Drinker's Extra Shots - Ghostwatch (The Show That Traumatised A Whole Country)

[@slyjester3315]

BBC boardroom: "How about we take Poltergeist and present it in a George Orwell 'War of the Worlds' style?" "Couldn't that possibly cause mass panic and trauma?" "Nah, it'll be fine."

[@goblinqueen4991]

Orson Wells. (Orwell is the "1984" guy.)

[@slyjester3315]

@goblinqueen4991 Fu*k, that's right! I wrote it so quickly that I didn't stop to think. I appreciate your correction, though

[@plankymcplank1101]

​@@goblinqueen4991Herbert George Wells. The Orson fellow is Orson Welles known for Citizen Kane afaik.

[@davekeyser2530]

@@goblinqueen4991 *H.G. Wells. Orson Wells is the actor.

[@tiagoverret9098]

​@@plankymcplank1101 ​ Orson Wells adapted it for radio in a "breaking news" reality format that freaked out a few people at the time.

[@seldonplanB-24]

Kids these days just don't get enough good ol' fashioned trauma

[@och70]

Unless they get misgendered on Twitter. 😆

[@Ericartmanschili]

In fairness, here in the US they have to worry about being shot at school every day

[@seldonplanB-24]

@Ericartmanschili Meh...That simply doesn't compare to being 8 years old and watching "Friday the 13th" on cable TV at 1am while your parents were sleeping. Some things stay with you...forever

[@CyanRooper]

I mean, the Internet is full of things that nobody in their right minds should ever see. I know it's not the same as watching Ghostwatch or Threads for the first time without knowing what they're about but with the Internet you *know* that what you're looking at is real.

[@archmage_of_the_aether]

The Dark Crystal was marketed to children. Labyrinth was marketed to children. The Angry Moon was a children's book. My childhood was already childhood. Full of fear and caution. Taught me about the world in a safe way.

[@petesturtevant7642]

From the US here, so I had never heard of this before. Thanks for sharing this little piece of media history.

[@chasehedges6775]

Same here 💯

[@thundershirt1]

Same here

[@sg-zd8eb]

It’s been buried for 32 years. The BBC don’t want anyone to know.

[@waynesWyrdWorld]

Believe us who lived it… it truly shook the nation! Made the news for all the wrong reasons. One teenager who had autism even took his own life following the incident. It really got serious in the fallout. If you can find it, it’s worth a watch simply for its relevance.

[@MrAckers75]

Shit myself after watching this …absolute masterpiece

[@chrisl9112]

Drinker did not tell me to go away now, so I guess I'm just going to stay here...for...all...eternittttttyyy 👻

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΠαπαναστασίου-υ8σ]

he will say it in the next video so you have to wait until then

[@KuroNoTenno]

Wanna haunt this comment section?

[@caesarjergens]

You hear some cats screeching as well?

[@davidchurch5932]

Guys, we're here for some time so don't hog the sofa, shuffle over. Now, who's got the popcorn?

[@TuberMad]

I GOT THE KEYS TO HIS LIQUOR CABINET!!!

[@matthewx360]

I saw this "live" and it absolutely scared the pajamas off me and my mate who stayed over to watch it. Never forgotten that shot of Pipes in front of the curtains.

[@PetersonZF]

Yep, that was my most enduring memory. I slept with the light on for weeks.

[@jimstormcrow]

I was one of its original viewers and I was completely sucked in. Creeped me out for weeks. Once in a generation experience.

[@pogal86]

I still remember watching it as a child and being absolutely terrified by it.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

To think, this was one of the BBC's less sinister stories from the 90s. That's a Jimmy saville reference in case anyone doesn't know

[@davidstair9657]

Jim should fix this.

[@blackdawg7778]

I was also mate. We just got home for a day at Alton Towers and this spooked us out. Glory days

[@DarkPsyence]

Me too, Drinker mentioned it on open bar last week.

[@kcmsterpce]

I watched this, but in 1997 or so. A friend had a bad VHS copy. I knew it was fake, but I was still enthralled by the originality of the entire concept. When Blair Witch came out, it was interesting to me, but I thought "Oh, it's like Ghostwatch!" No one knew what I was talking about. Also, I watched that movie on a hugeass screen in San Diego with friends, after 6+ margaritas and the spinning camera shots in a huge theater made me close my eyes to keep from vomiting through half the movie, but... that's ANOTHER story. Anyway, that's all I got for now. Thanks for the memories!

