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Paranormal Caught on Camera (2019)

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Paranormal Caught on Camera

180 reviews
6/10

fake mostly but entertaining

  • olsent-46072
  • Apr 22, 2020
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6/10

I want to like this show, but its very flawed

Some of the videos here are believable, some are not.

The biggest problem with this show is that most of the run time is made up of crappy stock footage and the "experts" giving their over the top theories that don't make sense. The episodes are 42 minutes long, when they could be easily around 21 minutes long if they trimmed all the extra crap. If they want to make this show better, they should just cut the experts and let the audiences come up with their own theories. It would make the show much more thought provoking and creepy.

I am someone who likes cryptids, aliens, etc. And anything paranormal. I really want to like this show, but when its anything but the paranormal videos, it feels like I am wasting my time. You are better off looking up paranormal videos on Reddit or YouTube.
  • CoolBar1115
  • Oct 21, 2021
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5/10

Cave monster crawling up wall

I don't know if anyone else noted this but the co-called wall crawler is transparent. You can see the wall he is crawling on through the "entity". I think that the whole thing is a hoax and what we see is a projection from place in the cavern. It looks pretty cool, but it is nothing real.
  • aquaman-92668
  • Oct 25, 2020
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Fact checkers need to be educated

I cannot tell you how often I watch this just to laugh at the "experts." I feel like this show is a bunch of people putting their two cents in who have no knowledge in animal sounds, electricity problems... ect. Every other episode has a forest scene with a "strange animal sound" .. The experts say they have never heard an animal make this noise... My advice to whomever watches this show is look up fisher cats.
  • jusbeachy
  • Aug 15, 2019
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7/10

Remove dunderhead Brian Cano

Your experts are less interesting than hearing from actual experiencers. Not charming, not enlightening, rarely valuable commentaries.

How is it possible that you allow Brian Cano to continue with his maddeningly simple-minded reactions and unanalytical descriptions of what we've just seen. Not only does he not add anything meaningful or scholarly, he sure goes on about whatever banal tangent first slips from his most boring persona. Ditch this grade D 'expert.' What are his supposed credentials anyway? Now even his glib grasping voice enrages us.
  • stringofhearts
  • Jul 9, 2020
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10/10

One of my favorite shows

I love this show. Creepy videos, not all of which can be faked.

If you're looking for a show that is going to try to debunk the paranormal, this show isn't for you. It doesn't try to debunk the videos, but rather lets the viewer make up his or her own mind. You can find debunking shows elsewhere if that's your thing.

The negative one star reviews on this show are ridiculous. They've obviously been written by people who have no belief in the paranormal, and more importantly, do not want to believe in the paranormal, and thus immediately brand any and every paranormal video as fake. Then they are peeved because the show, by not attempting to debunk the videos, doesn't allow them to stay in their comfort zone. Actually, I'm starting to believe they were all written by the same person.
  • robinsonjanice-80303
  • Oct 17, 2022
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6/10

Interesting footage, Terrible 'experts'

The footage is interesting and I like a little backstory on it as well, but they need to lose the 'experts' I have to skip the video forward every time one of them starts talking which is really annoying. They all say the same meaningless things over and over. Why do I need someone to tell me what I just saw? Why would they even waste production money paying these people to make their show worse? It is mind boggling.
  • chrismartin-29540
  • Apr 20, 2021
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1/10

Debunked/fake

This show had potential, until they started showing really old videos from the internet that have been 100% debunked or proven/confessed to be faked. And the panel of "experts" will still sit there and act like we're watching definitive proof of the paranormal. They don't research the footage at all. They never even try to explain or debunk them, which 90% of them have already been for many years. The show is trying too hard to convince you that these videos are unexplained.
  • easteternal
  • Mar 27, 2019
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8/10

makes a change from the recent paranormal shows

Makes a huge change from other paranormal shows i must say i enjoy this show this looks at peoples evidence of the paranormal from aliens ghosts to unexplained creatures analyse the footage by professionals in that field i enjoy seeing the evidence then have it broken down now 70% of this evidence is from the internet so should be taken with a grain of salt also most the clips shown u can watch yourself in you're own time that puts a downer on the whole thing but this is a great format they have also brings a whole new look for modern day paranormal shows

8/10 for paranormal show as a whole in this specific genre
  • ilovemovies2016
  • Oct 8, 2019
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7/10

