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Your B&B getaway comes with complimentary trauma and a side of vengeful ghost.
TMDB
41
IMDb
46
Rotten Tomatoes
6
Audience Score
7
Google
72
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Grave Secrets (1989)

Direct-to-video fever dreamPsychic professor chaosHaunted house bargain bin

Overview

Horror

A woman tormented by ghostly apparitions and a professor of psychic phenomena investigate other-worldly disturbances and unlock the secret of a malevolent force reaching out for vengeance from beyond the grave.

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Content warning
rapepsychicmediumhaunted househauntingprofessorparanormal investigationincestséancerape victim+3 more
Generational traumaJustice vs. vengeanceExploitation of the vulnerable

Standout Aspects

Acting

Paul Le Mat visibly questioning every career choice

Direction

Donald P. Borchers doing maximum with minimum budget

Best for:Solo: 2am insomnia fuel when you hate yourself a little·Background: Fold laundry to horny ghost nonsense, we don't judge
Heads up:Sexual Content: Rape and incest central to plot, handled with 80s tactlessness·Disturbing: Infanticide revelations played for exploitation thrills
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Director

Donald P. Borchers

ReleasedJul 14, 1989
Runtime1h 29m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Planet Productions

Top Cast

Paul Le Mat

Paul Le Mat

David Shaw

Renée Soutendijk

Renée Soutendijk

Iris Norwood

Lee Ving

Lee Ving

Zack

Olivia Barash

Olivia Barash

Darla

David Warner

David Warner

Dr. Carl Farnsworth

John Crawford

John Crawford

Homer

Bob Herron

Bob Herron

Kurt Norwood

Gilbert Lewis

Gilbert Lewis

Dean Andrews

Anthony Rapp

Anthony Rapp

Jamie

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Donald P. Borchers also produced Children of the Corn (1984) and apparently never met a rural horror trope he didn't recycle.

Cultural

This film belongs to the 'rape-revenge ghost' microgenre alongside The Entity, though with roughly 1/100th the budget and 0% of the dignity.

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