"Fear Factor" will never go down in the annuals of being a great television series. It will probably never be fondly remembered by anyone twenty years from now, but "Fear Factor" had its good moments from time to time with Joe Rogan actually displaying some empathy towards the contests if the situation called for it. Joe Rogan had a heart if he wanted to show it.
But the British host of "Estate of Panic" lacks any sort of semblance to a real human being as he "pretends" to own a haunted house that dim-witted contests blunder through in an attempt to earn some money. The funny/scary lines that he spouts out are neither funny nor scary. (Count Floyd from SCTV almost seems like a real person compared to whoever it is Steve Valentine is trying to portray.) The stunts the contests go through are neither interesting nor horrific.
I guess the big tip-off should be that the show's writers couldn't even bother coming up with a name for the host of the show and he is merely listed as "Estate Host." At least, the silent butler in the haunted estate has a name, but he adds absolutely nothing to the show and he probably would have been better off being nameless in this mess of a show.
But the British host of "Estate of Panic" lacks any sort of semblance to a real human being as he "pretends" to own a haunted house that dim-witted contests blunder through in an attempt to earn some money. The funny/scary lines that he spouts out are neither funny nor scary. (Count Floyd from SCTV almost seems like a real person compared to whoever it is Steve Valentine is trying to portray.) The stunts the contests go through are neither interesting nor horrific.
I guess the big tip-off should be that the show's writers couldn't even bother coming up with a name for the host of the show and he is merely listed as "Estate Host." At least, the silent butler in the haunted estate has a name, but he adds absolutely nothing to the show and he probably would have been better off being nameless in this mess of a show.