The comedy Ghost Team
One (2013) straddles the fence of being both a comedy and a found footage
horror film as it takes two hapless twenty-somethings who would rather drink
and party than to do school work and try and get ahead. When one of them has a paranormal encounter
during one of their parties they decide to put together their own paranormal investigation. Sergio and Brad (Carlos Santos and
It’s not long before Sergio and Brad’s investigative team
gets larger with an additional cameraman and Brad’s girlfriend Becky (Meghan
Falcone) and Fernanda (Fernanda Romero), a very attractive woman who is more
interested in the paranormal than they are.
Soon all kinds of crazy things start to happen as Sergio begins to fall
for Fernanda while Brad has his first sexual encounter with a ghost. It’s not long before the group discovers that
their house used to be a brothel and that several people died in unusual
circumstances.
Written by Andrew Knauer and Arthur Pielli the film balances
the comedy well with the suspense of a found footage horror film without
delving into a complete spoof. The
entire cast manage to keep their characters genuine and realistic in the face of
the paranormal and unlike in the Paranormal
Activity films the haunting is not nearly as nefarious. This film could have easily fallen into the
spoof (i.e. A Haunted House)
territory but it manages to keep the comedy character based rather than joke
based.
Overall, this isn’t a bad film but if you’re looking for
something that is either a comedy first or a horror film first then this is
definitely not for you.
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