A Haunting on Brockway Street

I don't think that this film or any the others in this collection are "staged." If staging were going on, we'd have a lot more spectacular developments, such as in Blair Witch. I think the investigators, producers, and haunting victims are sincere. I don't say I necessarily believe something supernatural is occurring. Nor do I deny it. Perhaps if I did believe, the show would have made more of an effect on me. So I think the ultimate impression the show will make on the viewer will depend so much on what the viewer brings to it. The various phenomena being investigated are interesting, and I watched with the idea of perhaps I could furnish a non-metaphysical explanation. The film held my interest. But if you militantly disbelieve, you should find alternate entertainment.

The setup and evidence just seemed too "good" to be true; and the inclusion of real-life, respected, former "Ghost Hunters" member Steve Gonsalves really helped to sell it, but at about the 1:35 mark credibility went out the window. A secret, new approach is attempted; and the situation becomes so contrived, and the reactions so in-authentic that the "documentary" went from being an amazing, in-depth, legit, paranormal investigation, to just a pretty lazy indy horror film. Actually, let me say that that was the last straw, since credibility was strained beforehand with some hammy reactions from the actors, and one suspiciously well-timed cat cameo. I was trying to figure out if Haunted Saginaw was the real deal, and descriptions of Mr. Shippy's "organization" are all suspiciously cagey; but I know a very scripted plot twist when I see one. It was fairly intriguing until that point, but once the balloon was popped it all became just a wasted 90 minutes... why even finish it?

You're not going to convince me that you're doing an investigation into the paranormal when you have four different camera angles of one person talking, and none of the angles show the other three cameras or their operators. There's lots of cameras for sure, but they're recording the actors, not the environment.

I thought for sure I was going to be presented with outrageous evidence in conclusion, thus revealing itself to be a fake documentary. Instead, I'm left with underwhelming findings and lame 'reenactments' that are common with this sort of stuff.

In conclusion, I think this movie/episode of this team is very scripted and boring.

The film was fun. Like an extender reality ghost th show. Definitely 1.5 hr is what a film like this should be.... not Scorsese length.

Lots of good footage, need a expert doc editor to come and clean it up to give it a tighter narrative

In a nut shell your getting 2 hours and 10 minutes of fake ghost hunting with 0 excitement no climax and no resolve.. how anybody could enjoy this is beyond me