The Graveyard

The Graveyard

Year: 2006

Runtime: 83 mins

Language: English

Director: Michael Feifer

Horror

Six friends sneak into Placid Pines Cemetery for a game of hide‑and‑seek among the tombs. A prank goes tragically wrong, causing a death and sending the prankster to prison. Five years later the group gathers at the gravesite to face that night’s trauma, but they are stalked by a killer who murders them, proving the danger is no longer a joke.

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1

Midnight game turns deadly

The friends head to Placid Pines Cemetery for a midnight game of hide and seek. Eric is chosen as the seeker and begins to count with his eyes closed. When he opens his eyes, a masked, knife-wielding man approaches and Eric starts to run. He slips and impales himself on the cemetery fence as the killer, revealed later as Bobby, watches the tragedy unfold.

Midnight Placid Pines Cemetery
2

Five years later: probation and reunion plan

Five years after the incident, Michelle testifies at Bobby's probation hearing, where he is charged with manslaughter while the others are let off. Michelle organizes a reunion of the friends at a campsite near the cemetery hoping to bring closure. Bobby appears reluctant to revisit the past, even as the plan moves forward.

Five years later Probation hearing; campsite near Placid Pines Cemetery
3

Reunion begins with ominous signs

The group gathers at the campsite, joined by Veronica, Jack's girlfriend, and is greeted by groundskeeper Peter Bishop. In an isolated shed nearby, a bloodied man tied to a chair awakens as a masked assailant hacks him to pieces. The eerie setup confirms that the killer is still at large and watching from the shadows.

Evening Campsite and nearby shed
4

Eric's death revisited: arson connection

As the night unfolds, it is revealed that Eric's family died in an arson shortly after his own death, adding a heavy backstory to the survivors' trauma. The group struggles to blend nostalgia with fear as the past continues to haunt them. The mood remains strained while they try to relax for the reunion.

Evening Campsite
5

Allie and Jack fall to the killer

Allie, Jack's girlfriend, goes to take a shower and is brutally murdered by a masked attacker. Jack is attacked as well, his screams drawing the others toward the danger. The killer is revealed to be Bobby, who is chided for not having learned his lesson; Veronica remains missing.

Night Campsite
6

Deaths escalate; Bobby arrested

Allie and Jack's bodies are discovered, plunging the camp into chaos. Bobby heads to town and is arrested, as the sheriff continues to search for a murderer. Earlier, a body had already been located in the woods, heightening the sense of danger and suspicion.

Following the murders Campsite and town
7

Charlie and Sarah: a deadly sequence

Charlie accidentally electrocutes Sarah during a mishap, and the murderer plants a rattlesnake that bites Charlie in the eye. The cruelty of the killer intensifies the peril for the remaining friends. The group grows increasingly paranoid as the night wears on.

Later that night Campsite
8

Peter and Michelle realize they're not alone

Peter Bishop and Michelle realize they are the last two left with the killer still in their midst. They sense that danger is closing in and there may be no one left to help them. The tension peaks as they search for a way to survive the night.

Late night Campsite
9

sheriff confirms identity; Peter Bishop is the body

The sheriff releases Bobby after confirming his identity and heads back to scour the woods. A fax arrives confirming that the body found in the woods is Peter Bishop. The revelation reframes the mystery and raises questions about Peter's true role.

Night Sheriff's office; woods
10

Peter reveals himself as Adam

Back at the camp, a figure named Peter reveals that he is actually Adam, Eric's brother. He explains he is a psychopath who burned down his home, using Eric's exhumed body as his own to fake his death. He abducts Michelle and tells her to run, staging a new terror from the cemetery to mirror the childhood game.

Later that night Camp and cemetery
11

Bobby rescues and the body vanishes

Adam pursues Michelle through the cemetery, but Bobby returns to intervene and save her. Adam is shot, yet the police cannot locate his body afterward, leaving the fate of the killer unresolved. The survivors are left in a fragile state of safety, unsure if the threat is truly over.

Immediately after confrontation Cemetery
12

Final twist: Adam remains at the wheel

Some time later, Bobby and Michelle are escorted into a police car and feel a moment of safety. The driver, however, is revealed to be Adam, suggesting the danger is far from over. The movie ends with this chilling implication that the killer is still among them.

Some time later Police car

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