It's almost blasphemy connecting this atrocity to Ed and Lorraine Warren. They must be tossing and turning in their graves over the fact that this is what became of their legacy. They suggested it takes 28 days to break through the barrier that separates the spirit world with ours. Now that sounds really fascinating and could've been a great series. But instead we got.... this.
What was Netflix thinking!? Is this a spoof? Surely they didn't put this out thinking we'd buy into this silly mess of scripted and (bad) CGI filled ghost hunting? It's a 'who done it' type of thing: Murder She Wrote meets Hillbilly Ghost Busters, was there ever such thing. And if fails to engage. It fails to scare. It fails to be in any way believable. Viewers are taken for absolute fools by these rather juvenile and ill-mannered teams of so called 'demonologists', 'sensitives' and 'clairvoyants' - who looks like they've all been scooped up at an 'all you can eat BBQ buffet at the local truck stop.
They're so called experts yet they jump every time something goes bump in the dark. Their goofy machinery seems to be based on the science that the more twinkling lights the better. The gadgets pick up random noise and yet somehow the teams conclude complete tales of murder and hidden horrors. Then there's the apparatus that actually blurts out complete sentences conjured by the demon world - but we all know it's really camera man Steve and his cup on a string....
No need for science or proof in this show either. Naw! We are simply expected to take their words for it every single time they "feel something" or claim to speak to the spirits, or something touches them. They lay out whole explanations and conclusions- solving 50 year old murders - all on a hunch ... oh no sorry, through the guidance of the spirits (that only they heard). And not only that, apparently demonic possession is somewhat of a choice, yep, one guy simply snaps out of it after his team mate has a worried one to one with him over morning coffee. Good to know! And hey, what about the guy who quite obviously watched Stranger Things one too many times and figured that Eleven's sensory deprivation tank could also work for him - and then it did! Yay! How about that. Now we can all unlock our abilities to talk to the other side, it really is that simple! Lastly don't get me started on the copper pentagram they dug out of the ground - why would you ever think to get hold of an expert to decider the age of the object when you can simply pick a year out of your kaboose! And then base all future outcomes and conclusions on this very scientific method. Amen!
Yeah as you might have figured by now, this is really bad. However, my biggest question is relating to the two gents "witnessing" the whole charade and apparently calling the shots: Tony Spera from good ol' New England Society For Psychic Research, as well as paranormal expert Aaron Sagers. Did they get a sort of 'best of' ghost hunting mix tape that they watched in a day and their 20 TV screens were just for show as their commentary was actually filmed all in one afternoon - OR - did they really do 28 days of witnessing and commenting, wearing the same clothes day in and day out - OR - is that red sweater and the leather jacket ensemble simply their fav looks for a ghastly, I mean ghostly "documentary" like this ..... now that's the biggest mystery of them all. Well done Netflix! One star.