Ghostwatch (1992)
October 31, 1992Release Date
Ghostwatch (1992)
October 31, 1992Release Date
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Where to Watch.
Currently Ghostwatch is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store
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Cast & Crew.
Michael Parkinson
Presenter
Sarah Greene
Reporter
Craig Charles
Interviewer
Mike Smith
Phone-In Presenter
Gillian Bevan
Dr. Lin Pascoe
Brid Brennan
Pamela Early
Michelle Wesson
Suzanne Early
Cherise Wesson
Kim Early
Colin Stinton
Dr. Emilio Sylvestri
Mike Aiton
Sound Recordist
Chris Miller
Cameraman
Ruth Sheen
Emma Stableford (voice)
Linda Broughton
Yvonne Etherly
Katherine Stark
Wendy Stott
Derek Smee
Arthur Lacey
Keith Ferrari
Ghost/Pipes
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 31, 1992
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Ghostwatch is a British mockumentary supernatural horror television film, first broadcast on BBC1 on Halloween night, 1992. Written by Stephen Volk, and directed by Lesley Manning, the drama was produced for the BBC anthology series Screen One by Richard Broke, Ruth Baumgarten and Derek Nelson. Despite having been recorded weeks in advance, the narrative was presented as live television. During and following its first and only UK television broadcast, the show attracted a considerable furor, resulting in an estimated 1,000,000 phone call enquiries to the BBC switchboard on the night of broadcast, comprising a mixture of complaints and praise for the programme's unique presentation. This outrage is often compared to Orson Welles' 1938 The War of the Worlds radio broadcast and the 1994 Without Warning television film, both of which also allegedly caused nationwide panic in the United States.
Ghostwatch has never been repeated on UK television. It has been repeated internationally, on stations such as the Canadian digital channel Scream for Halloween 2004, and the Belgian channel Canvas in 2008. It became available on the American streaming video service Shudder in 2017, and it was made available on the Internet Archive the same year. There have been three UK home video releases. In 2002, the British Film Institute released a 10th Anniversary edition on VHS and DVD, and 101 Films issued a DVD release in 2011 and a 30th Anniversary Blu-ray release in 2022. In 2016, the BBC Store made the film available as part of the Frightmares collection, marking Halloween.
A retrospective documentary, Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains, based on the film's lasting impact, was released on DVD in 2013 (having been in production between 2007 and 2012), featuring interviews with many of the original cast and crew. It too was made available as part of the BBC Store Frightmares collection, and shortly after release, the BFI Mediatheque.