True Haunting (2025)
By William Pattison
For Horror Bob’s Blog
Horror virtuoso James Wan applies his spine-tingling
filmmaking style to two multipart dramatizations of two real paranormal accounts.
I’m sorry to say, even though I’m a huge James Wan fan, I believe
Paranormal Witness did a far better job with their versions of these accounts.
The first account worked far better in the 45 minute format. Wan stretching
this account into three hour long episodes dragged the action out far too long and
made each part really boring. You were waiting for the spirit to show and
pretty much all you ended up with was really just a quick jump scare. You the
extra time did let you see the person being bothered by the spirit’s emotional
stress. But in the end it just wasn’t enough to keep my interest. I had to
actually fight myself to keep from checking my social media. That was how bored
I was with this production. It was the same with the other account but luckily
that one was only two hours long, though I wish in the end I hadn’t wasted my
time.
It is sad that a master of horror like James Wan has lost
his knack for horror. As much as I love paranormal show I can’t recommend this Netflix show. Better you check
out the two Paranormal Witness episodes of these accounts. They are worlds
better. Sorry James. Better luck next time. Don’t redo other people’s works.
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