[@brett2015]

I was 14 when I saw Blair witch and it was a sneak preview at a local theater. It was still being marketed like it was real and I bought it, hook line n sinker. Scared the living crap outta me lol. Wasn’t until the movie blew up and the actors did Leno that I realized it was fake 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@timosullivan6279]

Any show or movie that sticks in your brain for 30 years must be remarkable. I remember watching this "live" and being completely sucked in. One of the most memorable night's TV I ever had! Congratulations all round to whoever was involved with it.

[@chrishill7797]

I read somewhere that the BBC played dog whistles at certain points in the program so that actual viewers pets would go bonkers. This program was, and remains, one the scariest things I’ve ever seen. Brilliant.

[@sarahb.7175]

That's incredible.

[@chrishill7797]

@ I know, right? Genius. The BBC got fined for doing it - it was deemed unethical.

[@benitopulatso6637]

With all the cat noises, you'd think if they were gonna use an actor from Red Dwarf it would have been Danny John-Jules

[@mrkeogh]

"I'm gonna eat you, little fishy!"

[@bitemoi]

@@mrkeogh "This is mine! This is mine!"

[@bri55118]

Guess he was tongue tied.

[@fishjones4618]

“This is mine, this is mine, and all of this is mine!”

[@kelvincasing5265]

A shallow guy with a great ass!

[@admcleo]

I discovered this over a decade ago and was amazed at how well done a concept it was for that time period and its adherence to subtlety. My favorite detail being that early they discuss that the ghost will mess around with the coffee cups as a throwaway bit of dialogue but later in the background when things start escalating you can see all the coffee cups are broken but nobody has any time to acknowledge that it has even happened.

[@Cartoonman154]

Mr Pipes is watching. This managed to get a Blu-ray release.

[@AllanHinde-mb2pr]

I find it more scary that the BBC actually used to try

[@Toshibaq]

What an original thouht

[@InhabitantOfOddworld]

Once upon a time, they wanted to appear like they earned that TV license

[@AllanHinde-mb2pr]

@@Toshibaq what a way to spell

[@AllanHinde-mb2pr]

@@InhabitantOfOddworld a long time ago….

[@ph8077]

Wow so before they became woke activists the BBC made original & high quality TV shows...I know, I'm shocked too!

[@the-icephoenix]

It must of been 1992 to have trusted broadcaster and BBC in the same sentence

[@TRUMP_WAS_RIGHT_ABOUT_EVRYTHNG]

most on point comment of the month!

[@sstrykert]

Even with Jimmy Saville's involvement

[@ashscott6068]

You can still trust them to cover for you if you've been noncing a bunch of kids

[@robm8809]

It's "must have been", not "must of been". I agree with your comment, I too loathe the BBC, i'm just being helpful.

[@incurableromantic4006]

I really miss the days when Britain could be traumatized by something as innocent as the prospect of ghosts. The things traumatizing us now are so much more mundane, and so, so much worse.

[@CyanRooper]

As someone who watched 2 girls 1 cup back in the day as a child, I agree. Things have gotten worse over the years.

[@bennewnham4497]

@@CyanRooper Man, ain't that the truth. **thousand yard stare** we've seen some horrible things. The horror....

[@themk4982]

To be fair, there was a lot more poverty and crime (among *native* Britons) back then to. I think ghosts as we know them have just suffered from more overexposure at this point. The concept has less mystique than it did at that point.

[@fyrchmyrddin1937]

@@themk4982 I dunno, when I lived in London during the late 80's the "bobbies" were still unarmed for the most part.

[@ph8077]

Yeah like our freedoms being eroded by the totalitarian Left!

[@smallcd]

Oh,THIS. I remember watching this live as a kid and for me, Ghostwatch was the stuff of nightmares. Sarah Greene, Craig Charles and Michael Parkinson gave the sense of it being real. I'm so glad you covered this, Drinker.

