Death Of A Ghost Hunter

Being a fan of the Paranormal search for life after death, this was an excellent must watch movie. But also being a Christian I know there is life after death. Where you end up depends upon how you live your life and what your beliefs are. I would never want and existence such as this but this was a very good movie all the same.

This story begins promisingly with a young parapsychologist leaving her home in Salem, Oregon and driving to Arizona to investigate a supposedly haunted house. She gets the scoop from a relative who briefly relates the story of the slain Mastersons. We already know about the killings because of an attention-grabbing opening sequence. The lady doc and three accomplices settle in for the spooky doings. The other three ghost hunters are a TV cameraman with a bunch of equipment that seems to break down in key places, an ethnic newspaper woman from the town, and an apparently eccentric young woman who is having problems with her periods.With the introduction of the young woman, problems begin with the storyline. She is supposedly an ardent Christian because she carries her Bible around and keeps saying that the Mastersons were good people and the ghost hunters are wretched vile heathens trying to tear their image apart.As the apparitions become more noticeable and the living characters become more irritable from lack of sleep, we learn through visions and accidental discoveries that the Masterson family was truly disturbed. In a lengthy explanatory passage at the end, the "whole story" is brought out. Whether you accept it or not depends on your reaction to the movie to this point.This movie plays as a combination of Blair Witch, The Exorcist, and Casper the Friendly Ghost. I did not get the creepy disembodied feeling that these other-worldly apparitions were truly harmful, although one of them has a problem with anger management. We know pretty much what happened because of the opening sequence. This leaves us focusing on the people in the present, and they are not a promising lot.The young woman parapsychologist follows the time honored pattern of the spiritual guru who has all the answers. She sometimes sounds like the diminutive exorcist in Spielberg's "Poltergeist." The TV cameraman smokes a lot and often says, "You better come down and see this," and "My battery just went dead." He is the only male in an otherwise entirely female drama. He is much more interesting when he is looking through his camera than when the camera is on him. The ethnic news reporter is there for her filthy language and arguments with the young Christian zealot. The real problem, however, is this crazy young woman who is supposed to represent the church that the Mastersons attended. She is vacuous, irritating and purposeless, but as the movie progresses, she steals center-stage from the ghost hunters. Trouble is, there really isn't anything "in" this character except her lunatic-fringe Christian diatribes.It may be true in this politically correct world that ethnic minorities and the mentally and physically challenged are not proper objects of ridicule. This seems to leave Christians as fair game. In an adaptation of one of Stephen King's novels (The Fog), the chief antagonist is another Bible-spouting fanatic. As we learn in the Masterson saga, the lord of the manor is a hypocritical sex-fiend, and his wife is a repressed, neurotic psycho who makes love with her head in a box. However, these revelations, which should carry some conviction and drama, seem to be thrown in just to make the movie more lurid. Yeah, yeah: Christians are all a bunch of hypocrites. (And they tend to agree and say, "There's always room for one more!) So what? Is this the purpose of the movie: Christian bashing? It's the old wacko, hypocritical, Bible-thumping, fire-and-brimstone caricature that's been around since the Pilgrims landed.Therefore, I believe that the central aspect of the movie, the damn-the-hypocritical Christians, is lame,easy, soft, cheesy, unconvincing, you name it. It's always easier to stereotype people rather than create real, three-dimensional characters. The movie takes an easy way out.We become involved with characters when we understand them and identify with them. Caricatures are just that: two dimensional targets which pander to people's prejudices.This house is supposedly one of the ten most haunted houses in America. This movie is haunted by bad acting, poor character development, stereotyping and aimlessness. The so-called explanation doesn't really explain anything. And why isn't this key character wandering around the house? She should feel right at home with the other crazy, two-dimensional fanatics.

Set the mood first, Popcorn, something to drink, maybe a storm going on, and either really dim lights or none at all! Then sit back and enjoy the show.The acting was not the best in the world but overall it was good. I really enjoyed the story line and the special effects, It really "creeped" me out. So that definitely hit the scary mark for me! I loved the movie and would recommend it to anyone is loves a good scare especially during the scary season.

