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Today I'll show you a horror film: "Grave Encounters, part 1"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
The film begins with a television producer, describing "Grave Encounters"
It is a paranormal reality television program,
directed and hosted by a self-proclaimed paranormal investigator, named Lance
He and his team of skilled paranormal investigators composed the program,
which was canceled after only five episodes
The producer clarifies that what is about to be shown is not a movie,
but raw footage from the sixth and final episode, only edited for time-restrained purposes
The footage is 76 hours long; so they cut the unnecessary parts,
and only assembled the videos that really cover what happened in episode six
The footage shows the crew of Grave Encounters composed of Lance,
occult specialist Sasha, technical expert Matt, and the cameraman
The team is at the Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital,
which accommodated over 80,000 mentally ill and disturbed individuals from 1895 to 1960
Lance and his team learn more about the institution's history, with the help of the town's historian
The hospital was built in 1893 to address the growing overcrowding problem
at the state hospital in the county
Mental illness was still a taboo topic; so instead of being a place to get help,
the psychiatric hospital was seen as a dumping ground for embarrassing family members
The hospital staff, especially the lead doctor, treated the patients inhumanely
He was a Harvard-trained neurologist, who was the head physician in the hospital
He performed unethical experiments and over 140 lobotomies,
until he was stabbed to death by six escaped patients
After his expertise, the team summons the hospital's caretaker
As they reach the front door, the camera captures the phrase, "Death Awaits "
the caretaker unchains the door,
and tours the team around the hospital, especially the notorious and most haunted rooms
They go to the window room, where the caretaker claims he locks them up at night,
but when he comes back the following day, they are wide open
After that, they go to a patient's room, full of disturbing words written on the walls
The believed patient was in the room for a long time
The third place is the bathroom, where bathtubs are scattered in the middle of the room
the caretaker informs them that there was a little girl, who slit her wrist in the bathtub
And for the last one, the caretaker takes them to the service tunnel,
which connects all the buildings
before proceeding to the next step, Lance interviews three more people;
the former contractor, the gardener of the building,
and a goth couple who fooled around in the hospital
Together with the psychic medium,
the team voluntarily locks themselves in the hospital with the help of the caretaker,
who chains the door
They set up cameras in every room and hallway, and set up a camp at the hospital's main entrance,
waiting until the lockdown is over
For the first few hours, there are no paranormal activities,
until a wheelchair moves by itself behind the cameraman, who's roaming around the building
the cameraman does not notice this, as he's on the phone with his wife and child
However, he soon captures the door behind him slamming by itself
the cameraman immediately informs the team about this;
and they record that there are no drafts and windows open,
that could have caused it to slam on its own
Because of this,
Lance and his crew attempt to establish contact
with the unseen entities and forces haunting the hospital,
making the biggest mistake of their lives
An entity has thrown over a hospital bed;
and then they hear heavy footsteps on the floor above them
Lance radios Matt, asking if there is someone on the floor above them
Matt informs them that there is no one upstairs;
so Lance and the rest of the crew check out the floor
Sasha uses the EVP, a paranormal haunting device that captures sounds and noises,
which the human ear cannot hear
As they listen to the playback, a poltergeist holds up some of Sasha's hair, freaking them out
Sasha panics, and wants to get out of the building as soon as possible;
but Lance calms her down, and points out to the team that,
for the first time since they shot the show, they are finally in a real haunted place,
which will make them famous in the television
The psychic takes Sasha downstairs to the main entrance,
and returns Lance and the cameraman to the haunted hallway
They again attempt to make contact with the unseen entity, asking it to reveal itself to them
However, whatever it is that frightened Sasha has gone
This pisses Lance,
because he really thought that they were gonna capture more footage of the paranormal
The trio leaves the hallway to return to the main entrance; but somehow, they get lost
They radio Matt for directions, as he's in charge of watching them through the cameras
but they receive no answer
So left with no choice, the trio roams around the building;
and fortunately, after arguing which way it is, they find their way to the main entrance
Within an hour left, before the caretaker comes to unlock the front doors,
the team starts packing their stuff
Matt leaves them to retrieve the static cameras stationed throughout the building
He finds a window open, when he reaches the windows room
so he immediately communicates with the crew through the walkie-talkie
However, they cannot hear him; and Matt follows the noises he heard, leading to his disappearance
This worries the rest of the crew, as Matt might be in danger
so although they do not want to search in pitch black, they must find him
They leave the psychic with the other equipment, and search for Matt
they are not even that far, when they find Matt's equipment scattered around a hallway
Lance takes Sasha with him, and part ways with the cameraman; so they can find Matt faster
During his search, an unseen force pushes the cameraman to the stairs;
and fortunately, Lance and Sasha are not that far enough not to hear him
