News Grave Encounters 2011’s Grave Encounters Is Already Being Rebooted… by the Same People Who Made It It’s déjà vu all over again for the filmmakers. By Molly Templeton | Published on September 18, 2025 Screenshot: Tribeca Film Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Tribeca Film Everything old becomes new again, and in this case, by “old” I mean “from 2011.” Variety has the news that the found-footage horror film Grave Encounters is getting rebooted—by the very same people who made the original film. Yes, you read that right. While the new version will have a new cast and is, in fact, already set to star Justin Long (Barbarian) and Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns), it is written and directed by Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz, who wrote and directed Grave Encounters (and wrote the sequel, which was directed by John Poliquin). It’s rare to see a filmmaker reboot/remake their own work, though it’s strangely a little more common in horror (Michael Haneke with Funny Games, Takashi Shimizu with The Grudge, and George Sluizer with The Vanishing, to name a few). Minihan and Ortiz are also known as the Vicious Brothers; they also wrote (and Minihan directed) 2014’s Extraterrestrial and the 2017 zombie film It Stains the Sands Red. Minihan is also the director of the upcoming Coyotes, which stars none other than Bosworth and Long. Grave Encounters, in its 2011 form, followed the crew of a ghost-hunting reality show who lock themselves in a psychiatric hospital and quickly discover that the rumors of its haunting may be pretty dang true. Reviews were mixed: The New York Times said “The filmmakers seem unaware that they’re beating a dead horse,” but Vox put it on a list of “13 found-footage horror movies actually worth watching this Halloween,” writing that the directors “effectively spoof those ghost hunter shows that were briefly a hot trend, while still building toward a genuinely suspenseful second half.” The reboot, Variety notes, will “modernize the concept into a cinematic experience, heightening the dread, claustrophobia, and psychological terror that made the original a fan favorite.” Long and Bosworth said in a joint statement, “Grave Encounters has such a passionate fan base, and we include ourselves among them. We hope to honor the legacy of the original film, while unleashing something even darker.” Production on the reboot will begin next year, so you’ve got plenty of time to prepare yourself for this cinematic experience.[end-mark] The post 2011’s <i>Grave Encounters</i> Is Already Being Rebooted… by the Same People Who Made It appeared first on Reactor.