GHOSTS Pt 11: Ghostwatch (1992)
The Evolution of Horror
Mike Muncer
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2018
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
This week Mike is joined by Ghostwatch director Lesley Manning and film & TV critic Boyd Hilton to discuss that iconic 1992 BBC special which terrified the nation...
Music by Jack Whitney.
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| 0:00.0 | The 1992 BBC Television Television, West London. |
| 0:24.0 | Talk show host Michael Parkinson begins broadcasting to the nation, |
| 0:27.4 | a one-off Halloween special investigating the paranormal. |
| 0:30.9 | The program we're about to watch is a unique live investigation. the program begins like any normal |
| 0:35.0 | the program begins like any normal chat show features |
| 0:39.7 | interviews phonins |
| 0:41.7 | but Michael is unaware that in the 90 minutes that follows, he'll not only |
| 0:45.8 | catch a real ghost on camera, but he'll unintentionally lure that demonic entity into the |
| 0:51.8 | live studio and across the country into the homes of |
| 0:55.9 | 11 million viewers. The 1990s saw the rise of postmodernism and playful spins on classic genres. |
| 1:07.3 | This would become very apparent in the mid-90s with movies like Scream or Wes Craven's |
| 1:12.3 | new nightmare. But before all this, one BBC |
| 1:15.8 | Halloween special did something so daring, so groundbreaking, so ahead of its time that |
| 1:21.1 | audiences literally had no idea how to react. It baffled and terrified |
| 1:26.2 | the nation and despite never being broadcast on television since its legacy lives on and it's |
| 1:32.0 | now thought of as one of the most influential horror movies of all time |
| 1:39.6 | Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of the ghost story and we review Stephen |
| 1:45.0 | Volk's mockumentary masterpiece, Ghost Watch. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike and as ever I am your host. If you're joining us for the first time then welcome in this |
| 2:05.1 | podcast we explore and dissect the evolution of the horror genre by looking at particular |
| 2:09.4 | sub-genres across a number of weeks. We are currently in the midst of exploring the evolution |
| 2:13.9 | of the ghost story and this is part 11 in which we're going to look at that |
| 2:17.6 | classic television special from the early 90s Ghost Watch. Very excited to get into this. Now before we get started |
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