[@lordofthedumps8392]

Watched it live that night as a child and it freaked me right out. Fast forward 30 odd years and I go to haunted locations and skulk about in the dark to see what happens. Can all be traced back to Ghostwatch as it was an experience that never left me

[@thecaptainfalcon3316]

Anything ever happen?

[@sarahb.7175]

Whoa! That's really cool that you were part of that when it came out!

[@lordofthedumps8392]

@@thecaptainfalcon3316 heard loads of stuff, knocks taps footsteps breaths, a penny coin apported out of thin air and dropped on the ground

[@lordofthedumps8392]

@@sarahb.7175 didn’t feel cool at the time, I was petrified 🥴

[@bobbylyht4123]

I’m actually finding new spooky shows to watch from UK that I never heard of. You should do more of these

[@davidsummer8631]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2aac5yHnNycoq8

[@supes12]

It’s proper dated now but it’s still great. Watching it the night it came out was really scary, I mean I was 9 years old tbf

[@bobbylyht4123]

@ Do you know if this is based on the real life case based behind Conjuring 2

[@supes12]

@@bobbylyht4123 exactly that. Ghostwatch was inspired by the Enfield haunting which is what the Conjuring 2 was also based on

[@supes12]

@@bobbylyht4123 there was a pretty decent 3 part show in 2015 called The Enfield Haunting. Worth looking at if you are interested

[@MegaGemann]

I remember this show!! Modern day War of the World's, H.G. Wells! Give some props Drinker!!!!😅

[@tdog5035]

Man, Sarah Greene was my childhood crush. This reminded me why!

[@mrkeogh]

Me too! I fancied her before I knew what those strange feelings meant 😂

[@clementwoods7177]

Yeah I saw her on something recently and still thought she was bang tidy for her age.

[@bsmith6646]

​@@clementwoods7177😂

[@mayes33]

Yep - I was just thinking the same

[@voodoochile333]

Mine was Rolf Harris

[@mr.skullfacegarcia775]

Happy Halloween 🎃 drinker not gonna lie the ending of your review. I give me the chills

[@ShopFloorMonkey]

I actually watched this live at a friends house and my cycle ride home afterwards ran past a cemetary that was only separated from a well-used and well-lit road by a footpath. Normally I wouldn't give it a second thought, riding past it on the road, just feet from the heavy tree-line. That night, however, I couldn't even ride on that side of the road - as I usually would - and cycled home on the pavement on the other side of the road... and was still a bit freaked out! It was the lack of sight-lines from the treeline, far more than the graves, that made me uneasy! And I was almost 16 at the time! Top notch TV that blindsided a nation!

[@mattcox8146]

Watched this when it first aired. Could not go near the downstairs cupboard for months afterwards. Glad this made the drinkers hit list!

[@brenthays6539]

Being an American, I had only heard stories about this infamous show. I got to see it on KZbin back when you put anything on KZbin, and yes, it is “quaint” in the same way the War of the Worlds radio broadcast is quaint, but it was still very effective given the budget.

[@zaskarclf]

Dang...this was genius. Im an American GenXr and wouldve loved to watch this at the time. Such a fun time and Halloween too.

[@Lammy4ever7]

Ghostwatch was insanely smart. Even when you don't think you're affected, it still gets you. When you did the rhyme instead of your usual "go away now", I got goosebumps. I was like, "Oh, so THAT'S what it felt like..."

[@dewberrydave]

I’m so glad, in a strange why, that I managed to see it when it was originally broadcast and thought it was real. I was 11 and was terrified but loved it.

[@sarahb.7175]

That's really cool!

[@Ed.theShred]

Something similar from a few years back is the Inside No. 9 episode "Dead Line". It's got the same premise, a live broadcast being taken over by the supernatural, and while I didn't believe the ghost was real, the setup to them taking over was so well done that I fell right for it. Definitely worth looking up!

[@johns9969]

As kid, stayed up late alone, saw Trilogy of Terror. Last story, last scene. had nightmare for weeks.

[@anitam7547]

I remember that. Karen Black - after the telephone call with her mother. Haunted me and my siblings for years. The film that freaked me out for years was the original black & white 1963 The Haunting.

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

Happy Halloween Drinker, hope that Tatiana gives you all the treats & no tricks this year 😈

[@MasonBryant]

A spooky Bosnian land mine.

