Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'The Paranormals'

Written by Scott Edwards

Finding a job that you just love is a long and tedious process. While some people are able to wait it out for the perfect opportunity, many need some money to survive or they will wind up on the street. There is nothing wrong with taking a job just for the money, but you need to remember to keep your eyes open for that better or happier opportunity. It is easy to forget about your dreams when working in a dead-end job and too many of us have let better opportunities pass us by.
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Ever since they were kids, Adam and Thomas have had a dream of being professional ghost hunters and now Adam is ready to make it finally happen. But Adam is getting pressured by his mother to get a real job, yet nothing but ghost hunting seems to fit with him. Sitting down for lunch with Thomas, Adam is given the bad news that he will need to miss the next investigation due to the fact that he has a job interview. Begging his friend not to go to it, Adam is sent on his next job alone to find out that the husband and wife in question are being haunted by a ghost dog.

Sitting down with Thomas a few days later and showing him what he has found, Adam gets the news that his best friend will be moving away as he has gotten the job. Needing to find a way to keep his dreams alive, Adam is forced to look for someone else to be part of his team. Knowing that he might have a candidate who does haunted tours around town, Adam is able to convince Dirk Diller to join him on this conquest, however he does not know what Dirk is really looking to do.

Setting up a website and ordering merchandise, Dirk is ready to take G.H.O.S.T. to the next level, but Adam is not so sure. Getting a message about a haunted doll, Adam is starting to see that Dirk may not be a believer in the supernatural. But with some high dollars starting to come into the business, Adam is not sure what he should do next. While Adam is dealing with Dirk, Thomas is having a great time in his new job, but there is something sinister lurking in his copier that is affecting his work. While the office believes he is messing around, the spirit hidden in the copier has turned its sights on the young man who needs his friend to come and help him put it to rest once and for all.

This movie was not as frightening as I would have expected for a ghost movie, but it was entertaining as you get to see inside of the heads of the characters. I liked the dual storylines between Adam and Thomas, and you just knew that they would end up meeting once again. Adam was forced to grow up pretty quickly as was he forced to take on a new partner when Thomas left, and I must admit that Dirk really knew how to get his hustle on. With the search for shadow people, proof that ghosts exist, a possessed copier, a new partner, furries and a haunting of their own doing, this movie is just fun overall. While it might be slow in a couple of spots, it was a good look at how far people are willing to go to follow their dreams.  

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