Ghost Stalkers

I used to be a Chad Lindberg fan. I saw him on Supernatural and as a guest on Ghost Adventures and liked the zany characters he portrayed, but was disillusioned when I saw him on Ghost Stalkers. It seems like he developed a new character for this show ... creepy and mono-toned as if no one would ever recognize him from other shows. As unbelievable as his new character is, his tendency to shriek like a little girl at the slightest noise or movement is such a contrast to the new persona that it's laughable. One guest shot on a successful Paranormal show does not qualify you an expert. It would be easier to follow the show if series reviews would be more clear whether it is a comedy, parody, or a reality show. I liked Nick Groff on Ghost Adventures, but if this is the new project he left the show for I'm disappointed.

This show would actually have been great if it weren't for Chad. He SUCKS!! He's always scared. You can tell he's faking his reactions (of which he has many). If they could crop him out & just have John on the show, & have someone else narrating it, the show would probably still be on the air. I like the locations they visit & the history of them. It's just Chad. He is acting & his acting is bad, very bad! I wish they would bring the show back, with John & someone else. Someone not so animated & scared of their own shadow (Chad) because that would be great! I know the show has been canceled but they show reruns on TV, which is how I started watching it. I was intrigued from the first episode I watched but the more I watched one thing stood out - annoying Chad! He is the same guy in every episode - the scary cat! Seriously, if you're they scared why are you doing a ghost show?? He should stick to scripted TV shows,like Supernatural.

Ghost Stalkers breathes new life into the viewer's selection of Ghost haunting reality TV. John Tenney brings his knowledge of ancient civilizations and the scientific angle paired up with co- star Chad Lindberg's raw, dramatic gut reactions to paranormal occurrences going on around him which create an exciting synergy between the two that leaves the viewer wanting more. The show includes less chit chat and more focus on the historical background of each location and its surroundings that may be the cause of its paranormal activity. These two are a strong team of paranormal investigators who make this show a must see for future seasons to come.

Ghost Stalkers ... terrible name. But for the most part this genre of reality filmmaking hasn't set itself apart by having good copyrighters.

For the most part Ghost Stalkers is an alright show compared to it's peers (like for instans Ghost Adventures, Ghost Asylum etc.). Unfortunately GS exhibit the same latent problems that most of the genre exhibit and a few original.

The hosts of Ghost Stalkers had probably looked at the marked of ghost hunting shows before pitching their idea for a show, and concluded that they had to have some kind of schtick to sell it. That schtick is all to obviously an incredible focus on (ghost) portals. This quickly becomes a huge weight on the show as the hosts keep trying to pigeonhole everything (and I do mean everything) into some kind of portal theory. "Some people say they have ghosts here. There must be portals as well." "This was once a big hospital. Then there's definitely portals here." "There's rumors of shadow people. A portal started those rumors." "Somebody snatched my sandwich. That darned portal again." "This dude died? Hey, it must've been a portal who did it." "Look a rock. And it is right under a portal ... maybe."

Most of these ghost shows are terrible in their rhetoric. Whenever they see something it is demonic in an effort to amp up the drama factor. Whenever they talk to "witnesses", they put words in their mouths and so on. Historic records and witness statements are overdramatized, for instance: "There have been sighting of a shadow man. A possibly violent shadow man". But Ghost Stalkers are probably some of the worst at it. Mostly because they have this portal concept they simply have to sell. So whenever they try to conclude anything. It always end up in some ridiculous explanations of lapsed logic about portals.

They try to be "scientific", but with pages taken from the other ghost hunting shows the science involved is kept to a modicum (and I'm being generous here). For the most part they just pull some real equipment in and try to "explain" why the equipment should work with their mission in mind. For instance at one point they put a smokemachine into a room and when the smoke twists a little, they conclude they have a portal.

There's other problems too, the biggest on is the voice-over (done by one of the hosts) that tries to go for some sort of eerie monotone vibe. It doesn't work. It just sounds ridiculous.

Ghost Stalkers has a lot of shortcomings but at least it doesn't have to fill it's running time with recreations and unnecessary horror cuts, to try and make up for little substance. Even though it isn't overflowing with substance.

A long story short. Ghost Stalkers is an alright ghost hunting shows. If you've run out of everything else in that department then it is fair enough viewing. Just don't expect any miracles from it.

I've had the misfortune of catching 3 episodes of this on TV. This is just painful to watch to any paranormal fanatic worth their salt.

They contaminate their own video with camera-mounted flashlights, causing most of the hand-held footage to just be a massive glare with the audio of them reaction to a "spooky ghost". Their constant talk about portals will drive anyone to switch the channel before they join the ranks of the ghosts these dorks are "hunting" out of sheer boredom.

They rarely catch any evidence on camera, which are more often aimed to capture the reaction of the investigator to a supposed haunt than anything else, and when they do they don't bother trying to debunk it. It's just accepted as paranormal. The multiple camera angles to their overreactions suggest they've got a multi-camera crew following them at all times. Which will contaminate each other's footage at the slightest miscoordination.

One of them, I think Chad is his name. Squeels like a schoolgirl at the slightest noise, writhing and twitching like he's on fire at an unexpected breeze. Contaminating the audio and video and just generally making a complete fool of himself. Using a disgustingly monotone voice to narrate why he's peeing himself THIS time.

When I saw Nick Groff helped produce this, I had high hopes because of his history with Ghost Adventures. Those hopes were quickly and brutally dashed once I saw the first episode.

Do yourself a favor and give this parody a miss, it is not worth your time.