Did you see Ghostwatch in 1992? - Chat Forum https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/ Singletrack World Magazine Forum. Come for the bikes, stay for the boll**ks en-GB Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:25:59 +0000 wpForo 60 Re: Did you see Ghostwatch in 1992? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622016 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:54:46 +0000 I was 14-ish and it terrified me. Like it says in the article, we didn't get to watch it til the end so it left everything hanging at the creeping horror/chaos bit, without the shark-jumpy studio bit. I got the DVD a few years back and I still find it really creepy, it's not because it's good, it's because it's compellingly shambolic and amateurish- Craig Charles and Sarah Green were perfect.

The next day at school, there were 2 groups- kids who weren't allowed to watch it, and kids who hadn't slept.

]]> Chat Forum Northwind https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622016 Re: Did you see Ghostwatch in 1992? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622015 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:36:35 +0000
Frankenstein - Member
It was crap then and crap now.

It made me feel like I wasted 5 mins of my life and again replying to this thread.

Why even talk about it years later?

Move forward in life and don’t live in the past.
Well, you certainly wasted the time it took me to read your pointless post.

]]> Chat Forum CountZero https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622015 Re: Did you see Ghostwatch in 1992? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622014 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 14:06:00 +0000 I was 18 and doing far too much LSD far too regularly in those days.

Watched it off my face and it freaked me out.

Watched it again the next day without the mid altering drugs and couldn't believe how bad it was.

]]> Chat Forum scott_mcavennie2 https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622014 Re: Did you see Ghostwatch in 1992? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622013 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 13:20:38 +0000 It's hard to believe just how much people took BBC output at face value back then and with an uncritical acceptance of what they were seeing.As opposed to these days when a lot will just believe anything any broadcaster tells them?

]]> Chat Forum seosamh77 https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622013 Re: Did you see Ghostwatch in 1992? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622012 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 13:10:09 +0000 That’s a bit of a stretch. The subject of someone’s delusional behaviour isn’t necessarily the cause of it.

Precisely.

]]> Chat Forum Drac https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622012 Re: Did you see Ghostwatch in 1992? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622011 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 12:58:45 +0000 It was crap then and crap now.

It made me feel like I wasted 5 mins of my life and again replying to this thread.

Why even talk about it years later?

Move forward in life and don’t live in the past.

]]> Chat Forum Frankenstein https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622011 Re: Did you see Ghostwatch in 1992? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622010 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 12:54:29 +0000 Amazing to hear it triggered mental health issues for some.

That’s a bit of a stretch. The subject of someone’s delusional behaviour isn’t necessarily the cause of it.

]]> Chat Forum maccruiskeen https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622010 Re: Did you see Ghostwatch in 1992? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622009 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 10:18:12 +0000 They just overestimated the ability of a slice of their audience to put two and two together and make four.

It was pretty revolutionary telly, TBH, in the context of live shows, which are two-a-penny now, the merging of documentary, news and drama. Looks ropey when you view it now, but it genuinely took the BBC somewhere it hadn't gone before.

It's hard to believe just how much people took BBC output at face value back then and with an uncritical acceptance of what they were seeing.

]]> Chat Forum martinhutch https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622009 Re: Did you see Ghostwatch in 1992? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622008 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 09:01:38 +0000 Pipes... eeeek!!

i was 15 and wasn't 100% sure if it was real or not, i know i was a bit scared... and there were a few of my mates who also felt the same...

still, that Pipes fella.... *shudders*

]]> Chat Forum robgclarkson https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622008 Re: Did you see Ghostwatch in 1992? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622007 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 08:22:44 +0000 I remember it well and rewatched it a year or two ago. I was completely taken in until right near the very end and then the final studio bit just confirmed it was b0llocks. It was all that was spoken about the next day at school. I also remember the backlash, being a paper boy at the time I used to read most of the front pages.

]]> Chat Forum hammerite https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/did-you-see-ghostwatch-in-1992/#post-9622007