostess (Sarah Masters) introduces herself to him ...
• Re-Possessed: Jeff (Chris Labadie) simply cannot believe he will get the car of his dreams for next to nothing. Thing is, the original owner (Stephen Kessen) has died in that car, and now his brother (James Leatherman) uses black magic to get him back via the car ...

Our horror fan is blown away, so he buys the book from the lazy librarian (Scarlet Fry) ... to find out the book is more than just another piece of genre literature ...

Voices from the Grave is an enjoyably old-fashioned anthology movies, putting much effort in the macabre tones of its stories rather than just going for shock value, choosing suspense and atmosphere over spectacle and gross-out gore - and the film still manages to entertain the audience just fine, thanks to clever storytelling, a subtle directorial effort and very competent performances. Really worth a look, and not only for die-hard genre fans!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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