Haunted House

While the decision to revive a title that was so popular throughout the east in modern times seems at first hopeful and exciting the experience for fans of the original 3 seasons was far less than worthwhile.

The magic and careful formula of cast members and their more distinctive characters intermeshing into stereotypes was much more purposeful than the additional seasons.

There is no longer many aspects or careful dynamics at work. The new main teacher taking the place of jack whitehall just can't bind or carry the lesser students and actors at anywhere close to the same level.

I wasn't even aware they had done a season 5. No doubt the time and money invested versus the profit or generic filler was a go for the bbc decision makers. That or the more edgy conspiracy theories like its purposeful propaganda towards more liberal ideology even if its at a financial loss is a success to them.

It has a very lifeless soulless overall vibe compared to the early format. Not that they don't try to honor the original spirit of the show mind you but that it simply fails by quite a stretch.

Frankly im shocked they greenlit a 5th season. I find it interesting that it has been split release over winter break meaning it was at least so bad it had to go into the worst scheduling slots shows can get.

AHS has the same fate this season being split over a many months break which is horrible for the viewers. Then again thats simply the nature of the industry. Things always go downhill and must be put in their appropriate place.

Hoburn is convinced that there's asbestos in The School, so she has parts of The School dug, up, unearthing a time capsule from Stephen and Mitchell. A new teacher arrives, one with a very strange attitude.

This was like an episode of Scooby Doo, another fairly amusing episodes, one of the better ones this series. A horror themed sitcom was very much a thing back in the 90's, they all did one, and it worked rather well here.

The masked figure was pretty good, and looked like something out of a horror movie.

Hard to imagine a time capsule coming back from 2012, wasn't mother like yesterday.

It was so nice to see a bit of Whitehall, it made me so nostalgic to see him appear, albeit it only very briefly.

Decent.

6/10.