by Flack » Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:16 pm
Ghostumentary is an independent film/documentary that follows two couples hoping to catch a ghost on camera. One of the couples believes in the paranormal and the other does not. The two couples travel around the country meeting people and visiting haunted locations.
On each trip the group brings various electronic gadgets in tow in hopes of finding spirit activity. The believers use an EMP box that supposedly picks up communications from the dead, while the other couple point out that by slightly adjusting the frequency dial on the device, it can pick up radio stations. The believers talk about feeling cold spots and seeing ghostly orbs and hearing voices while the other two shrug their shoulders and don't see, feel, or experience anything.
There's some talk with both paranormal investigators and debunkers, and that stuff is interesting, but somewhere between a third and a fourth of the movie is of the couples hanging out in hotel rooms, driving around in cars, and just hanging out. There's a lot of padding during the first half of the film. There's also some dopey stuff like camera batteries running out too quickly or people going into dusty attics and feeling things touching them, but filming ends without any ghosts showing up to give their side of the story.
In the third act, the group meets with Loyd Auerbach, a "legendary" paranormal investigator who also has a PhD in Parapsychology. Auerbach seems like a pretty level-headed guy who says most paranormal reality shows are faked, looking for ghosts in the dark using night cams is dumb, and that people watching ghost hunting shows shouldn't consider themselves qualified to hunt for ghosts, no more than people should feel qualified to repair a house after watching one of those house flipping shows.
Based on Loyd's advice, the four visit more haunted locations, this time with a "sensor" tagging along. The group hears footsteps and that's a big mystery. The guide uses a flashlight and the "spirit" seems able to turn the flashing off and on on cue. After the experience, the two believers feel emotionally drained and exhausted as if the ghosts have drained their energy, while the other two shrug and don't feel anything.
In the end, the art of ghosthunting seems a lot like politics, vaccinations, and everything else. Everybody involved in the film essentially felt the same way at the end as they did at the beginning. Viewers most likely will, too.
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Ghostumentary is an independent film/documentary that follows two couples hoping to catch a ghost on camera. One of the couples believes in the paranormal and the other does not. The two couples travel around the country meeting people and visiting haunted locations.
On each trip the group brings various electronic gadgets in tow in hopes of finding spirit activity. The believers use an EMP box that supposedly picks up communications from the dead, while the other couple point out that by slightly adjusting the frequency dial on the device, it can pick up radio stations. The believers talk about feeling cold spots and seeing ghostly orbs and hearing voices while the other two shrug their shoulders and don't see, feel, or experience anything.
There's some talk with both paranormal investigators and debunkers, and that stuff is interesting, but somewhere between a third and a fourth of the movie is of the couples hanging out in hotel rooms, driving around in cars, and just hanging out. There's a lot of padding during the first half of the film. There's also some dopey stuff like camera batteries running out too quickly or people going into dusty attics and feeling things touching them, but filming ends without any ghosts showing up to give their side of the story.
In the third act, the group meets with Loyd Auerbach, a "legendary" paranormal investigator who also has a PhD in Parapsychology. Auerbach seems like a pretty level-headed guy who says most paranormal reality shows are faked, looking for ghosts in the dark using night cams is dumb, and that people watching ghost hunting shows shouldn't consider themselves qualified to hunt for ghosts, no more than people should feel qualified to repair a house after watching one of those house flipping shows.
Based on Loyd's advice, the four visit more haunted locations, this time with a "sensor" tagging along. The group hears footsteps and that's a big mystery. The guide uses a flashlight and the "spirit" seems able to turn the flashing off and on on cue. After the experience, the two believers feel emotionally drained and exhausted as if the ghosts have drained their energy, while the other two shrug and don't feel anything.
In the end, the art of ghosthunting seems a lot like politics, vaccinations, and everything else. Everybody involved in the film essentially felt the same way at the end as they did at the beginning. Viewers most likely will, too.