Paranormal Investigations Review: I Bet The Team Could Have Flipped It

 By Jonathan Bilski

 

I'm not sure why this isn't on Shudder in time for Halloween or already up to rent online.

 

They captured a house-flipping show to a T with this one. A perfect mockumentary found footage horror comedy to get lost in. Whose they? A small production company out of North Carolina, called Rayolight Productions. From what I would assume isn't the biggest budget and one location, a dilapidated house, they had me worried and smiling as the ghost team got a lot more than it ever bargained for.

 

This new feature film, Paranormal Investigations, follows the cast and crew of a paranormal reality show that you might think you've seen air on television of the same name. I mean they have it down. Recreating the shots, the look, the feel of a mediocre ghost hunting program. I thought they were gonna flip the house at first. Maybe, have someone give an estimate on fixing it up. Honestly, it might be profitable to sell this as a real show too.

 

I mean they look like the Ghostbusters, they just need proton packs. 

 

It all goes to complete and utter sh*t when the team choose the infamous Hennesy House for their season opener. Because, this time, the house is really haunted. And it's bad. What begins as a familiar ghost hunting show, that's so formulaic, you might take a nap. And, people freaking out because they heard an edited in voice, becomes a bloody mess. 

 

The comedy comes from the fact that we get the behind the scenes footage mixed in as tough we're watching a special episode of the show. So, yes, their are musical stings and editing for commercials to be played. Which is even funnier when horrible things start befalling the team. Yes, it gets Evil Dead nasty up in here with gore, but we have to remind everyone of what happened before the break.

 

And, there's some great little bits of drama between team members that make the cast/crew stand out. They're not vapid teenagers, there just people trying to make a show. The host is a piece of cr*p though. 

 

Paranormal Investigations is an easy recommendation whenever it comes out for your horror loving pleasure.

 

*My only gripe is that maybe a second mission to the Hennesy House is eluded too as part of special mid-credits scene.

 

Don't forget the Paranormal - Investigations site with a dash, don't forget the dash.

 

screener provided for review purposes