Great idea but so poorly executed. The drone tone of the people interviewed puts you in a stupor, and there is way too much camera on the interviewees' faces, not enough reenactment. Said reenactment is so poorly executed. Example: in El Diablo/From the Darkness, the 2nd story is so badly done. A man in a bed, for interminable minutes. Then "ghosts" appear but they're just non-scary, innocuous actors in extremely bad effects: they're "written over" for transparency and with marks (lines, dots) on their faces, as in cancel lines written over them. The guy goes on and on about not much of anything and the reenactment is very boring, with just the transparent non-scary "ghosts" around his bed. Ok, yawn.
The whole show is pretty much like that. Look, I know this is Canada and they have less money but really, they can't find exciting goth props? Something to make this more exciting? Not even much in the sense of "dark clouds moving behind/over full moon" for establishing shots. I find myself busy at the computer and only glancing once in a while. This show is very boring and I've probably overrated it by 3 stars at 6/10. I just want to encourage these productions to not quit but do it better.
Again and again, cinematographers like the ones from Mysteries at the Museum are sorely needed here. Set decorators. Set the mood. Film your establishing shots and make them spooky-goth. Give us properly decorated sets for the apartments and houses and less cam on the faces, more reenactment. Watch Extreme Paranormal, they do it better. Learn from them and serve us something watchable because this is pretty much crap.
Anybody got some spooky wav files they could send this prod? That would improve things. SCARE US, DARN IT! Or make it visually appealing. Either, or.
