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Grave Secrets

I cant believe that this was made in 1989 The effects are so dated It looks more like a 1940s horror film, No scares, no gore seriously lame movie and the story is predictable I thought it might be good beacuse david warner was in it ...yes he is.. for 15 minutes and even the part he played was terrible. As soon as the egg started flying i should of turned off. Never the less i watch it all the way through hoping it would get better and it did not. The idea film started like a good ole 80s film then about 10 minutes in it goes down hill. This film is the sort of "horror " i would watch with my grandma on a sunday afternoon.

I love Paul Le Mat and David Warner, even though he did not have a huge role in this, was as always, brilliant. Renee Soutendijk was fine as Iris Norwood, a woman being tormented by an evil spirit. David Shaw, an expert in parapsychology travels to her house to see what is going on. The spirit turns out to be Iris's father, a truly horrible piece of work who is making his daughter's life miserable. Spooky happenings occur. The special effects are a little clunky and show their age, but the mystery keeps you watching and wondering who the ghost is and why he is tormenting Iris. The acting is solid and if you enjoy 80s horror and ghost stories, you could do worse.

Grave Secrets or Secret Screams is an obscure supernatural horror movie where a woman's sordid and cruel past is responsible for the spooky events occurring at a homestay run by her. However, neither the supernatural elements nor the human trauma factor are well executed, and the ending is definitely a letdown in terms of the mystery's resolution. The film remains somewhat of a curiosity due to its attempts at connecting the horrors of two situations (the hauntings and strange events with the central character's past), however it does not elaborately construct both sub-plots, and there is a shortage of thrills which is disappointing. Still, some of the ghostly special effects are well done and Renée Soutendijk gives a convincing performance as a woman with conflicting emotions.

I feel like now that this film is available on blu ray in awesome quality some people will re-evaluate it. I remember seeing it on tv in the 90's. Possibly on USA up all night. I think it's a pretty good and effective little ghost story. The only thing i would change would be that Paul LeMat's charcter needed more enthusiasm. Any movie with David Warner and Lee Ving is at least worth a watch. Give it a shot.

This is an unknown gem of a movie that has some real chills. Like much of it's genre it shows too much at the end and falls apart while fumbling for an (unsatisfying) explanation of the events. Overall, definitely recommended over the "Scream" rip-offs or "Exorcist" rip-offs of the late 70s and early 80s. If it were released today it would probably be a modest box office success. Look for some conceptually innovative supernatural activity!

Troubled Iris seeks the help of a paranormal psychologist/university professor who himself can't let go of his deceased wife and thus is about to be fired, to investigate hauntings at her cabin. I saw this film on Instant Netflix under the title "Secret Screams", but no matter which moniker the movie goes by it's awful nonetheless. the acting is sub-par, the little special effects the film uses are hokey even for '80's standards, nothing really happens for a good 2/3rds of the movie and the plot is simply a jumbled mess. chalk this one up as an exercise in tedium. My Grade: D-