I loved this movie. It made me think what really happens when we die and get caught between spirit world, heaven and of course this dimension. Our soul is to go to heaven but some of us just refuse to go into the light. So our soul gets caught between the spirit world and our human form here on earth. Though this is my point of view of the movie.

This is quite well done and has some genuinely creepy moments (the music helps in that regard). The script is intelligently written and goes above and beyond the stereotypical paranormal investigation screenplay.

All in all, this was a good first attempt for this writer and director. The acting itself wasn't necessarily bad, but for me the editing was too slow where the dialogue was involved. If they had a different editor who knew how to cut it to make the dialogue go quicker and more naturally, I really believe this movie wouldn't have been that bad. As it is, it has that film school graduate feel to it, kind of amateurish. The actress playing Carter Simms was very good, I had no problem with her acting at all. This is a creepy film really and they film it in the Blair Witch style for the most part. I was very satisfied with the ending, which seemed the creepiest part to me. I won't give anything away, but it's like a bad nightmare. If you are really into ghost hunting, I recommend you view this DVD. It's very promising and I would like to see another film from these guys.

I rarely jump at scary movies. I don't find them very scary at all....this one however shocked me. I was VERY happy with it and what a great ending, sad but a concept that NO one else thought of doing...it was COOL!! Well done. if you love scary movies...GET THIS ONE!! :)

Gran articulo en perfecto estado y gran vendedor, rapido fiable y serio. Fue un placer tratar con el. Transaccion perfecta. Totalmente recomendable

I was impatient for the yet to be released Paranormal Activity and wanted to see a similar type of story (I have not yet seen P/Activity so can't say if this is anything like it). I am glad I stumbled across this film on Amazon. When the DVD arrives, the packaging is a little off-putting, decorated with cartoon skeletons and a movie still of a naked woman that does not actually appear in the film. BUT - What you do get is a genuinely tense and unnerving story. I watched this with my brother who has managed to doze through films like 'The Strangers' while yawning. Satisfyingly, he was was really spooked by Death of a Ghost Hunter' Ha Ha Haaa. I think the definition of 'Z Grade Films' has changed for the much better over the last 20 years if this little gem is anything to go by! This is a well-shot and thought-out story with some really startling moments. The acting is good and you actually care what happens to our intrepid ghost hunter. All this combined with special effects, original and professional in design and execution, makes this a must have, especially at less than four quid!

I'm a paranormal junkie so I really quite enjoyed this document style story. It made me want to know more

how this film even won a best screenplay award and was on the official showcase at the phoenix film festival must mean that it must have been slim pickings that year. this film is bad, just awful. the sound quality is shocking the acting is so bad it's beyond words. it's not even funny bad. it had promise as the idea was not too bad, but the cast let it down and the direction was a joke, just goes to show just because you are given money to make a film, doesn't mean you should.being a horror buff with an extensive collection "death of a ghost hunter" really did die a death.

Der Film ist bis zur Mitte (hin) wirklich gruselig. Wenn man von der bescheidenen Synchro mal absieht.Aber Spukhausfilme sind ja eh mein Thema und können von daher nie wirklich schlecht sein.Dachte ich zumindest (Bis ich Paranormal Investigations 2 gesehen habe. Aber das ist eine andere Rezension).Auch die Pointe sizt in diesem Film gut drin. Etwas seltsam allerdings fand ich die nachgreichten Erklärungen.Die man lieber während des Filmes Stück für Stück hervor hätte holen soll.Richtig schlecht und Enttäuschend fand ich dann allerdings den sehr plumpen Übergang, von erzeugter Spannung bei der man sich noch eine Steigerung erhoffte. Bis zum unbefriedigenden Ende der Darsteller.Da man offenbar keine Ideen hatte. Wie man es weiter führen könnte ging man übereilt und mit der Holhammermethode auf eine Art vor die einen mitten im Film stark enttäuscht.Da retten die Szenen danach. Die man wirklich nicht erwartet hätte den Film auch nicht mehr wirklich.Aber einmal amnsehen ist Ok.Es ist sehr schwer den Film zu bewerten.