Haunted Hospitals (2018– )
7/10
Great Concept, Poorly Executed = Limp LETDOWN, as usual for Canada!
6 October 2021
The Canada Travel Channel subpar production strikes again! Please people: HIRE AMERICANS! You know, from USA? As in a SET DECORATOR and PRODUCTION DESIGNERS, for starters. This show, like all the other "I saw a ghost" from the TC where a victim/target/mark sits and explains what happened to them (and they have dozens of these!) is a great idea, but is a quick, limp letdown!

Here's how you NEED TO IMPROVE: 1) More atmosphere:

As in more footage of the night and the outside of the building in a creepy light, the moon and the clouds moving.

More stylized footage of the recreation

2) Make the visuals more interesting with:

A) Better set decor: Come to USA. Buy a bunch of cool, Halloween creepy decorations. Use some on all sets. Yes, ALL of them. Hospitals can have a creepy poster on the wall, a creepy vase of flowers, a creepy blanket the works

B) Better clothing.

Canadians do not how to dress themselves! Come to USA buy your wardrobe here, buy bright colors, reds, greens, blues, yellows. Make the colors POP! (NYC is "up North" too and they don't dress like utter frumps there!)

C) More symmetry to the decor.

This will contribute the much needed beauty aspect of the sets. Yes, beauty and creepy can co-exist.

3) MORE CREEPY MUSIC PLEASE!

Self-explanatory. Hire a composer who can create a fresh creepy track. Think Mike Myers and the like. Create a repeating riff or melody that is super creepy like that and USE IT!

And finally... 4) LESS OF THE BORING STUFF:

Less experts who are as clueless as the rest of us. Not needed, don't want to see or hear them.

Less footage of when stuff is not happening unless you are creating MOOD! (Hire Americans for that, directors, editors, and the above ref'd set decor people!)

We know these are CHEAP productions. Maybe the TC needs to make less but HIGHER QUALITY! Since 2020, we have watched every single episode of the dozens shows they have: they are ALL a huge limp letdown.

Buying Halloween decor off season is very cheap. Create your own with crafts. Browse Etsy etc and buy stuff and use it in the decor.

I always get happy when I see these shows coming on the TC as opposed to the extremely boring buy the beach, RVs, food eating contests and home remodeling ones. But please, get your act together. This is boring AF!

Hire Americans: Hollywood knows how to do this stuff correctly!
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