panophobia. fear of everything.
Dec. 18th, 2009 04:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
intertribalI was watching Ghost Hunters International on Hulu, and I like it, with all its Nazi-chapel-castle-built-on-the-gates-of-HELL!-stories, but my favorite "paranormal investigation" show ever remains MTV's Fear.
Six young amateurs are dropped off at a huge haunted locale and told to do various occult stunts in exchange for money (all via computer). Very rarely did all five make it to the end - in one episode, every single contestant dropped out. MTV never gave the actual names of the places they visited and they made up all sorts of stories to tell the contestants before sending them out to do a voodoo ritual or seance, and there was never any "evidence" or "analysis" here. All you get is the expression on the poor suckers' faces. Total fucking fear. This show is all about the mental mindfuck that is our concept of and interaction with the paranormal. And I think this made Fear much more interesting than the professional ghosthunting shows being made now.
This is the middle clip of the episode where they all quit, Mina Dos Estrellas in Mexico - supposedly the only place where MTV didn't make up a backstory (it was a mine, there was a flood, many many people died). Two people have already quit. There's a lot packed into this snippet. Especially love Zach's meta-poetry there at 6:30.
Six young amateurs are dropped off at a huge haunted locale and told to do various occult stunts in exchange for money (all via computer). Very rarely did all five make it to the end - in one episode, every single contestant dropped out. MTV never gave the actual names of the places they visited and they made up all sorts of stories to tell the contestants before sending them out to do a voodoo ritual or seance, and there was never any "evidence" or "analysis" here. All you get is the expression on the poor suckers' faces. Total fucking fear. This show is all about the mental mindfuck that is our concept of and interaction with the paranormal. And I think this made Fear much more interesting than the professional ghosthunting shows being made now.
This is the middle clip of the episode where they all quit, Mina Dos Estrellas in Mexico - supposedly the only place where MTV didn't make up a backstory (it was a mine, there was a flood, many many people died). Two people have already quit. There's a lot packed into this snippet. Especially love Zach's meta-poetry there at 6:30.
