An original production by CineTel Films for Syfy, it was directed by Steven R. Monroe and written by Ryan W. Smith and Sheldon Wilson.

[2] On October 31, a Japanese-born American student at a Japanese university, Maiko (Kaitlyn Leeb), risks her life to save the spirit of her dead mother.

She travels into Aokigahara Forest to find her birth mother, who has recently committed suicide.

Her friends Kyle, Terry, and Amber travel with her, in hopes of producing a documentary for a class project.

[3] Dave Wain, writing for British horror magazine Scream, gave Grave Halloween 1.5 stars out of five, calling the film "a real let-down".