Product Details

• Actors: Patty Duke, David Selby, David Soul, Kimberly Cullum, iersten Warren
• Directors: Shelly Johnson
• Producers: Gregory goodell
• Format: Color
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Sterling
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007DFJHY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #381,982 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Based on the a true story and the book "The Black Hope Horror". The story of a couple that spent their life savings to buy a home. Then they find out that the development was built on the site of an old graveyard named Black Hope. From the start thet are haunted by the spirits of the past. The wife is so angered and disturbed that she takes matters into her own hand. DVD includes Interactive Menus, Scene ASccess, Trailer, Biographies, filmographies, Production Notes, and Photo Gallery.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PATTY DUKE..EXCELLENT AS ALWAYS!!, December 5, 2005

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Mr. Andrew J. Plummer "ANDY" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grave Secrets (DVD)

I first saw GRAVE SECRETS about 10 years ago and recently bought the

DVD here in the UK. I myself am a paranormal investigator and found

this movie to be one of the best movies based on a factual ghost story

I've ever seen, Yes it is a TV Movie, So if you are expecting Special

effects galore and Hollywood-ised horror then you wont get it here.

This is one of the most realistic movies based on ghosts and is mostly

like how it really is. The story is based on actual events "the legacy

of hilltop drive" and stars the amazing actress "Patty Duke" who is

well known for all her excellent "based on real events" TV Movies.

This movie has an excellent story, and what makes it even more gripping

and interesting is that its based on real events that happened to the

whole neighbourhood at hilltop drive. Every house hold had a ghost and

eventually the whole neighbourhood was empty as everyone eventually

moved away as they could no longer take living with the ghosts. It is

fact that the real Hill top drive is now a abandoned neighbourhood and

no one lives there.

I highly recommend this movie to serious Patty Duke fans, and people

who like a good ghost movie that doesn't have all the scary factor

thrills that come from Hollywood movies. Although the movie IS SCARY,

it just doesn't need special effects to make it scary!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good true story, made-for-TV ghost movie!, March 24, 2009

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R. Pepper "DaysFan79" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grave Secrets (DVD)

The best part of Grave Secrets aside from the fact that it was based on a true story is Patty Duke who always gives us wonderful performances. This is also called The Legacy of Hilltop Drive. You can probably find more information on the internet about what happened to Ben and Jean Williams and the rest of their family. The home they moved into was built on an old cemetary called The Black Hope and supposedly the deceased began to haunt the residents in the neighborhood in strange ways. Toilets would flush on their own, the garage door opened and closed by itself, it was chilly a lot of the time, there were unexplained shadows on the wall, etc. The Williams tried to take legal action againgst the developers but with no luck. They eventually moved out after a family tragedy. If you enjoy the occasional TV-movie, this is a good one. Don't expect fancy special effects or high production values like you would in big Hollywood films. But this is still a good movie to watch on a Sunday afternoon. Some other ghost movies you may enjoy with better budgets are Burnt Offerings, The Changeling or The Others with Nicole Kidman.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars YOU ARE NOT IN BROOKLYN ANYMORE, March 7, 2009

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Nancy Sherburne (Tucson, Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grave Secrets (DVD)

I know Patty Duke was in lots of films between The Patty Duke Show and this movie, most notably as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker, but I couldn't resist going back in time. Grave Secrets is based on a true event where the spirits of those buried come to haunt the houses on Hilltop Drive whose owners don't realize there is a cemetery under their houses. Patty plays a wife and mother who takes charge of her granddaughter while her daughter is away. right after moving in, Patty hears the sound of a toilet flushing, only there is no one there to flush it. Later, her granddaughter sees shadows on the wall no one else sees. As in any haunted-house movie, things build up until the climax and the secret of Hilltop Drive is revealed. While other movies were better, such as The Haunting and The Legend of Hell House, it is neverthless unnerving in part because this one is real, and in part because of the acting and special effects. I have it on a video along with Ghost Story, Poltergeist, The Haunted (not The Haunting, but based on fact) and The Uninvited (also based on fact). You can see I like haunted-house movies, and Grave Secrets is a satisfying end to the tape. Not top quality, but still good.