The Vicious Brothers are Canadian-American filmmakers Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz. They are best known for writing and directing the cult horror film, ''
Grave Encounters
''Grave Encounters'' is a 2011 Canadian found footage supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by the Vicious Brothers. It stars Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko, Merwin Mondesir, Mackenzie Gray, and Juan Riedinger as the crew of a p ...
'' and for writing and producing its sequel, ''
Grave Encounters 2
''Grave Encounters 2'' is a 2012 Canadian supernatural horror film directed by John Poliquin and written by The Vicious Brothers. The sequel to ''Grave Encounters'', the film follows a group of devoted fans of ''Grave Encounters'' who break into t ...
''. They also wrote and produced ''
Extraterrestrial'', which Minihan solo directed.
In 2015, The Vicious Brothers had premiered their 15-part anime called ''Temple'' which was based on ''The Guest'' screenwriter
Simon Barrett. In May of the same year The Brothers had announced that they are making ''Grave Encounters 3: The Beginning''.
In February 2020, a reboot of the 1998
slasher film
A slasher film is a genre of horror films involving a killer stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools like knife, chainsaw, scalpel, etc. Although the term "slasher" may occasionally be used informally as a ...
''
Urban Legend
An urban legend (sometimes contemporary legend, modern legend, urban myth, or urban tale) is a genre of folklore comprising stories or fallacious claims circulated as true, especially as having happened to a "friend of a friend" or a family m ...
'' was announced to be in development, with Minihan writing and directing.
Filmography
*2011: ''
Grave Encounters
''Grave Encounters'' is a 2011 Canadian found footage supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by the Vicious Brothers. It stars Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko, Merwin Mondesir, Mackenzie Gray, and Juan Riedinger as the crew of a p ...
'' (writers/directors/editors)
*2012: ''
Grave Encounters 2
''Grave Encounters 2'' is a 2012 Canadian supernatural horror film directed by John Poliquin and written by The Vicious Brothers. The sequel to ''Grave Encounters'', the film follows a group of devoted fans of ''Grave Encounters'' who break into t ...
'' (writers/producers/editors)
*2014: ''
Extraterrestrial'' (writers, Minihan directing)
*2017: ''
It Stains the Sands Red
''It Stains the Sands Red'' is a 2016 Canadian-American horror film directed by Colin Minihan. It stars Brittany Allen as a woman relentlessly pursued through the desert outside of Las Vegas by a single zombie.
Plot
During a zombie apocalypse, ...
'' (writers, Minihan directing)
*2018: ''
What Keeps You Alive
''What Keeps You Alive'' is a 2018 Canadian psychological horror film written and directed by Colin Minihan. It stars Hannah Emily Anderson and Brittany Allen and follows a young woman fighting for her life as her wife's murderous intentions bec ...
'' (Minihan writing and directing)
*2019: ''
Spiral
In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a point, moving farther away as it revolves around the point.
Helices
Two major definitions of "spiral" in the American Heritage Dictionary are:[Urban Legend
An urban legend (sometimes contemporary legend, modern legend, urban myth, or urban tale) is a genre of folklore comprising stories or fallacious claims circulated as true, especially as having happened to a "friend of a friend" or a family m ...]
'' (Minihan writing and directing)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Canadian film directors
Canadian male screenwriters
English-language film directors
Horror film directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian screenwriters
21st-century Canadian male writers
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