Overview
A chilling investigation unfolds in a town where secrets run deep and danger lurks at every corner.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- ominous
- bleak
- violent
- late night thriller viewing
- dark mystery marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Graves End welcomes ex-convicts rejected elsewhere while criminals who relocate there mysteriously vanish.
The six-million-dollar ransom case and the child's death establish Rickman's investigative mission.
Luke Devilyn escapes conviction through evidentiary failures, then dies after returning to Graves End, challenging ordinary legal justice.
Rickman recognizes Sheriff Hooper from a previous case marked by bad temper, attitude, and significant repercussions.
Films like Graves End, and why
The Wicker Man
small-town supernatural mystery, investigators confronting unexplained disappearances, and ominous rural atmosphere
The Stepford Wives
isolated community hiding sinister secrets, investigative suspense, and escalating psychological dread
The Pledge
grim crime investigation, morally damaged characters, and bleak rural menace surrounding a series of deaths
Movie Details
- Director
- James Marlowe
- Release Date
- 2005-04-22
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (14)
Cast
- Eric Roberts
- Steven Williams
- Daniel Roebuck
- Valerie Mikita
- Fairly Tull
- Edward Perotti
- Sky Soleil
- Nick Stellate
- Anthony Santucci
- Adam Del Rio
Common questions
- What is Graves End about?
- An FBI investigator tracing a murdered kidnapper uncovers a welcoming town where criminals disappear and violence gathers around its secrets.
- What is Graves End like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Graves End as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Graves End violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Graves End as graphic.
- Which films are like Graves End?
- Films with a similar feel include The Wicker Man, The Stepford Wives, and The Pledge.
- How long is Graves End?
- Graves End runs 90 minutes.