Enjoying it

I don't know why all the negativity here, I have seen some of these videos before but not all and I am enjoying the series, don't think the "experts" like other reviews have mentioned impose their believes, only adding their personal comments, try it for yourself rather than relying on other people's dislike of the show.
  • Bruxadomar
  • May 18, 2020
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3/10

Fake or real

Is it me or are the films always so damn grainy you can't see anything which tells me half of these may be fake. I do believe in some paranormal but this show, some stuff is total crap.
  • passionjewels
  • Apr 26, 2019
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8/10

Odd Man Out I Guess

I really like this show & guess that lots of the negative reviews are probably from folks who don't believe in paranormal activity, so why they're watching it to begin with Idk. Lots of the footage is incredible! I've personally had things fly across the room, spirits appear & watched lights in the sky moving in ways that defy physics, so seeing evidence that others have as well is validating.

The videos are introduced by people who caught it on camera- some are normal people who weren't trying to, or even knew that they caught proof until reviewing their security cams. Their reactions seem genuine - they are obviously bewildered by what they've experienced, and many of them earn some credibility via their job titles - like being the superintendent of a haunted school, airplane pilot or supervisor of a factory.

These ordinary folks don't look or sound like actors & they are conducting interviews via computer from home. It seems to me that they risk a lot of ridicule & even their jobs/reputation by acknowledging that they recorded it, & they don't have much motive to fake it, such as money or fame.

Of course it's possible w/ some of the videos that the people who filmed it weren't trying to trick anyone but were just mistaken. Occasionally I see security footage & wonder if it's showing a spectre due to a glitch, superimposing old images over new recordings, especially when the people present didn't see anything. There's been some footage where I was able to say that's obviously a bear/person/lemur/balloons/sky lanterns. That last one gave me the biggest laugh when a couple filming what they believe are UFOs (but are actually floating lanterns) start going nuts as the flames go out, saying, "They are turning off their lights above our house!" LoL!

It IS annoying when the commentators completely bypass ordinary explanations & skip straight to something supernatural. With a few of the examples I wonder why they were even included in the show because they are so blatantly bunk. Like that Bigfoot is wearing snowshoes! There are a few of the "professionals" who make comments that I don't like at all, but a few others are great - intelligent, thoughtful & genuinely interested. A couple of the ladies have beautiful eyes that are mesmerizing!

A lot of the videos taken by self-proclaiming paranormal researchers I have to take with a grain of salt. They are overly dramatic & have something to gain by catching activity, or FAKING activity. Their sightings occur in abandoned & decrepit buildings, spooky by nature & w/o owners to dispute the findings. So many of them are disrespectful towards the spirits that they are interacting w/- provocative bullies. Their attitudes & behaviors suggest to me that they aren't the most trustworthy witnesses.

They'll show us equipment readings that seem easily explained, like the temp dropping as they walk into a basement (duh) or a motion sensor going off as their whole crew mills around. Their filming skills are subpar considering that they should know how to operate a camera. The folks spontaneously catching something w/ cell phones do a better job of holding still than these guys who claim to do it all the time.

The amount of crazy stuff they manage to catch at each place they visit isn't believable, especially with the way that they're acting... literally ACTING. Sometimes what they claim to see during just one night is far more than what witnesses who are there all the time have ever experienced all together. Real paranormal investigations take lots of time & patience, w/ much less dramatic results, so I have a hard time believing some of these people. Of course w/ this show we are only seeing short clips of the dramatic moments, but if these places had such strong phenomenon we'd hear about them from other sources.

The people I'm complaining about demand a sign that they aren't alone, then when they get one (no matter how benign) they freak out & flee. I totally get that if something assaults you- I've been physically attacked by unseen forces & it's legitimately terrifying - but acting like that because of a knock is way over the top. True paranormal professionals wouldn't behave this way when making contact w/ the supernatural, especially since that's the goal. You'd think they'd be better prepared for anything, but they pee their pants when they get a glimpse of something. They come in hot & that makes it easy to overreact or make assumptions. I imagine that most of them aren't actually skilled in investigating anything, just immature groups out looking for a jump scare, so allowing them to claim the title of Paranormal Researcher does harm to real teams of people who are legit. I feel bad for the ghosts who have to put up w/ idiots coming into their space requesting parlor tricks then bailing out. It's actually making me consider going into the field so I can try to help them cross over or figure out what their unfinished business is.

