THE GRAVEDANCERS Mike Mendez 2006, USA, 99 minutes gravedancers.com Roxie Film Center June 10, 7:00 Buy Roxie Film Center June 14, 2:30 Buy

"Director Mike Mendez keeps The Gravedancers firmly planted in a kind of horror classicism, foregoing much of the tongue-in-cheek postmodernism that one might expect from a 'new-school' horror filmmaker."
- TriBeCa Film Festival

Do you want to see something really scary? Look no further; the vengeful spirits unleashed in Mendez's deadly serious follow-up to The Convent is exactly what the mad doctor ordered. Fresh from its highly acclaimed premiere at the TriBeCa film festival, The Gravedancers is a most-welcome addition to the tradition of ghostly horrors.

Three college friends reunite at a funeral, and the subsequent night of drinking leads them to the cemetery for a final farewell to their deceased friend. The trio find a strange black card resting on the grave that recommends celebrating the living by dancing on death - big mistake. They have invoked and an ancient curse which leads to a month of supernatural visitations that are designed to end in death. Scary as hell, without relying on excessive brutality, buckets of gore or horrific violence, The Gravedancers is old-school horror for the new millennium. Get your tickets early.