Documentary revisits Ghostwatch and the 1992 faux‑live broadcast
I love it when idiots go on TV to tell everyone that they're idiots and terrible parents #ghostwatch
Richard Oz1There was that other halloween trick on the BBC a couple of years earlier when one of Paul Daniels escapes goes wrong and it looks like he died. That was more ambiguous and played on both the audience and worse for everybody present during the filming.
PJ Galley1The only thing that disturbed me at the time was that people couldn’t tell it was a Screen One drama even though it was trailed and billed as one.
Look I love Ghostwatch, it's a high point of 90s horror, but if any of these (adult) people complaining about it thought the decidedly poor acting of the "members of the public" was real they deserve their sleepless nights.
Ricardo Autobahn9Actors just cannot act as real people in general. From Crimewatch Reconstructions to "Voiced By An Actor" on serious documentaries they just can't do it convincingly.
joffcomedy.bsky.social1The people ringing in were the worst actors
SHAR🎃N1It’s not in any way credible I feel very let down
I didn't see Ghostwatch when it was on, but the acting in the clips I've seen is on par with a Noel Edmonds 'Gotcha'. No fucking wonder we ended up with Brexit.
Andy Dawson7Quite a few people on this Ghostwatch thing who were under 10 in 1992 when it was and should have 'MY PARENTS WERE IRRESPONSIBLE' tattooed across their foreheads.
Ben Cadwallader1I only caught the last 15-20 mins of it by chance & was v much initially weirded out by how it finished- then the "written by" credit rolled by & it all made sense. Was a bit bemused by the angry & upset response it got in the following weeks
