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Open Graves

Open Graves

Curses last forever.

20094.91h 28m

Overview

One day, Jason finds an unusual board game called Mamba. When his surfer friends start to play, the games unleashes its deadly curse, killing the losers in a gruesome fashion. Supposedly it will grant the winner a wish. As his companions die off, Jason decides that the only way he can reverse the tragedy is by continuing to play. With his girlfriend, Erica, Jason rolls the dice and hopes to make his wish before one of them suffers a horrible fate.

Directed by Álvaro de Armiñán
Written by Roderick Taylor, Bruce A. Taylor
Produced by Antonio Cuadri, Billy Dietrich, Juan Carlos Orihuela
Box OfficeBudget: $6.5M0

Top Cast

Mike Vogel

Mike Vogel

Jason

Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku

Erica

Ethan Rains

Ethan Rains

Tomàs

Naike Rivelli

Naike Rivelli

Elena

L

Lindsay Caroline Robba

Lisa

Gary Piquer

Gary Piquer

Detective Izar

Álex O'Dogherty

Álex O'Dogherty

Malek

Boris Martinez

Boris Martinez

Pablo

Ander Pardo

Ander Pardo

Miguel

Lilliam Kouri

Lilliam Kouri

Habibi

Themes & Keywords

witchsurfingboard game

About Open Graves

Open Graves is a horror, thriller film released in 2009 exploring themes of witch, surfing, board game. Directed by Álvaro de Armiñán, it stars Mike Vogel, Eliza Dushku, Ethan Rains. One day, Jason finds an unusual board game called Mamba. When his surfer friends start to play, the games unleashes its deadly curse, killing the losers in a gruesome fashion. Supposedly it will grant the winner a wish. As his companions die off, Jason decides that the only way he can reverse the tragedy is by continuing to play. With his girlfriend, Erica, Jason rolls the dice and hopes to make his wish before one of them suffers a horrible fate.

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