So this series is played off as a documentary series about a man curious about if ghosts are real. He directs zombie movies originally but wants to branch out and explore what we all have questions about. It starts with him analyzing a paranormal video that went viral about a screaming ghost in a hotel room. He comes into contact with a man named John, who is in the video and asks him the question, was the video fake. I feel like it's a joke on the series itself because it happens to be that the man in the viral video is the same man who is making this film. A lot of viewers believed that this documentary was real and although I enjoy the tension that builds in some scenes, I knew that this was not real......BUT it does not diminish my love for this series. I will tell you why.
So the main character does not have a name, they never give him one, when you look at the information for this film, there's not much. They just have him under the name filmmaker so that is what I will call him so there's not much confusion. So filmmaker contacts John to further his documentary but John does not take his calls so he feels like he is back at square one. But then he sees another video that peaks his interest about a light flickering, turning off and a figure moving passed the screen. He emails the man who owns the house and the man accepts filmmaker's request to fly to Pennsylvania to see the house for himself.
Filmmaker takes his wife who actually has a name, Terri and flies his own plane to Pennsylvania to meet Greg, the owner of the Blackwell house. Greg greets them, shows them around and tells them about the history of the house. Filmmaker leaves and weeks go by, receiving an email from Greg that he will allow Filmmaker to stay at his house to investigate for a weekend because he will be away. So he hops in his plane with his wife Terri and off they go back to Pennsylvania.
So when they stay at the house, not much happens at first, it's your general run of the mill haunted house film but the execution is just done so well. The filmmaker character is just so relatable like he could be one of us, checking out a scary house that may or may not be haunted. The story unfolds slowly and paranormal happenings do progress but not enough to make you feel like you're watching an Insidious film. It's more so the build up of tension in the first one that keeps you on your toes. He leaves us with the capturing of something then the first one ends.
There are in fact five of these in the series so I will just give my two sense on all of them so that this does not become an even bigger novel then it already is at this point. The second part of the series continues on with the story of Blackwell, but the other three do not but Filmmaker keeps the name the Blackwell Ghost. I have a soft spot for the first one, that's why I spoke the most about it because it had me gripping a blanket up to my chin, awaiting the suspense.
So the other three parts are actually about another house that is in Florida, away from all civilization it seems. It was turned into a bed and breakfast that you can rent so he did. He found out the history of the house, about a man who murdered and not all of them were found so there was a lot of mystery behind this one. He called it the Lightfoot House. In this one, filmmaker creates his own device to communicate with the spirits that are said to be Lightfoot's victims that haunt the house. He goes alone this time, in hopes that he will attract more activity. He does scare rather easily and he gets freaked out by a phone call that seems to happen at the same time every single night. There are loud banging noises that happen periodically throughout his stay. To me, at times, it got annoying because I wore headphones watching half of these movies.
As the series goes on, he does drink a good bit, enjoys some almonds as his "dinner" and we watch as he opens closets, shower doors, etc. He interviews the son of the murderer and he tells his side of the tragic accounts that occurred at that residence. I must also say, he is quite the poet, I love his writing not even going to lie. The interview parts, filmmaker made it look very believable like we were watching a true crime documentary so I did enjoy that.
I feel like all five of these movies are worth watching but I do have to make it clear that you have to
realize what you are watching is not real. If you go into watching these thinking that they are real documentaries, then you will be disappointed. You have to take it with a grain of salt and be entertained by the simplicity of the stories that unfold. You will laugh with filmmaker, you will jump along with him, you will scoff at some of his choices but every step of the way, you are right there with him, investigating like a ghost hunter that he believes not to be. Just don't stare at the Ruth Blackwell picture too long because like me, you will get freaked out, thinking she's watching you.
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