Deadly Possessions

I like Ghost Adventures, even though Nick is gone and Zak has become increasingly given to pontificating and wearing art school clothing (black on black and thick rimmed glasses). That show is still interesting, both in the historical places they visit and the experiences they have. I guess it's not easy coming up with interesting places that are reputed to be haunted on a consistent basis, so they ventured into Aftershocks (which is okay) and Deadly Possessions. This show feels cheap and slapped together, and not authentic, a bit like the Ryan Buell paranormal show with Penn State students. People come in with objects they think are linked with the paranormal, and Zak sits listening, trying to ask overly provocative questions, and even with cuts to dramatic recreations of events, nothing really happens, it's just rather dull storytelling on the whole. If I had watched this show first and had never seen Ghost Adventures, I'd imagine GA must be a boring, hokey show and avoid watching it. It's a poor effort, and fails primarily because it has a premise that is hard to make interesting and believable. I don't know, what does a ghost hunter do in his spare time? Is it possible to make staying at home and talking to average people with objects they think might be bad interesting and worth watching? Not in this case, unfortunately.

Dumb show. Incomplete stories. Any time spent watching this is an absolute waste of time. It's not even entertaining, let alone convincing. Just dumb.

This is a stupid show. What's more, they think WE are stupid. Well, I am not stupid enough to recommend it.

I get there is a craze with the Anabelle franchise as well as ghost hunting shows, so it's not a surprise someone would have thought to create a show about discussing possessed or haunted items. This haunted object premise COULD be cool if proof of the object's history was shown and discussed. Not hard, they did it all the time on Ghost Adventures.

Next, the butler named Theodore who brings Zak his mail. The segment really had nothing to do with the haunted object but rather a way for Zak to introduce the fact he now has a butler. The set...and this is definitely a set has 4 rooms? Why does he need a butler? The feel of the show is just OVERLY dramatic and the ego-mania is stifling.

If Zak and his crew wanted to explore haunted and cursed antiquities that have apparently killed people, I don't think it's wise to have guests of the show drag the object out into public where it can be in contact with unsuspecting people. It's kind of a reckless thing to do if one TRULY believes these objects are possessed. This is the neglected detail that sinks the show's credibility for me. I'm no expert but I would imagine that an experienced ghost hunter would want to retrieve and transport the object themselves knowing how dangerous it can be to unsuspecting people. If the host got off his throne and retrieved these demonic items from their place of origin it would inspire actual ghostly events to occur as well as lend itself to better storytelling.

Ghost Adventures was such a hit because of its casts honest chemistry and the playful rhythm that made it authentic and relatable even if you didn't believe in ghosts. They joked, they screamed and most importantly they had fun and that's why it was so fun to watch.

In conclusion, no I'm would not watch another hour of Zak desperately trying to get people to take him as seriously as he does himself which is the only creepy element of the show.

The questions with this show aren't so much 'Do demons exist?' and 'Can they possess physical objects?' so much as 'Does Bagans expect us to believe this?' and 'Does he himself believe it?'. It's essentially Pawn Stars for the credulous, hosted by someone on an ego trip (Did we not get attention as a child?) interspersed with acting that would be woeful in a porn movie let alone a horror movie. If you want a programme that tackles the paranormal in an objective manner that doesn't make assumptions, look elsewhere. If I had to say anything positive it would be that it's unintentionally hilarious. Knock back a shot every time Bagans looks stunned and make a drinking game of it... actually don't, you'll ruin your liver. I'm guessing the 10/10 reviews are from people who Bagans has paid, as was obvious in the equally awful Demon House (Be disappointed by one Bagans show, shame on him, be disappointed by two, shame on us) or they are by the exceptionally credulous. I don't disbelieve the paranormal, I do keep an open mind, but I can't buy into it when its presented THIS badly.