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8/10
Wish the rating was higher.
brentstansfield21 August 2021
If your into spooky stuff, this is a great show. It is well cast, I like the story lines, some have said they are lacking a bit but you can only fit so much into 42 mins. What I really like is that it, like Supernatural, is funny, dramatic, and kind of scary at times. While I admit it will probably never reach the heights of Supernatural, I really don't think the creators and writers wanted it to. It is it's own show and if you have not watched it, give it a try, if you liked Supernatural, you will like this as is, it's own show that can't possibly be confused with the other show. Just my opinion but I really hope the network gives it a second, longer season. The ratings will go up.
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7/10
Giving it a chance
sbaker-9337718 July 2021
The pilot was not bad. But, I'm giving the show a few more times to see if I really like it. I miss Warehouse 13 that was on several years ago. I hope SYFY has a hit series. A lot of good shows are getting canceled on other networks.
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8/10
why r ppl rating after just a few ep? the impatience these days. and the folks wonder why shows get cancelled left n right...
cat_schroedingers4 September 2021
I just write this, because i am frustrated that users have such strong judgments without even waiting for the whole season.

If this mindset had been around 25 y ago, we probbly wouldnt have had a 5th of the most beloved shows until today.

I get that things are changing and its ok, streaming services are themselves still figuring out how to make money off of a show... it is not as simple as it was.

Still... seasons already have like half the episodes and 10times the competiotion... i think it is really distructive to rate them with a 1 out of 10. I dont get that mindset.

And anyone doing that should imo not be allowed to wine about a show beeing cancelled to early.

Even shows i really do not like, offer sth. I can see ppl liking and if it is not harmful misinformation or stuff like that, i would not just hate on it. -.-

well, to not be a hyppocrite: i have seen only 8 out of 10 episodes and i would give it a 7 average so far, but i had to just kick it up to an 8 as a lil counter to all the 1s ^^ will adjust that after the final.
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9/10
Spooky fun
TechNoire18 July 2021
There is some great dry humour in this show. I feel like it could definitely go somewhere interesting!
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7/10
Pleasantly well made
Surreptitious_Vin19 October 2023
I was pleasantly surprised to find this fairly well done despite its low budget. Most of the episodes barring one maybe two, are gripping, capturing the imagination of the audience, leading them on.

The ghosts though arent convincing enough, looking and feeling like actors playing the part. The dearth of effects and cgi perhaps telling, but it does impress with its eerie atmosphere that it creates. The office, or contemporary corporate setting set in stark contrast with the supernatural 'tickles' the audience's imagination.

The acting is good and the characters are well fleshed making the viewers feel for them and relate to them, though I hope they will deploy various other characters from ancient and modern folklore in future as the show progresses to more seasons.
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9/10
THIS REMINDS ME...
jreeders51831 August 2021
Of the Night Stalker series. It is destined to have a cult following. I hope it is renewed. Just an insanely great horror, sci-fi tongue in cheek show. Please renew. Love the cast.
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7/10
Looks like a decent replacement until Resident Alien comes back
sidrat-1069520 July 2021
Don't expect a "deep dive" with this one..this is not a "serious" ghost hunter show by any means, but it tries to have a bit of fun with itself..Time will tell if it comes across as kinda-campy-but-good, or dry-as-paint predictable. Still, has the possibility of being a decent summer replacement show.
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10/10
This better get a second season, fun, great show
heaf-296198 August 2021
I enjoy this show. It isn't to craycray and I love the characters. Would love to see it get a second season!
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6/10
Has potential!
sassy337219 July 2021
I enjoyed the first episode! Give this a chance. It just started.
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interesting idea
CottonsParrot27 February 2022
Selling possessed real estate, I like it. Pity it wasn't given a 2nd season to further develop as there are so few "supernatural" type shows anymore. Liked all the characters and the general premise. Oh well, just goes to show you, now-a-days don't get to wrapped up in a new series, they seem to come and go as fast as a creepy apparition.
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2/10
Almost but Terrible Execution
sundy_bee25 January 2023
It's like the whole cast and crew were playing on their phones while they were writing, filming, and acting this show. The lines fall flat. Acting is student film quality. It's like they filmed people they gathered off the street while they ran lines of material they're not familiar with. What in the world is this nonsense?! It's almost so bad it's funny but it's quite awkward and painful at times. It's like watching Goosebumps with the odd curse word here and there. The concept has potential but unless the whole cast takes some acting classes before season 2 I don't see this lasting long. Anything marked SyFy should be taken as a warning.
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10/10
Season Two, please!
zamboni-3663330 September 2021
I love this show. I actually care about all the characters and their varied personalities. They're all unique and not just a bunch of cardboard cutouts. The paranormal problems they deal with in these homes are unique and well-written and I want to see what happens in season two!
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7/10
Lived in one of the homes .....
mapynn31 July 2021
I watched one of the trailers for this show and saw the Winter Home so I was immediately interested (Our first apartment was in this house). This is not a bad show! I enjoy watching it, I love to see places I recognize around the city and I love to see theseold homes in the spotlight. You don't watch a show like this thinking it's going to win an awards...you watch it for enjoyment. It does that for me and I will keep watching.
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4/10
Season 1 good season 2 not so good.
bengop6012 January 2024
Started really well, the characters blended reasonably together and it worked even if some of the acting/effects are a bit subpar.

