Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘America’s Most Haunted’

Written by Scott Edwards

​It can be difficult to know what to expect when entering a location that is ‘really’ haunted. Knowing what happened there is only half the battle when all is said and done. Not knowing why, the ghosts are hanging around can cause you to go crazy in your own right and making sure to not upset the ghosts in a haunted house is important, because if you do, you do not know what they might be capable of. Moving the occasional object might not be enough to frighten off a normal person, but there are spirits that are able to do much more than that.

With a new editor working on his show; America’s Most Haunted, Leon can already tell that Kevin is going to be a handful. But Kevin wants to know more about what the group has actually seen when investigating haunted locations. Yet the answer is not what he expects when he learns that all of the ghost hunting equipment that they have has been modified to be run off of remote control. Just making the lights go off to look good on camera does not seem to be very legit, along with some of the other practices that they have on location, so Kevin will have his work cut out for him.

Getting a call from an old lumber camp owner who wants his building back from a violent entity, Leon and his team of Emily, Rob, Scotty, Jimmy and Kevin make it to the location. What starts out to be a pleasant background, quickly turns sour when the group learns that an old logger, Pierre Boutierre, just snapped one winter and started killing people for no reason. Being gunned down in the front of the building, it is believed that his spirit has been awakened and is roaming the area once again. Thinking that they might actually find a legitimate spirit, Kevin is excited, because everything about the history of the location points to it being the most haunted place on earth, and it turns out he is right.

While Leon and Scotty head upstairs to work on their intro and set up a door gag to scare the viewers at home, they are shocked when every door on the floor slams shut for no reason. Rushing downstairs to find that Rob and Emily have spotted a spirit of their own on the night vision camera, it is very evident that there are spirits in the building, but what do they want? Getting everyone a night vision camera to check out the place more efficiently, Jimmy finds that Pierre wants nothing to do with the ghost hunting team and is dispatched in the woods. Not knowing what happened to their gag man, much less what is hunting them, the remaining ghost hunters are in for the night of their lives with a spirit that is much more powerful than any of them could have imagined.

In a nutshell, this movie is just too darn fun to turn away from. I must admit that I do not do enjoy very many comedy/horror movies, mainly because they are missing something. This one is not and the story flows so well, it is hard to think that there might be something sinister hiding in the shadows to make it a little more serious. I liked the group as a whole in this movie, mainly because they all have to band together, even with all of their personal stuff pushing them apart. But the ghost of Pierre is my favorite, with an axe and a bad attitude, he is hunting those who are hunting him. With some jump scares, an unseen puncher, a ghost axe, friends that band together and a more powerful spirit calling the shots, this movie is just a good time with a few scares, along with a fun storyline that will keep you asking yourself what you would do in the same situation. Stay Scared.

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