Twenty years after minister Joseph Masterson and his family were slaughtered inside their home, noted ghost hunter Carter Simms is offered $5,000 to investigate the residual paranormal activity in the house -- with shocking results.
In 1982, a family was found murdered in their home. In 2002 a paranormal investigator Carter Simms, is offered $5,000 to spend a weekend at the house and investigate the reports of a haunting at the Masterson house. She was somehow killed and the movie was created using the notes from her journals. Before stepping into the house, she interviews both the home owner, Seth and the maid. Feeling Appropriately skeptical, she accepts the help of a small crew, (a writer, a camera guy, and a spiritual advocate) at the behest of the owner.
As they stay in the house, Carter determines that they spirits are in a time echo. Basically they are watching the spirits re-live their deaths. She gets into an argument with religious Mary, who refuses to believe that one of the ghosts was a murderer. Once Mary leaves, everything stops. She soon returns however, (mainly because this film needs a conclusion) and it's clear that she's the catalyst for the weekend's events. She eventually reveals the story behind the Mastersons and the murders.
Death of a Ghost Hunter is supposedly a recreation based on notes with studio filling in the gaps. It sounds original enough to get a pass from me, plus I found it interesting that they tell you what happens up front. From there it's just about waiting until it happens. The film drags in the meanwhile though and despite the terrible acting, I'm going to give it an extra half point for the Blair Witch reference.
Out of Ten? 4 + .5 = 4.5
Violence? Yes
Explosions? No
Nudity? Yes
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