Currently streaming on Shudder, Ghostwatch is a British mockumentary that in a ton of ways influenced a whole range of modern horror film tropes. Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project, and every single ghost hunting series ever seem to have drawn inspiration from this old classic from 1992. The best part is that the hosts of the show were actual real-life television news personalities, so for anyone who missed the credits (and this apparently happened on a large scale), people became convinced that this was a real event unfolding on live TV - on Halloween night no less.
This was pure gold, with a really involved and interesting tale. As we learned the slowly unfolding (and very disturbing) backstory of this bizarre haunting, we marveled at how something from '92 could have been so ahead of its time.
There are no good trailers for this gem and that's probably a good thing.
Ghostwatch gets my highest recommendation.
8 comments:
British TV is always good.
Totally.
A must-watch for us every October. It's fun to try and spot all the times Pipes shows up lurking in the background!
I recently watched that too! (Because of Late Night with the Devil.) So good!
Okay, now I have to check it out.
Love how this one starts so innocent and jokey, punctuated by some genuinely unsettling moments. Then it really escalates.
I just watched the movie, and it was really well done. The ending wasn't something I'd expected, which was cool.
Yeah, I definitely wasn't expecting that kind of ending, and that really elevated it. Such an interesting concept.
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