Monday, 30 October 2017

GHOST WARS - Series Review

Premiere Date- October 5, 2017

Ghost Wars is a paranormal series set in a small Alaska town - Port Moore, where  the residents are experiencing mass haunting by ghosts trying to destroy them.

Roman Mercer (Avan Jogia) is a disturbed young man, who talks to himself all the time. The whole town treats him differently because they think he's crazy. The only people who believe in him are Father Dan Carpenter (Vincent D'Onofrio) and his friend Maggie (Elise Gatien). The trouble is, Maggie is dead which reveals that Roman hasn't been talking to himself but to Maggie and other regular ghosts hanging around the town.

After an earthquake hits Port Moore, releasing a bunch of new ghosts in town that has refused anyone from leaving, everyone starts hallucinating things that makes them want to kill themselves. Roman who has the ability to communicate with the ghosts and send them packing (an ability inherited from his mum) has to save everyone from the mass haunt.

'Ghost Wars' isn't entertaining for a ghost story. First of all, this is supposed to be a paranormal 'action series' but you don't actually see the ghosts, just their projections - it's laughable. I can't tell if its poor acting or poor directing. There is no action and nothing horrifying about this show.

The trailer is quite interesting, good editing but the first two episodes wasn't impressive for a paranormal series.
'Ghost Wars' - the name should bring some kind of sinister paranormal expectations with it, but the show has no tension, no scary scenes, nothing frightening. And the medium, Roman doesn't seem to be doing anything, just hangs around.

The third and fourth episodes were better than the first two. This show has a very slow build up.
The first season comes in 13 episodes, so i have decided to keep watching because after seeing episodes 3 and 4, I think it will get better in future episodes (fingers crossed).

If you are into paranormal series, you might like this. Don't expect much even if you've seen the trailer.
So far, there is nothing scary about this show but some younger viewers might find it disturbing.


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