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Sean Rogerson (born September 30, 1977) is a Canadian actor and former photomodel, known for his role as Lance Preston in the horror films, Grave Encounters and Grave Encounters 2. Filmography. 2004: Tru Calling (TV Series) - The Longest Day (Harrison's Buddy #1) 2005: The Collector (TV Series) - The Tour Guide (Brian Mars)
Sean Rogerson is a Canadian actor born in 1977. He has appeared in movies such as Grave Encounters, Underworld: Evolution and Z, and TV shows such as Supernatural, Arrow and Bitten.
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Sean Rogerson (born September 30, 1977) is a Canadian actor and former photomodel, known for his role as Lance Preston in the horror films, Grave Encounters[1][2] and Grave Encounters 2. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Overview
- Biography
- Grave Encounters (2011)
- Grave Encounters 2
- Character Description
- Physical Appearance
- Trivia
Lance Preston, whose real name is Sean Rogerson, was the protagonist of Grave Encounters and an antagonist in Grave Encounters 2. He is portrayed by the real life actor of the same name, Sean Rogerson.
The host of the paranormal investigative TV series "Grave Encounters", Lance is the charismatic and headstrong leader of the crew, who finds exactly what he goes looking for: undeniable proof of the supernatural. He is a parody of Zak Bagans.
Pre-Grave Encounters
As a child, he was obsessed with filmmaking and being an actor. He grew up with his mother in their house in Washington, and his childhood room is seen by Alex and his friends when they visit his mother for information on his whereabouts. Lance was seemingly interested in a variety of sports, as a variety of sports trophies appear on his childhood room shelf, including football and basketball. He also won "Most Valuable Player" in 1996 in an unnamed sport. Lance claims in the intro to Grave Encounters that as a child, his family moved into a house which he soon discovered was haunted. He claims this event inspired him to find authentic evidence of the paranormal. As an adult, he launched a reality television show called "Grave Encounters," where he adopted the stage name Lance Preston. The show was dedicated to exploring the paranormal and investigating ghosts. It ran smoothly for five episodes, until the crew decided to film at the abandoned mental institution known as Collingwood Mental Hospital for their sixth episode.
Arriving at Collingwood, Lance began his work by interviewing several candidates to gain more insight into the hospital's history. First, he interviews local town historian Morgan Turner, where he learns about the physical history of the hospital and of Dr. Arthur Friedkin, a former lead physician infamous for his experiments with the human brain. After this, Lance interviews Kenny Sandoval, the resident caretaker, who walks them around the premises, detailing weird occurrences that he's seen, highlighting notable rooms in the abandoned hospital. Next, Lance interviews Gary Crawford, a former contractor who recounts an accident involving one of his workers. After interviewing a couple teenagers who routinely break-in in order to fool around, Lance finally interviews Javier Ortega, a newly-hired gardener, whom Lance bribes in order to fabricate a ghost story about the place.
In-between takes, Lance is approached by his crew: Sasha Parker, T.C. Gibson, and Matt White. Lance seems frustrated by the lack of paranormal evidence they've been finding, and is headstrong to at least make this episode entertaining.
Houston Grey, a man claiming to have psychic premonitions, arrives and does a brief walkthrough with Lance. Houston claims to feel the souls of the people trapped in Collingwood, even incredibly "sensing" the girl in the bathtub. However, once the cameras call cut, Houston reveals that it's all an act, one which Lance is happy to play along with.
With the investigation finally underway, Lance explores the abandoned hospital with his team. After debunking several noises and encounters, Lance has given up on the investigation, and has submitted himself to the idea that this hospital is not haunted. Deciding to go back and fake some material for the show, the Demons within the hospital seemingly come to life, causing strange disturbances within the hospital. Initially, T.C. takes a phone call, which results in a wheelchair moving and a door slamming behind him, sealing him into a room. After exploring that same room and trying to contact the spirit, the team is further alarmed when Sasha's hair begins to lift on its own, freaking out the team, and especially Sasha, who demands to be taken back to the headquarters setup in the hospital lobby. Overjoyed with the evidence he's captured, Lance pushes to experience true authentic confrontations with the dead, much to the team's terror. Lance mentions that with this new concrete evidence of the supernatural, they will "make millions".