I don't actually like ANY of the mainstream ghost hunter/cryptid tracker shows for all these reasons - as far as I'm concerned they are fakes doing it for fame & fortune. They certainly don't seem to be trying to help the living or the dead. Most of the time there's NOTHING alarming there - it's just a bunch of dudes stumbling around in the dark acting spooked by every little sound. It's stuoid that they get TV shows & I wish there was a show debunking THEM. I'm not interested in watching fake drama - I'd watch a horror movie if that was my desire. I tend to prefer educational shows exploring the unknown through science & history, w/ actual experts chiming in. I make an exception for this show solely because of the believability of the footage captured by ordinary people & because it allows me a jumpoff point for researching the topics deeper on my own.

Ugh, don't even get me started on the guys who have dedicated their lives to catching Bigfoot & see every broken twig as a sign. Obviously if your entire existence revolves around finding proof that your beliefs are valid than you're going to turn all your findings into evidence, or even fake it. I'm not saying that I don't believe that Bigfoot or Nessie could be real, just that I'm critical of footage from people who are obsessed with creatures like this- they've obviously got a motive. Often they didn't even begin going down the rabbit hole due to a personal encounter, they just read about it on the internet & started tromping around the woods. I'm also not impressed by audio recordings of loud screeching sounds outside at night w/o a visual more than reflective eyes. Yes they sound inhumane, because they are. So many animals make noises that are really spooky, sounding like a woman screaming or a demon grunting. You can listen to audio of cougars, raccoons or baboons that are identical.

I have to say, some of the footage the show claims was captured in the past few years CAN'T be true because I saw it online BEFORE then. It's been a long time since I was actively seeking out stuff like this, like 2005-2009, so telling me that video I saw on the internet back than is from 2020 doesn't make sense. Their motive for this is unclear & doesn't help to provide validation; it seems easy to say when it actually happened, especially when the quality is obviously from decades old technology. However, there are plenty of videos that I've never seen before that have crystal clear images that had to be caught on newer cameras.

I don't like that the exact same clips are shown over & over- even the words from those talking about the videos are repeated. Some videos are cut off quickly when you know that whoever was filming it kept rolling, leaving you wondering what happened next & why won't they show us? Some people say they recorded for 20 minutes or 2 hrs & if you go online you can find them in their entirely, so it's lost on me why they show us the same 5 seconds repeatedly instead of other clips from the same video. Occasionally I catch something unusual that isn't even mentioned, making me wonder why they didn't say anything about it. It's especially frustrating when that happens right at the moment they cut away, because just a few more seconds would make all the difference.

Anyway, all in all I like this show. There's some footage that doesn't seem to have any earthly explanation & I lean towards believing it because I have witnessed stuff like it myself. I've been pretty critical in this review for somebody who claims to like it... I suppose to show that I'm not easily fooled or just a fanatic. Lots of deniers can say that it's ALL fake, that it must be strings or altered footage, but w/o solid proof they are just as discountable. Any skeptics who have a firsthand encounter of their own are likely to become true believers!
  • evemmerrick
  • Nov 5, 2023
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6/10

Mindless entertainment

I have no doubt that 90%+ of these videos are deliberately faked. But they are still nonetheless entertaining to watch, and some of them are probably legit. The "experts" are not necessary and avoid simple explanations for the outlandish. Trying to figure out which videos belong to the 10% are the best part. The show would be much better if they had skeptics on instead of hardcore believers. This way the skeptics could try to see if the videos are legit or pick them apart. A fun show to just throw on.
  • ratpackaustin
  • Apr 26, 2022
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3/10

Entertaining but annoying

The clips are usually alright even though many are most likely debunked. But the "experts" are so annoying. They love to hear themselves talk and usually just describe what the viewer is looking at. These "experts" say things like "I have no idea what this could be". Oh, I was under the impression you were an expert in this fake field. One clip was most likely a bear in the woods and not one of these clowns even suspected it could be something so easily explainable. Nope, it's Sasquatch or the Goatman or whatever creature they make up. I usually tape the show and just fast-forward past the narcissistic jokers.
  • HorribleDrBones
  • Jan 16, 2020
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Blurry camera's

