Greg
This show is pretty good. It's forensic files with ghosts, possibly even the same narrator.Each episode is great, and despite the far fetched subject matter, manages to come off reasonably authentic. Even compared to a well made horror film, the dramatizations here are scary and suspenseful, and don't hesitate to make you jump. For dramatic effect, there are interviews with psychiatrists, priests, and psychics galore, involved in each case that help to give the story a little more credibility and suspend disbelief. It's really easy to just give in and believe all of these people and their stories.
Disfigurator
I am huge fan of Horror films and Horror gaming and roots for such addiction lies deep into my psyche.I was watching this show when it was aired in Discovery and this show immediately caught my attention for good amount of episodes. I have seen pretty much Horror movies and played most Horror-soaked games like Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, Forbidden Siren.To think - I must redefine my statement, that Horror gaming is the scariest form of entertainment and that no movie can deliver equal scariness. But this show CAN. It features some nice narration, tales from witnesses and Para physics. But the thing that made me stand up all night is that these are REAL ghost stories, depicted in realistic way in the taste of Discovery. Such a combination (true ghost story + nice narrative + good cinematography) is the nuclear weapon of Horror.This show indeed made me stand up all night or delivered some troubles to get sleep, because these stories manifested into myself and my fantasy and this combo just scared me sh**less – and wouldn't’t let me go to sleep properly, really. Experience, which is quite rare for me - equally I was scared in my childhood due to the acts of Hellraiser, later - due to some ghost-Horror movies, recently - due to Silent Hill and Fatal Frame game-play. This show lines in between Ghost Horror movies and game-play periods. I think, that A Haunting was the last drop in the glass, titled "Please fill this glass and make the owner a HUGE horror-addict".
Yelizaveta Lysakova
I was completely amazed how great this series is. I watch it every day and I never loose interest. It has disturbing scenes and a little blood but it's not enough to scare you. You could let your children watch it, because it's not as frightening and unbelievably sick as most horror movies/shows. It's family rated, but it has just enough scary in it to make you want to watch it more an more. The acting is pretty good. I wouldn't say it's the best but it's very con vincible and the special effects were really good. If your into horror that's not too scary you should really check it out. It's something that the whole family could watch and it'll seriously convince you.
Matchstick
I've always had an interest in this subject matter since I was a kid, I had a few incidents, I'll explain in a moment. The show is pretty intriguing. I like the way it's presented with the actors, real "victims" and narrator. Production value is top-notch for Discovery which actually when I think about it, is a pretty damn good network. The only problem I have is with the spastic editing before and after commercial breaks. Hell, even during the show the ghost flashing gets carried away. Not so much detracting from the story but getting annoying (like this review).OK, I like this show because I had a few experiences with a ghost in my Mom's cousins house in the mid-70's. I was only 7-8 yrs. old. One night, rocking chair rocking by itself. Sounds clichéd? Yes, I totally agree but it happened when I woke up in the middle of the night and my sister was asleep next to me. Secondly, my sister and I with my second-cousins watched as a few toys levitated and spun.I forgot most of this until I remembered the rocking chair incident years later and called my Ma's cousin. I recounted the story and she said in a very nonchalant way, "Oh, I forgot about him". Apparently he "tried" to spook the family and played many pranks. A levitating head at the foot of her bed whereas she scolded him saying, "shoo..shoo!". LOL. She is a down to earth Baptist from Battle Creek, Michigan. Many stories, email me if you want detail.But hey, great show!