After hearing his screams, they immediately help him, and take him back to the main entrance
The tension arises, as these unseen forces get violent
so Lance calls the caretaker, but there is no signal
Fed up by the recent events, the cameraman takes a hospital bed,
and attempts to knock down the front doors
At first, Lance does not want to help him, as they can be sued for damages;
but the cameraman had enough
the caretaker is an hour late, and he was hurt by an unseen entity
So Lance helps the cameraman take down the front doors,
only to discover that it leads to another corridor
This freaks them out even more;
but they no longer want to be trapped in the haunted psychiatric hospital
so they find more "exit" doors
However, all of them lead to another corridor, which means that they are trapped,
and there is no way for them to leave the place
It is now 8 in the morning; but it is still night outside, when it should be daylight
They try to barge the windows; but they are shut tight
So left with no choice, the crew returns to the main entrance and lies down,
while thinking of a way to leave the building
As they lie on the cold floor, a poltergeist pushes down their light, breaking it into pieces
The only light they have now is from the cameras and flashlights
Lance shows the camera the maggots in their food, which was fresh, and would take days to be rotten
Fortunately, they still have water to consume, while trapped in the haunted psychiatric hospital
the cameraman informs them that he saw a fire escape outside before their investigation,
and proposes they go to the roof, and use it to leave the premise
So they leave the main entrance, and search for access to the roof, only to find a wall blocking it
This agitates them even more; and Sasha even begins to cry as she realizes their situation
The tension between the cameraman and the rest of the crew continues to arise,
as they are all worried, agitated, terrified, and want to leave the building
While searching for the exit, the crew hears Matt's screams;
so they hurriedly follow his voice to a room
However, Matt is not there; and instead, they witness the unseen force move the hospital bed,
like it is preparing to throw it at them
They quickly run away from that room,
and fortunately, whatever it is in that room does not chase them
They rested for a while, and when they woke up, Sasha showed them the scratches on her back
The unseen entity strikes again, and scratches the word "hello" on her back
They calm down Sasha; and Lance manages to contact Matt through the walkie-talkie
However, they quickly lose contact with him; so the crew continues the search
Not even long as they recontinue the search, the team encounters a patient wearing a hospital gown
She stands in the corner of the room, only in her underwear;
and when she turns around, her face contorts demonically
The terrified crew immediately runs away from there, and locks themselves in a closet
However, the psychic gets separated from them
he wanders the hospital grounds, looking for the crew in pitch darkness
Soon, he gets violently assaulted by an unseen force,
who throws him from the middle of a corridor to the end;
his head hits the cold ground hard, killing him
Meanwhile after resting for a while,
the crew finds hospital tags bearing their names on their wrists,
like they have been admitted and have become patients of the psychiatric institution
They freak out as expected,
but then gather themselves as they need to find the missing two men and an exit
For the third time, but unlike before, they see a hand holding Sasha's neck
Lance immediately removes the hand from her neck, and drags her away
As they panic again, the crew finally finds Matt,
who is wearing a hospital gown, and has been driven insane
The crew talks to him; but Matt mumbles nonsense,
uttering about his apparent psychological disorder,
and explaining to them that the only way to leave the building,
is for them to "get better" at the hands of the hospital's unseen residents
These unseen forces continue to chase the crew throughout the hospital,
using several apparitions like humungous and numerous arms, coming out from the ceiling
A haunted ghost pulls the cameraman to a bathtub filled with blood;
and when the crew flips the tub over, the cameraman has disappeared
Not long after that, a tongueless demon attacks Sasha and Lance,
possibly looking for a tongue massage;
and while they are fighting for their lives, Matt has a different plan
He takes a camera and records himself,
as he laughs maniacally before falling down the elevator shaft
As Matt falls to his death, the tongueless demon disappears
The two mourn Matt's death for a while, before entering the tunnel in search of another exit
They start to walk as the tunnel connects the building
but they have not hit a junction when they should have
The tunnel becomes an endless walk-through; and they are still trapped
Negatively overwhelmed by emotions, Lance and Sasha sleep, as she has been violently ill
While they are asleep, a mist suddenly comes out from nowhere;
and when Lance wakes up, Sasha is gone
Lance does his best to find her
but he soon realizes it is pointless
Terrified, Lance continues through the tunnel alone, surviving by killing and eating rats
The recent terrifying events finally sink into him, making him insane
As he goes through the tunnel, Lance finds a door leading to the operating room,
that contains an altar and a pentagram for a demonic ritual
As he wanders the room, Lance sees an apparition of the doctor and several nurses,
revealing that the doctor had used black magic for medical practice
The nurses drag a screaming and terrified Lance to the operating table
The camera blacks out for a while; and when it reopens, it shows a now lobotomized Lance
The film ends with Lance claiming that he is now allowed to go home
He signs off from being the host of Grave Encounters, before shutting off the camera
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