Why is it when it comes to the ghost cameras everything is clear but when it comes to the Sasquatch or UFOs everything is blurry. The phone camera pick up better than what is shown on the episodes so why is everything so blurry were you can't make out anything but yet if you turn your own phone camera on at night time you can see clear as day but every episode when it comes to a creature it's blurry you can't make out anything when cameras now a days are so Crystal Clear.
  • mikenclayton
  • Jun 6, 2021
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7/10

Ruining the show they're trying to create

I honestly just get annoyed that they constantly say "on this episode of paranormal caught on camera..." Or "coming up..." And they show what is coming up. Like stop. I'm watching the show to watch the show. If I know what's coming up every time, it's boring when it comes back after commercials. Especially at the beginning too. Like you just showed either all the clips or most of them. The rest of the show is either the people talking about it and/or added things to that short view of the clips. Still. Don't spoil it. You have an hour long show that is summed up into a couple minutes total with the "coming ups" and "on this episode...". Obviously some of this sht might be faked or debunked but truthfully confusing to the person or they did fake it or it could be real. Anyone who watches sht like this should be aware of that. But please do all of us a favor, and don't tell us what's coming up. You ruin the show you're trying to create.
  • mindyrupp
  • Dec 1, 2022
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9/10

Fun and scary

I love this show and wish their were more new episodes. People complain that some cannot be real...then don't watch. It's fun and yes some of the ghostly episodes are scary. Loved the one of the mitt set on fire in the kitchen. I am not really interested in the UFO or Bigfoot ones but love the Ghost ones by regular people, not the Ghost hunter for I don't trust theirs as much.
  • awakeup
  • Jul 7, 2020
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6/10

Footage Cameras too Blurry

I am halfway through season 2, I am enjoying it but my main problem is the camera footage is ridiculously blurry. I could understand if this was from the early 2000s filmed on early camera phones but I'm watching footage from 2019 (up to now) and you can't make out what anything is.

Everything now is HD so why does it look like it's filmed in 240p. My only conclusion is that most of the sightings have rational explanations but the blurred out image makes it unrecognisable so you could says its paranormal.

I will carry on viewing and edit this review if there's any improvement but I won't hold my breath.
  • bish-lives
  • Aug 24, 2024
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1/10

Most all videos have been debunked.

First off, nearly every single video they show has been debunked. But what bothers me more about this is that the so called "experts" do not say, "this has a simple explination." My guess is that some of them give real reasoning behind the event but the producers dont want to put that in the episode because in there world every video is paranormal.
  • chriskoetters
  • Mar 25, 2019
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8/10

Fun thing to watch when nothing else is on

I like this show, I know most people don't like it because most of it is fake (which may be true) but I think it's just fun to watch and get scared of kinda.
  • ImTheNobody
  • Mar 31, 2021
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7/10

Really good

It is one of the best shows out there! It is real. I love how a clip comes on which I seen with my one two eyes in real life.
  • Krismn431
  • May 27, 2021
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1/10

Nope. Total schlock.

  • mountaingirl-78615
  • May 10, 2019
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10/10

Hilariously entertaining

Let's get it out of the way, this show is shlock and stupid as hell, the "experts" just spend their time gaslightinng the audience with "facts" that they heard or make up without any meaningful followup.

BUT: I love this show, the videos may be disproven, but I still find them enticing to watch, I love these sorts of videos, and the "experts" are so damn convinced that it's hilarious how many hoops they will jump through to say "that is paranormal".
  • dalek-54994
  • May 14, 2021
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6/10

Brand spanking new episodes, please!!!!!

I am a paranormal believer, but some clips aren't that believable. I'm not an expert (some of the cast clearly isn't, either), and I think I could explain a few of them.....Also, stop saying they're new episodes, I've seen them a kabillion times (some ive seen on youtube at least a year ago.) You can't tell me there aren't more people out there with new experiences/footage. Please!!! Some NEW, never seen before episodes!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hence, the six star rating :-)
  • doreenparisi
  • Sep 8, 2021
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4/10

Disappointing!

When I first started watching this I enjoyed it. It was like watching YouTube videos with professionals discussing them until they showed a video when the show first started and they said that it was confirmed a hoax. Now skip ahead several eps later they end up showing the exact same video and talking about it being a poltergeist haunting and I am like are u kidding me. I am done with the show now.
  • shawnthornton-74303
  • May 29, 2019
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