American Ghost Hunter (2015)
Paranormal investigator and documentary filmmaker Chad Calek returns to his hometown of Persia, Iowa in hopes to put an end to the 20 year reign of suffering that his family has endured due to what they claim is intense negative paranormal activity. Armed with the support and knowledge of best friend / paranormal investigator Ryan Buell , as well as world renowned psychic Lorraine Warren (famous for her investigation of the Amityville and Enfield Poltergeist cases), Calek is determined to not only solve the mysteries as to why the paranormal phenomena initially began, but also to finally bring an end to the activity that has been tormenting his family for over two decades.
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How sad is this?
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
After my disappointment of this not being what I was expecting, I watched it again, and saw it for "itself". Lots of raw emotion. I was surprised that Ryan Buell finally felt free enough to share some of his story, which he has kept to himself up until now. I understand why he felt abused, and he was. Sad what happened to him and Chad, and this is the crux of the movie for me. Not sadness, but family, and how the paranormal effects "normal" people & the ones around them. We attach stigmas to things we don't want the neighbors to know. I hope that in time, these stigmas will just go away, because they are just prideful and stupid. Life is full of things that we don't understand, or are capable (at this time) to perceive. I grew up with "things" that scared my mother and my dad said didn't exist, and thought was stupid. I kept a lot of it to myself, and I grew up being scared all the time as I didn't really know how to handle "things". I know how to handle "things" now, but it would have been nice to have made it through high school without being a "weirdo", and scared out of my mind. Good movie, guys, keep it up.
This movie based on earlier reviews would lead you to believe its scary and raw and worthy of 10*.It fell flat on all aspects. I've had more scares on a merry-go-round and was bored after watching with anticipation the 'IT' moment, it never ever came (almost like the actual movie).Was it worth the wait NO - Was it worth eagerly anticipating it for 7 months NO - Was it worth watching NO - is it even worth 1* NO.Plus after learning and reading a lot more about Chad and the PRS group from the general public, I have lost any respect for them as business people and investigators.I was all a waste of time.
this documentary was so fake, the cinematography was mediocre and the attempt to fool someone into thinking this is real is just a joke. i sincerely do not want someone else to pay money to watch this movie and be as let down as i was. I was only able to watch the first 10 minutes before my computer froze up on me, which was a blessing in disguise. If you ever watch Ghost Adventures on the travel channel then you know what a real paranormal documentary is suppose to look like. I have read several things online about these guys from the a&e show being frauds.
This is a raw look into the life of a man looking for answers. It takes you into a family who has gone through years of turmoil,unanswered questions, an a life time of trying to protect each other. American Ghost Hunter is a very personal an private journey that we are privileged to have been invited along on.It makes you look at your own faith an belief in everything in the world around you. It also makes you ask of yourself how far,an what are you willing to do for the people you love. This is a beautiful reminder that answers don't always bring peace,sometimes they just bring more questions. That it is up to us to make our own peace.American Ghost Hunter the movie is just one piece of a much larger puzzle. It you enjoy this check out The Ghost Prophecies.