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

But tricks are her specialty

[@LUNATIC75]

That was a good show, I seem to remember that it "got me good" that night. 32 years ago... To be honest, that's just as scary!

[@davebarrowcliffe1289]

I'd forgotten just how fit Sarah Greene was back in my heyday years. Thanks, Drinker 😊 👍

[@iaincrawford8004]

I remember watching it back then, it scared the crap out of me and I loved it for that Many decades later, i got it on blu ray and i still love it

[@TheFamousMrPaul]

I stayed up late to watch this when it happened, I was only a kid but was totally sucked in. I remember watching the news for days later to see if we would get an update to see if everyone was ok.. Simpler times 👻🤣🤣

[@tatooinestar]

This truly was a terrifying show when I watched it live on the night. What some people miss now is that we had just spent the last 12 months being introduced to these type of live shows, such as Springwatch and Autumnwatch on the BBC, which had well know presenters talking and showing the events of the day each night for a week, showcasing our wonderful countryside and nature. So when this popped up it fitted in to the schedule quite innocently. Also, the phone number on the screen for the call centre was the same number used by the BBC for the live Saturday morning kids shows and other live call in shows, so the number was totally legit, and when you rang the number you couldn't get through due to 'busy with other callers'. And again, the guy in the studio call centre reading out interesting calls was Mike Smith, another real BBC presenter of the time and real life husband of Sarah Green in the haunted house, so his investment in her safety was real too. Everything about the show came off as legit, and at that time, pre-internet, it was easy to see why this conned and scared us all. I have this classic on DVD, and like to watch it around this time each year.

[@rokerroar]

This was on years before springwatch was invented

[@kelvincasing5265]

Yah, crimewatch

[@ReddwarfIV]

Apparently the number was meant to play a recorded message telling you the show was fake. But so many people called in that the switchboard crashed and you got the busy signal... which happened in the show itself.

[@InhabitantOfOddworld]

It also predated the copycats like Most Haunted (of Yvette Fielding and Derek Acora fame), so there was no existing frame of reference

[@sarahb.7175]

Whoa! That's really cool that you were there when it first came out and were part of that! (If I do say so myself.)

[@CanadaPlus]

Happy Halloween Drinker. Can't wait for the Open Bar!

[@eliasar5051]

The ending of this video somehow freaked my dog out thinking there are cats fighting around the house 😂Good job already.

[@MrAndys21]

This show made me sleep with the lights on for years... Pipes behind the curtains was the thing that did it for me.

[@MrLavajet]

Thank you for shining a light on the more obscure/cult horror movies. They're some real gems out there. Btw, check out the Irish play "The Weir" by Conor McPherson. Very funny and chilling.

[@Dollar_Store_Cacodemon]

I love Ghostwatch. Have it in the DVD collection and its still unsettling to watch today. 👍🏻

[@mixlexic]

Ghostwatch was truly terrifying. I watched it with a friend as a 16 yo and we joked about the girls being terrible actors but got fished right in and we’re both bricking it. “Its Pipes, Mummy” is still a catchphrase regularly used by us

[@keffa1982]

I saw this when it was first aired as a 10 year old and everything you said mirrored my experience. It was terrifying because it seemed like it really was real and as you pointed out we hadn't been made cynical yet by things like the internet and such. They kept it believable and out of the realm of obvious horror movie so things like banging pipes and the sounds of the ghost seemed like that could really happen. I was terrified and the person I was watching with was adamant she saw it in the bedroom (It actually was there when she saw it) and the bait and switch they did to make people doubt what they had seen was brilliant. The show only really kind of jumped the shark to a certain degree when the studio lights started blowing up and things started getting blown around at the end with Parky getting possessed, that was when the doubt started to creep in because it seemed like something like that would have led to a cut in transmission and perhaps a bit too far fetched. Amazing Halloween entertainment and something you could never ever experience again. I'm glad I got to experience it. Funnily enough the BBC never advertised this as being a live show. The TV listings at the time even went as far as to list some of the people involved as "Actors".

[@supes12]

I was 9 years old when I watched this live. It was brilliant and shit me up hard

[@markmcgraw1070]

In the US we had a similar production back in the 1990s- it was "recovered footage" of a family being attacked by aliens. Lil' me was terrified.

