Unfortunately, I never saw this "live" on its original transmission, so I don't really know whether or not I would have been fooled into believing it was genuine. Nevertheless, this really does stand up well as a first class modern re-imagining of a haunted house story. Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith and Craig Charles are all very believable as themselves, and so too is the skeptical American physicist. The parapsychologist suffers from some dialogue - albeit not much - that just does not ring true "He's the last of the materialists" for instance. There have been some criticisms of the mother and daughters; I did find the girls rather false, but thought the mother was much more convincing.
Anyway, the question is now whether this is a fine ghost thriller now, even though everyone knows it was a filmed drama. I believe that it most certainly does enthrall the modern, clued up viewer and provides some real chills that take it well beyond the annoyingly dull, juvenile and amateurish antics of "The Blair Witch project".
Anyway, the question is now whether this is a fine ghost thriller now, even though everyone knows it was a filmed drama. I believe that it most certainly does enthrall the modern, clued up viewer and provides some real chills that take it well beyond the annoyingly dull, juvenile and amateurish antics of "The Blair Witch project".