Lance heads back to the hallway where Sasha's hair was lifted, and tries to recapture the moment again. Frustrated with Houston's faux psychic abilities, Lance hushes him and tries to make his own personal contact with the supernatural. Although he captures apparitions on every single photograph, he is unable to see this phenomenon until the pictures are fully developed. Disappointed with his own personal abilities to invoke the spirits, but content with the material they have, Lance heads back to their headquarters to await Kenny's arrival, noting the time at 4:40 AM, 1 hour and 20 minutes until Kenny's arrival.
However, the trip back to headquarters proves to become difficult. Lost in the maze of corridors and in a mysterious radio silence, the team takes an excessive amount of time exploring the hospital, before finally coming across their headquarters with Sasha and Matt. Matt asks where they have been and why they didn't answer their walkie-talkie, to which the group explains their uncoordinated detour and comments on the ineptitude of their radios. T.C, eager to leave, gets annoyed with Lance on his decision to actually lock the door, as they are trapped until Kenny arrives. As the group begins to rewatch their footage, Lance calls for everyone to start packing the equipment up, which involves Matt gathering the cameras from all corners of the hospital. Matt asks for a hand, but Lance insists that he needs everyone downstairs to pack up the larger equipment in their headquarters. After successfully testing their radios, Matt feels confident enough to gather their cameras on his own.
Nine years later, he is found in the service tunnels having gone insane living inside of a ventilation shaft by the surviving members of a group of college film students looking to prove the legitimacy of the film, though he believed it to only have been nine months, he was actually trapped within the hospital for 9 years. It is revealed he stayed alive all those years by eating rats and drinking toilet water. He shows them as much hospitality he can, despite him having gone clearly insane, by bringing them out of harm's way and showing them what he believes to be the means to escape. Through his 9 years of being trapped within the dimension, he managed to map out the hospital revealing to the film students how the halls change randomly like a maze but still has patterns. Through his map, he leads them to two red chained up doors in the middle of a room mentioned on the walls in the ventilation shaft he painted out of rats blood. Along the way to get the bolt cutters, Preston strangled Trevor to death and beats him with a pipe, claiming "they made me do it." He takes the bolt cutters and runs away to the red door, a camera floating all the way behind him. During his trek to the red door, Lance impersonates previous Grave Encounters crew-members T.C Gibson and Houston Grey, before announcing that he doesn’t want to play his character, Lance Preston, anymore.
He arrives at the door and cuts the chains off, but upon entering the door finds that it leads nowhere. He goes to the patient room with the writing on the walls and begins speaking to one or more of the spirits, asking what to do. When told to "collect the tapes," "only one can leave," and "finish the film," he moves to collect all the cameras in the building, so he can escape.
Lance's demonstrates unwavering ambition and determination. He initiates the show to seek concrete evidence of the paranormal, driven by his childhood fascination with filmmaking and a personal encounter with the supernatural. His relentless pursuit of success fuels his actions and pushes the boundaries of his skepticism. However, as the investigations at Collingwood begin, Lance initially maintains a skeptical outlook, openly expressing his frustration when paranormal evidence remains elusive. This skepticism might reflect his own inner beliefs about the Supernatural, despite his claiming the contrary on the show. Even when his team starts to die, he remains determined to capture evidence, highlighting a macabre desire to both profit and gain insight on the supernatural.
Lance's charismatic on-screen persona transforms him into an entertainer, willing to enhance the show's excitement even in the absence of paranormal encounters. This aspect of his character shines when he decides to fabricate ghost stories to captivate the audience, demonstrating his adaptability and willingness to engage in showmanship.
In the first film, Lance wears black Ed Hardy muscle shirts, jeans, and a fitted leather jacket. His brown hair is short and spiked, and he has a slight stubble for a beard. Lance is a young white male, possibly in his late 20's, who is reasonably lean, and notably taller than average.
In the second film, he is dirty and unkempt from his time in the hospital. He has one blue eye that is possibly blind, due to a lobotomy. His hair has grown out and he has a thick beard. He wears the same clothing from the first film. In addition, he has seemingly gone mentally insane, partially from the lobotomy and partially from living in the hospital for so long.
•Lance is only one of three characters to physically appear in both Grave Encounters (2011), and Grave Encounters 2 (2012), with the other characters being Jerry Hartfeld and Dr. Arthur Friedkin.
•His mother mentions that she was the one who came up with the stage name, "Lance Preston".
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Sep 9, 2011 · Grave Encounters: Directed by Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz, The Vicious Brothers. With Benjamin Wilkinson, Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko, Merwin Mondesir. For their ghost hunting reality show, a production crew locks themselves inside an abandoned mental hospital that's supposedly haunted - and it might prove to be all too true.
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