[31 Days of Halloween 2016: OPEN GRAVE is now available on DVD, Blu Ray, On Demand, and Amazon
Prime.]
Review by Bob Ignizio
*Note: As with last year’s 31 Days of Halloween marathon of
horror movie reviews, we’ll be diving deep into the new release section looking
for modern horror fare. We'll be hoping for the best, but frankly expecting the
worst.*
The quick and easy pitch for OPEN GRAVE is MEMENTO
meets 28 DAYS LATER. Except, like
the characters in the film itself, you won't realize that right away. So, I
guess, SPOILER ALERT? Whatever, the description on Amazon Prime's instant
streaming service says it's a zombie movie, so it was hard to not know that
fact going in.
The film begins with amnesiac John (Sharlto Copley) waking
up in a pit filled with dead bodies. A woman throws him a rope so he can climb
out, and he eventually makes his way to a house where he meets his unnamed
savior (Josie Ho) as well as 4 other memory challenged individuals: Lukas
(Thomas Kretschmann), Nathan (Joseph Morgan), Sharon (Erin Richards) and
Michael (Max Wrottesley). They know their names thanks to finding their IDs,
but that's about it. And given the horrifying circumstances in which they find
themselves, what with all the dead bodies around and such, no one is
particularly trusting of their mates. Only the woman who saved John seems to
know what's going on, but she doesn't speak or write English.