Season 2 finds the main character/ head estate agent struggling but it's ok, strong woman to the rescue. I would love to just enjoy a show/movie without being forced into believing that all men are useless and all women are badass girl bosses. However I guess those days are gone, why can't people compliment each others strengths anymore? I think I will stick to the Korean original. I really looked forward to season 2 and once again the people in charge crap all over a good thing.
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10/10
Updated S2: Gave it some time.
leahbeah923 July 2021
Season1: Likable cast and great premise. Writing is clever at times. Need a little stronger episode storylines.

Season 2: Surreal Estate is cozy fun with each episode focused on a paranormal mystery. Overall, it is a home run if you can practice the suspension of disbelief to have a good time. The CGI or other means of creating ghosts isn't always successful but is balanced by good performances and enjoyable storytelling .
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7/10
Don't hate it
luckyintheorder20 July 2021
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The actual "ghostbusting" is given short shrift but I hope they flesh these out more as they move away from trying to work in all things intersectional. Good cast, poor writers and editors. Pretty standard for most things coming out of media these days.

Biggest flaw is having Levy's character act like a "wronged woman" for having engaged in a relationship with her married ex-boss. Anyone with any sense of right and wrong, understands the only wronged woman is the wife of the man cheating with another woman who knows that he is married. Not sure why they think this is a basis for making this a "strong" person/woman. She never once says, "it was the wrong thing to do" or "it was my mistake". They should stop bringing it up. Her mom never says boo when she mentioned it either. This is not female empowerment and it ain't all the dude's fault. Will weary of this sooner than later. People are responsible for their life decisions, especially things like this that harm other people.
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10/10
More seasons please..
michelle_kummer6 September 2021
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I am so glad I started this series, I loved Schitts Creek so seeing Mutt and Twyla play the leads in a chilling series about real estate agents selling homes that are haunted is refreshing as it's different to everything else out there.

All actors are cast perfectly and after bingeing the first 8 episodes I want more and more.

Every episode is different and they each have a special ability when it comes to demons and ghosts. I really hope they continue making more seasons, the ratings are great so they would be crazy not too.
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6/10
Could use some better acting and writers
f-moras8 August 2021
Overall it seems decent.

I like Luke character played by Tim Rozon, he seems to have a lot of untold backstory that the other employees don't known the half off.

Susans (Sarah Levy) backstory is terrible, you deserve the hate you get from everyone for that, should have spun that some other way.

The other characters seem mostly 2d and at this time have a limited backstory.

The ghost scenes seem limited and probably use a lot of fancy CGI instead of practical effects maybe constraining budget for them further.

Some of the ghostbuster tech talk and action seems just to stretch the episode and not add much.

Hope they fill out the characters more and fill in their backstories.

Because of budgets constraints and writers I doubt we will get anything like the early seasons of warehouse 13 again.

P. S.

The Korean Sell Your Haunted House (Daebakbudongsan) has nothing to do with this title.

