Ghostwatch Page #4

Synopsis: The BBC gives over a whole evening to an 'investigation into the supernatural'. Four respected presenters and a camera crew attempt to discover the truth behind 'The most haunted house in Britain', expecting a light-hearted scare or two and probably the uncovering of a hoax. They think they are in control of the situation. They think they are safe. The viewers settle down and decide to watch 'for a laugh'. Ninety minutes later the BBC, and the country, was changed, and the consequences are still felt today.
 
IMDB:
7.6
NOT RATED
Year:
1992
91 min
939 Views


we ran a computer programme

of all the haunted locations

in the UK,

and then we did a census of

all the various investigators,

and they were all

unanimous that

Foxhill had more tangible

phenomena on record than...

I was gonna say any place

in the world,

but certainly

any place in the UK.

We'll see evidence of that,

of course, later on

in the programme.

What's the chance,

do you think,

of us seeing anything tonight?

I don't honestly know.

Sometimes

we saw nothing for weeks,

and then, other times

things were coming through

thick and fast,

I mean, so much so that

we had difficulty

logging it all.

I mean,

some nights it was like, er...

(EXHALES) Being in a circus

or a war zone or something.

-"A war zone"?

-It was that bad.

What about Halloween?

Will that make any difference,

do you think?

Yeah, I think it will.

Certainly, there were

more reports on Halloween

than almost any other night

of the year.

But maybe that's because

people expect to see things.

-I'm taking out no bets.

I'm hopeful.

-(CHUCKLES)

All right.

Yes, we're all hopeful.

Let's take a phone call.

Mike Smith,

what you got for us?

This is Emma Stableford,

and she's from Slough.

Thank you. Emma? Emma, hello.

-EMMA:
(ON PHONE) Hello?

-Yeah.

EMMA:
(ON PHONE)

I did have a story,

but there's actually

something else I'd like

to say to Dr Pascoe.

-MICHAEL:
Go on.

-EMMA:
(ON PHONE)

But I feel a bit foolish.

Oh, don't worry

about that, Emma.

Never worries me.

EMMA:
(ON PHONE)

Well, you know,

at the beginning

when you showed

the real footage

of that haunted bedroom?

Well, I know it was dark,

but I was sure I could

see a figure standing behind

against the wall,

just by the curtain.

Very, very faint,

but definitely a figure there.

A woman.

A person's body, at least.

Standing there

in a black dress.

Emma, I've examined

that particular piece of film

many times

and so I'm not sure...

MICHAEL:
I'll tell you

what to do, Emma,

if you can actually spot up

the specific point

on that tape

where you saw this figure...

Tell one of our operators,

we'll actually spool it

back to the point

where you tell us,

and then I'll get

Dr Pascoe here

to have a good look at it.

Okay?

-Great.

-EMMA:
(ON PHONE) Yeah.

All right. Thanks for calling.

Before you go, Emma,

could you give

a full description of

what you thought you saw

to somebody manning the phones

please? Can you do that?

-EMMA:
(ON PHONE)

Yeah, I will.

-Great.

-MICHAEL:
Okay, Emma,

thanks a lot.

-Thank you.

-Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

-EMMA:
(ON PHONE) Bye.

I tell you what we'll do.

While we search

for that piece of tape,

let's find out

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Stephen Volk

Stephen Volk (born 1954) is a Welsh screenwriter and novelist who specializes in the horror genre. more…

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