10 Must See Made For TV Horror Movies

Here in 2024, it's clear as day that 1992's Ghostwatch is a sham, a cheesy elaborate hoax of a 90 minutes.

However, at the time of its airing on Halloween night '92, this BBC production caused extreme uproar and instilled dread in those who watched what was portrayed as the very real haunting of a mother and her two daughters in London, England. That was the Early family, and this investigation into the poltergeist known as Mr. Pipes was spearheaded by Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, and Mike Smith - three extremely respected, trustworthy British TV presenters.

Rather than a live broadcast exploring the paranormal - an exploration that resulted in an explosive finale as Pipes takes over the TV studio and possesses Parkinson - Ghostwatch was of course a mockumentary TV movie that was filmed weeks before Halloween.

Still, regardless of how fake and staged things look to modern eyes, it's fascinating to watch Ghostwatch these days, remembering how invested people were at the time of its airing. To highlight that, 11 million viewers tuned in to Ghostwatch, the BBC had hundreds of thousands of complaints, and tragically one 18-year-old took their own life five days after Ghostwatch aired due, partially, to being influenced by what they'd seen.