(I binged that series and it was MUCH better)
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8/10
Pretty good!
watsonkkm8 August 2021
I'm a totally whimp when it comes to ghosts of anything and don't go out of my way to watch but i figured a ctv show...it coukdnt be that bad. It's not. Some creepy parts and some cheesy but i like it. Its mixed with dry humor as well so that helps. In no way a serious show. It has great potential. 4 epis out now and the acting is getting better every episode.
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7/10
It has potential
erin-byers12921 July 2021
I enjoy syfy, but we mainly tuned in because we love Schitt's Creek. It's nice to see Tim Rozon, Sarah Levy, and Tennille Read in the same place. It's not the best, but I'm giving it a chance before writing it off. I'm hoping they can pick up the pace and give it a boost before it winds up in the trash. I think it has the potential to be a good show.
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4/10
Started off somewhat original, now it's going downhill.
prizm410 September 2021
After a few episodes, this show is headed right down the same old hollywood ghost clichés.

Let's have yet another show about ghosts who are stuck here "because they have unfinished business". Get over this stupid cliché already.

One of the first episodes has the team laughing at the newcomer for trusting that a ghost is who they say they are. And yet in episodes that follow, our main characters are believing all the ghosts at face value. What?

The things that most of these ghosts have to do to "move on" usually don't make sense in real-world logic or internal show-logic. The writers just pull crap out of thin air.

"Ghost, just go to sleep and when you see a light, walk towards it". Umm.. how does our main character know there is a "light"? Or that the ghost should sleep (or *can* sleep)? Why can't all the other ghosts in every other episode just do this? Where is this information coming from!?

There's the obligatory gay couple, the bitchy team member that hates the newcomer before it even makes sense to hate them (the writers just need another subplot to resolve), and like so many modern TV dramas, everyone talks like they're aware they're being filmed. The conversations are just not natural.

The show has potential and it's worth watching a few episodes to check it out. But I don't know how much more I will put up with.
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9/10
Just right
FounHUGO13 September 2021
Compared with other American dramas that account for 99%-whether they are popular or not, I can't stand it at all-this drama performed just right. Actors, acting skills, lines, plot, cultural construction, and all aspects of the technical level, the show is not overly full and show off, and not hasty or procrastination. Like I said, everything is just right.
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6/10
Interesting plot lines
robbiep-953127 August 2021
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The show is ok. Really great plots but the endings are so flat. Basically every show so far they rap up so easily by just talking to the ghost or capture them in a box like Ghostbusters. Really missing an opportunity to do more with this show.
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4/10
This show had so much potential and then basically fell flat
chanelorgill9 October 2022
Short review: good potential..pretty good cast...poor direction poor execution of what could have been a really good executed show..I assume it was budget and also (total assumption) that the production happened in Canada.

Long review: pretty good cast of essential nobodies- I mean other than Sarah Levy who's is probably best known for being the daughter and brother to Eugene and Dan Levy. The lead character I can't even place in anything. Like how is that possible?!

Sometimes the creative writer in me takes charge and would totally turn bad shows into good ones (imo) and there were so many missed opportunities to make this show even episodes better. Like I have no formal experience in creative writing - but there's no way I'd have so many changes.

I also understand that editing could have a lot to do with it. Since the episodes have to be reduced to a certain amount of time some important information (that could have made it better) could have been left out but still.

Special effects for shows like this are important and this show had so little special effects I started to question why. Seriously I can likely find a computer special effects person on Etsy that could have added them in.

All in all my rating is more based off of what the show could have been rather than what it was. I admittedly watching about e episodes before I was like "damn this is not great" and still proceeded to binge the rest of the episodes-I was in too deep to back out at that point. But something must be said of the way it made me want to keep watching even though it wasn't great. Seriously I stopped watching whole series because of one episodes ridiculousnesses...so I guess it's not that bad.
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10/10
Love it and hoping for another season!
BondJaneBond25 September 2021
We taped this every week and watched it minus the commercials. I love this series. It's fun and they solve an issue in each show while dealing with a longer standing issue that took an entire season to solve. You can enjoy any of the episodes independently. Great formula rather than a drawn out soap opera type storyline.
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