[@patrioticcat5768]

Fuck yeah dude I remember. The Macpherson tape. I thought it was real and showed my buddies who thought so too. I love Shit like that. Too bad we grow up and can't be fooled anymore by the obvious costumes.

[@LXDangers]

Thanks for digging this one up. I had completely forgotten about this. When the BBC would actually do something interesting.

[@Silla68]

I just watched this movie last week! Loved seeing my favorite Red Dwarf slob ne’er do well as “himself”! Thanks for reviewing this!

[@perfmr2]

I still get goosebumps when hearing the word Pipes. This freaked me out, and it still gives me chills when I rewatch, even though Im 46 now 😂

[@awavey]

Im not sure I could rewatch it, scared the bejeebers out of me at the time

[@louismcteggart]

Is that the actual ending? Sweet Jesus it's terrifying! Whoever came up with and executed the show should have went straight to Hollywood, the hairs were standing up on mu back just watching this

[@sarahb.7175]

It is! You can rent it for like $2 on KZbin if you want to see the rest!

[@racheljames7]

​@@sarahb.7175 Yes, or amazon. Its brilliant. I watched it for the first time last year and I still got freaked out even though I knew it was staged.

[@racheljames7]

Yes, I'm too young to remember but apparently everyone in Britain thought Michael Parkinson was dead and was calling the BBC to check on him. He was such a dignified and professional man, so no one knew it was just a joke.

[@JohnB-nk8ze]

"1992's Ghost Watch was ahead of it's time." 1938's War Of The Worlds radio broadcast: "Hold my speak-easy giggle-juice!" 🍻

[@PetersonZF]

Yeah, but the War of the Worlds one is a myth. Orson Wells wasn't trying to make people believe it was real, and no one really believed it was. Ghostwatch was designed to appear as real as possible.

[@JohnB-nk8ze]

@PetersonZF I saw a whole documentary that detailed how many people believed it, and Wells is on film making a public apology for scaring people. Where is it proven to be a myth? Of course, it wasn't deliberate, but national headlines stated many people believed it. I have never heard otherwise - what is your source it is a myth that people believed it?

[@luckybag6814]

@JohnB-nk8ze The Wikipedia article “The war of the world’s 1938 radio drama” discusses the claim of panic caused by the production. It does appear that the story has been somewhat exaggerated. Welles probably went along with the story as it was excellent publicity. Newspaper headlines of the time are probably about as reliable as their present day counterparts. I have lived through many a panic and crisis of which I had no knowledge until reading the newspaper accounts.

[@JohnB-nk8ze]

​@@luckybag6814 Interesting, thank you. I will look further into it!

[@stevewyatt9809]

When this aired, I was only 7 yrs old, and for years, I had a distant but vivid recollection of it. Young as I was, I can remember it being well advertised. All the kids at school were talking about it so I watched it with my older brother and my mum. I remember them both being freaked out about halfway through. My mum wanted to turn it off, my brother arguing to keep watching. Meanwhile, I looked on, silently unnoticed on the other side of the room, clutching a cushion, absolutely traumatised.

[@lordgibbington]

I remember watching this " live " and it was amazing!!! I bought it on dvd back in the early 2000's. 😊😊😊

[@leonhantz6383]

Lol that Threads intro, took me back to 1986 when they showed it at my School! Was a quiet School dinner afterwards...

[@adriandenton6637]

I live near Sheffield City Centre and I see the location settings most days. It's certainly a piece of our history.

[@zerog45-]

Cheers drinker I forgot about this I was 9 too and got cold sweats just watching this

[@christopherwelford8401]

All the cast were well liked, even adored tv personalities and legends.

[@hplovecraft8795]

Hail the Drinker for covering this. I remember it well.

[@henfarasubtitrare9764]

I just watched it for the first time on Halloween night. It holds up amazingly well.

[@kevinviklen3611]

Watched this for the first time earlier tonight and it still holds up pretty well. Great writing.

[@MissVitticeps]

I remember watching this with my sister and grandmother, and at some point it scared the living bejaysis out of me, so much that i cried.

[@sillypuppy5940]

I remember watching this... and being taken in. Great TV.

