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I enjoyed the season premiere


This show can't be taken too seriously, but for light entertainment, I enjoy it. The premiere was fun; I liked when the lighthouse window "mysteriously" closed. (When the girls were trying to open that trap door, though, I kept thinking, Is Dana kneeling on the door and that's why they can't open it???)





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I, on the other hand am sick of shows like this.. why:

1. Jack Osbourne suddenly emerged as Professor Paranormal (the same way as his crazy ass sister became the next Anna Wintour).. they have reality tv fever plus Ozzie as a father = contracts = anything that comes of their mouths is crap as far as I'm concerned. What's next? Kim, Chloe and Bear Grylls take The Evereglades?

2. Jael is becoming quite a merry go round in paranormal circles.. First Josh, then Fact or Faked, now this.. Devin or whatever the hell his name is is following the same pattern.. This little bunch kinda looks like the table no one sits at during lunch.

3. Stupid "event" schticks.. wind slams the blinds shut! Door slammed on us idiocy (I wouldn't be surprised if they both pushed in the same direction..that is if it wasn't painfully obvious it's bad acting)

4. Only evidence with any weight: lights and FLIR figure (which would be HUGE were it not staged) they just kind of brush away.. this second it happened, the next we all kinda forgot about it. Ah, lest we forget THE EVP! Is comment really needed?

5. Trunk disclaimer.. a stupid relic from season one in which, at the end of every episode, jack talks to his trunk verbally signing a waiver ("jolly good, what you saw may or may not have been paranormal, I have no idea, but __________________ is definitely haunted as ass, old chap! cheerio! on to the next reality show! (swoosh!)"

I mean, come on. Enough already.

p.s, why the hell is it called Haunted highway? No highways and kinda no hauntings.

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I, on the other hand am sick of shows like this

Well, they're not for everyone. Certainly can't take them seriously.

1. Jack Osbourne suddenly emerged as Professor Paranormal

I think the whole point of this show is that they filmed it all themselves with no camera crew. Kind of letting people know that anyone can do this if they have an interest in the paranormal.

2. Jael is becoming quite a merry go round in paranormal circles..

She's presumably got a contract with Syfy Channel.

3. Stupid "event" schticks.. wind slams the blinds shut! Door slammed on us idiocy

Well, yeah, the suspense is mostly staged. And who cares if it was the wind, or if the girls panicked? It would be pretty creepy for most people in a dark, spooky locale, even if it was just the wind...

4. Only evidence with any weight: lights and FLIR figure

Well, I'm not saying it's real, but it's more than people come up with on some other shows...

5. Trunk disclaimer.. a stupid relic from season one in which, at the end of every episode, jack talks to his trunk verbally signing a waiver ("jolly good, what you saw may or may not have been paranormal, I have no idea, but __________________ is definitely haunted as ass, old chap! cheerio! on to the next reality show! (swoosh!)"

Don't think I've every heard him say "jolly good", "cheerio", etc. Sounds like now you're just disparaging him for being British???

I mean, come on. Enough already.

WHY do you watch it, then? It's very clear from the ads what type of show it is. And if you don't watch it, why bother coming to the discussion board?

p.s, why the hell is it called Haunted highway? No highways and kinda no hauntings.

It's called that because they travel America's highways investigating hauntings.




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I completely agree with you utgard14.

With great power comes great responsibility.

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But I watch these shows for entertainment value not because I'm expecting them to prove the existence of anything.

Agreed, I'm not expecting to see solid journalistic proof on an entertainment show like this! I just like these shows for fun. They do get a little silly sometimes, but I take it with a grain of salt.





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Was it me or did Jael have a knife straped to her right thigh? Lol

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Yeh I don't know what to make of it. I watched the very first episode last night. They shoot it like one of those multitude of 'Blair Witch' type, found video diary films and Jack insists that it is all real. No crews etc. My guess is that is the intention.

A couple of points. the girl jack was with was wearing high heels when they were investigating the lake monster. Not Practical for monster hunting. Also from a safety point of view did Jack really go diving, with no diving buddy, in a murky lake, by himself, at night time??? Again is that intentional?

I agree it is enjoyably for light entertainment but I much prefer 'Ghost Adventures'. That seems more 'credible'.

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Jack and the rest of the crew were damaged after the 1st episode of the 1st season. They had a real up close encounter their first night out with what may or may not have been the "Hairy Man" on the Vergas Trails. Most of the footage for that show was shot on the edge of town and not on the Trail. I was their guide that night, something picked me up and thru me 25' into a tree. Jack and that hot gal, don't remember her name took off running. I had to stumble back 2 miles to the car with 6 broken ribs and a concussion. They were both in the car with the doors locked. They had dropped their camera setups on the way back. The next day we couldn't find them and they both refused to go back in to the Trail. So they faked it and were just inside a treeline on the edge of town. You can even hear some kids laughing on the tape. Real kids that were playing a short distance away in their yard lol.

I am hoping to take Katrina Weidman of Paranormal Lockdown out there on Friday. Hopefully she can hold it together better than Jack and that hot chic.

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