Oct 29 2008
The Scariest Places on Earth Vs Ghosts Hunters
All my life I’ve been a fanatic of what is called Paranormal Television, there been many shows on television over the past years and after the success of the first part of The Blair Witch Project, many television stations had emulated the format of the movie over the years.
In the past years thanks to the Sci-Fi channel we had seen some of the best shows, they are like short films, and they are fun to watch but how real are they?, the answer I wish to know it, but you can bet for sure that every single of those shows the producers had put their Midas touch to make the show more profitable with the audiences. Two of those shows that had marked a hit on Sci-Fi television are Ghost Hunters and The Scariest Places on Earth.
But, how real are they?, well more than the experimentation with the paranormal, both shows are more like dramas, that scare more with the reactions of the contestants rather than the paranormal element, is true watch one of those shows and you will feel freaked out with the screams instead of the “proof” of the ghosts or other creatures, but the truth is that they are so fun to watch, the viewer will have a good time watching them, but which of the shows is the best to watch?.
My answer is Ghost Hunters, it has a steady cast, you can feel related to the investigators and they scream less than the people involved in The Scariest Places on Earth; even if Ghost Hunters tries to show a more serious side of the paranormal research we can’t stop thinking, how much is fabricated and how much is real?, they show to the audience that they found something, but they aren’t so sure about it, so sure to say if it’s a paranormal sighting or something else. They could say that they are sure at 100% of a discovery; at least they have some equipment (if the equipment is not scientifically proof that it can be used to detect ghosts). But the tension, the drama and expecting the unknown made this show so appealing to almost everyone.
Tonight is the episode where Eureka’s Colin Ferguson will appear to join the team, and we have to wait to see what happens.