[@rofflesvanwagon]

It's a great film. Also recommend this year's "Late Night With The Devil" and a companion film.

[@Nojii1]

Hello Drinker. I was around when this aired. I was very scared and a friend I met many years later told me his sister was extremely scared. One of the finest broadcasts ever to happen, and it would never be able to happen again. Poor human race.

[@glenbrucecostello4464]

I watched this with my mate and his old man when aired and it took us about ten minutes or so to twig it wasnt real , but even so it was so much fun to watch and ive watched it a few times since and still enjoy it. So sad we will never see its like again.

[@tripleb4736]

i remember watching it live , by myself at my grans. I was terrified , but at the same time i loved every second of it. dont make em like they used to.

[@castrejo67]

yeah, 32 years ago the entertainment industry was innovative, interesting and unique , man I miss those times ....

[@filteredjc4653]

I remember seeing this, it was quite well done and genuinely creepy, although since my dad is the sort of person who constantly says things like 'it's only a model' and 'sound effects and ketchup go a long way' during movies I assumed it was all a joke from the start... but was still glad when it was confirmed

[@tehpickle1250]

I was 10 when Ghostwatch aired, and it absolutely sucked me right in. As an adult I can spot the poor acting a mile off, but as a kid it felt so damn real, and having kids TV presenters in it really sealed the deal. I did not sleep well that night!

[@Andy-Walks]

I remember watching this as a kid with my folks when i asked my parents about it a few years ago they said they didnt remember it which freaked me out again.

[@Aurik-Kal-Durin]

0:14 This kind of dark humor is why I keep coming back LMAO!!!

[@Alleged_Mercenary]

Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black is the one that got me, for years I lie awake at night watching for that little bastard doll to come stab me. Didn't help I had 2 evil sisters that went out of their way to make it worse.

[@bitemoi]

Amelia (part 3) She's a biter! kzbin.info/www/bejne/al7Ylp93dtGkqrc

[@centurionstrengthandfitnes3694]

Watched it live as a teen and was totally freaked out. "Pipes" lived in my head rent free for weeks after that. Never forgot it. Since I tracked a copy down just over a decade ago, I've watched it once a year or two, and although the acting is seriously patchy, it never fails to give me serious chills. For something more current and legit, though, the recent Apple documentary series The Enfield Poltergeist is highly recommended.

[@JahBeatSoundSystem]

Watched it at a friend's Halloween sleepover party. We first watched Nightmare On Elm Street 4. We were all between 9 & 10 yrs old. Was a fun night 😅😊

[@duncancooper5305]

I was 9 years old; I still remember my folks apologising to me when it was finished as I sat in our living room ashen-faced and traumatised! 😂

[@fishjones4618]

No mention of Orson Welles’ adaptation of War Of The Worlds? That’s the original Halloween trick!

[@MisterMauer]

I watched this with my parents and was about 13 when this was on! At school me and all my mates talked about and loved it. We never admitted it but we all papped our pants.

[@och70]

This sounds brilliant for what it was at the time, sort of like a 1990’s War of the Worlds broadcast.

[@racheljames7]

I'm too young to remember but apparently the aftermath was huge. Its such a good show. I watched it for the first time last year and I still got freaked out even though I knew it was staged. I highly recommend it. You can stream it on KZbin or amazon.

[@dirtyfunkymonkey]

I had to sleep in the same room as my grandmother as I was so scared after watching this. I was 11 years old. The next day at school everyone was talking about Mr. Pipes.

[@Mtthwpez]

We all thought is was a real live broadcast... Ghostwatch gave me and my brother nightmares for weeks! Never seen it since, but I might give it another go.

[@Keylimelife]

I've known about his for a long time, at least 15 years. Nice to see it get some love.

[@0ccam5Raz0r]

I remember that Halloween and when the camera panned in the bedroom and suddenly panned back when a dark figure was seen in shot for a brief second. I. Was. Terrified 😱😱😂😂😂

[@Andy-Walks]

I was 7 years old and remembered that bit specifically, always freaked me out as apparently i was the only one watching who saw it in my family.

