Open Graves (and Eliza Dushku)

Official synopsis: In the vein of Final Destination, An international group of young surfers come into possession of an ancient artifact, Mamba, an old board game made from the skin and bones of a witch executed during the Spanish Inquisition. At a drunken party one night, they casually decide to play. It’s all fun and games until they find out that curses last forever and death is the ultimate undertow.

Eliza Dushku (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Wrong Turn) and Mike Vogel (Cloverfield, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) head up the cast of partying surfers who stumble upon an ancient game and play it… but the game actually turns out to be a cursed artifact called “Mamba”, and playing it is literally playing with death, with no chance to win. That’s right, it’s even worse than Jenga.

While I’m excited to see Dushku doing some more horror, the trailer looks pretty cheezy and its got a first time director (Álvaro de Armiñán), so I’m a bit worried that it might suck. Hopefully the movie will prove me wrong, and the trailer does show some moments that might make it worth it, but you gotta admit the cursed artifact thing is pretty well-explored territory. Well in 2009 I guess we’ll see. Stay tuned…

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