[@MichaelThomas-ul4cj]

I was 13 when I saw this live on tv, scared the be jeesus out of me then and still conjures up nascent feelings of fear in the dark corners of my soul today. Great watch, great times, but I kinda thought it was a bit of a prank at the time when Parkinson's bit came at the end. There always remained a level of doubt for a while afterwards.

[@gymthink6587]

I remember watching this at the time, loved it even got it on DVD a year back.

[@tehkill3r]

Just saw it a few minutes ago, i'm impressed, criminally underrated on IMDB and it even has below 10k voters, that is something that needs to be changed. Good creeping buildup that gave goosebumps here and there, perfect halloween stuff.

[@jdanielortega]

We need a list of recommended horror movies of the last decade to watch this Halloween!

[@waynesWyrdWorld]

I was 11 when I watched this in ‘92. The first few minutes terrified me, but I had to keep watching until the end! By the time the weird mass seance ending was in full swing, I’d realised it was all a hoax, but by then my nerves were jangled and I had weeks of disturbed sleep! I remember going to school the following morning all the kids who’d stayed up late watching it looked as though they all had PTSD! Great times! 👻

[@DEADB33F]

This was great. Casting presenters mostly known for live TV was pure brilliance. I think I'd have been 10-11 when it aired and fully believed it was legit all the way through. Only realised it was a drama right at the end when the credits rolled and "Ghost" was listed in the credits with someone named as the actor who played the poltergeist.

[@nonstophead]

Same here my whole family all gathered round the TV in Paisley - pure freaked me out then everyone talking about it in school the next day xx God damned Pipes 😂

[@Welsh_Dragon756]

Ghostwatch scared the hell out of me when I was a young teenager. I completely fell for it 😂

[@JurassicRod]

I watched this live as a child and loved it! Even at 9 years old I cottoned on it was fake by the end. People were only so offended because it highlighted their gullibility and stupidity. I watch it every Halloween night now.

[@TheDreamfinder99]

I bought a copy on DVD! I terrified me and I never even made it to the end. It was only when I bought the dvd I finally got to the end…… at age 45 😆. Absolutely brilliant

[@tylerjennings8242]

The Blair Witch Project scared the absolute crap out of me when I first watched that. I was 9-10 years old and couldn’t sleep that night after watching it. Now that I’m 34, I still think that movie can be scary as hell if you view it the right way. If you turn off the lights and watch it with a good surround sound system turned up, the scenes where they wake up in the tent at night to weird sounds outside will freak you out. Other than that, Invasion of the Body Snatchers was the other film that really left me shaken after I watched it when I was younger.

[@Alexanderiii]

I couldn't sleep a wink that night. I was completely freaked out. I only watched it in the first place because Craig Charles was in it and I was a great Red Dwarf fan. I was far too young to see this.

[@kelvincasing5265]

Same haha, men of culture

[@racheljames7]

Cheers Drinker. Its available on amazon and I highly recommend it. I watched it for the first time last Halloween and even though I knew it was staged, I still freaked out like a lunatic when you see Pipes' reflection in the kitchen door. I rewound it twice to make sure i wasn't seeing things. RIP Michael Parkinson. He was one of the good ones. Legend.

[@David_R434]

Amazing TV. Still remember it and the sound of the cats at the end still one of the scariest bits in a show.

[@ChrisJones-bp7ij]

I was alive then and live in England. I don't ever recall this show. Yet alone been traumatised by it!!!

[@granvillehenderson7618]

I remember watching it in my 20s and it still messed with my head at the time. I like horror movies but this one stuck around for a while.

[@sgu02nsc66]

I too was 9 when I saw it live. Sacred the hell out of me because I thought it was real! What a ride!!

[@gregpower308]

The Hammer House of Horror ‘80s stories absolutely did me in as did Armchair Thrillers. How many hours did I spend sitting on the stairs waiting for others to come upstairs so I wasn’t alone. 🤣🤣🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤣🤣

[@LazySleestack]

Sounds reminiscent of the Orson Wells War of the Worlds broadcast back in 1938.

[@Gonboo]

Nothing is more frightening than seeing Boogie twist his tipples. You're a sick man for forcing that image on us haha.

[@markmcauleymcauley9287]

Scared the life out of me when I saw it the night it went out Apparently before the broadcast they said it was a drama but without the benefit of rewinding live tv most people missed that part