Courtesy: Timeless Media Group
August is almost at its halfway point. That means that as the month passes, the annual wave of Halloween-themed releases will start to make their presence known on store shelves. There are just as many releases, it would seem, for Halloween as there are for Christmas each year from which audiences can choose to get their fear fix every year. This year is no different. Already, Timeless Media will offer audiences one of those early options next Tuesday, August 19th in the form of A Haunting: Season 6. This season only ran for a total of four seasons on Destination America, which is part of Discovery Communications. Even with only four episodes, anyone looking for a good fright will appreciate this season and the fact that the series has been picked up for a complete seventh season. That will all be discussed later. The stories that make up the sixth season of A Haunting are the crux of this season’s success. They are not all that is worth noting, either. The re-enactments should be noted here, too as should the bonus features. The bonus features included on this disc show that as scary as the re-enactments were, the actors had their share of fun bringing the stories to life. Audiences will see that in the included gag reel. The same can be said of those responsible for the stories’ special effects. There is a short bonus feature focusing on that factor, too. These bonuses along with the stories included on the disc and their re-enactments will give any horror fan the frights and fun that any Halloween party needs.
The sixth season of A Haunting only lasted a total of four episodes. According to the rumors, the reason for that is in relation to the numbers for the series’ fifth season. However, Destination America has allegedly renewed the series for a full seventh season as the numbers for Season Six were impressive enough to renew it. And now with its upcoming release on DVD, audiences will see for themselves just why officials with Destination America opted to renew the series. The stories included in Season Six each offer their own frights. The season’s opener sees a woman who is haunted by an evil spirit conjured by a jilted admirer. Episode two, “Well From Hell” involves a house haunted by spirits coming from a well that is essentially a doorway to the other side. A family is haunted by some not so nice spirits in “Black Magic” after a young ward of the family’s matriarch starts practicing black magic. And in the season finale, “Haunted Victorian,” a young couple has found the home of their dreams. But it soon turns into the home of their nightmares not long after. All four stories will have viewers on the edge of their collective seats, wanting to know what happens next. And not to give away too much information, they don’t all have the happy ending that some might hope for or expect. Those slightly surprising endings are reason enough to watch these episodes. And they’re not the only reason, either. Another reason for audiences to check out this upcoming DVD is the re-enactments used to help tell each of the four stories on the disc.
The stories that are included in the sixth season of Destination America’s A Haunting are by themselves reason enough for lovers of ghost stories to purchase this season’s DVD. Another reason for audiences to check out this DVD is the collective re-enactments used to help tell each of the stories included on the disc. The actors hired to help re-tell each of this season’s stories are impressive in their own right. The best of the re-enactments comes in the season finale. The couple that re-enacts the story of the young couple that had bought the Victorian House is quite the pair. The way that the young woman portrays having been somewhat possessed by the deceased maid is creepy in its own right. And the actors that helped tell the story of “Black Magic” do just enough to make that story believable, too. The actors in this season’s remaining two episodes do their own part to make said episodes worth at least one watch, too. Audiences will see this for themselves when they order or purchase the DVD for themselves.
The re-enactments and stories that are featured in the sixth season of A Haunting work in tandem to make this season just as enjoyable as the series’ previous season. Having noted them, these is only one more factor to consider in the overall success of A Haunting: Season 6. That final factor is the bonus material included on the DVD. All four of the episodes included on this disc offer their own frights for audiences. On the exact opposite side of the coin, the gag reel offers its own laughs, too. It helps to lighten the mood a little bit. And those with any interest in production and special effects will appreciate the bonus special effects reel. This reel gives just a slight glimpse behind the scenes of the show in regards to how the ghosts were *brought to life* (bad pun fully intended here). They are the final touch to a DVD that any horror fan will welcome in their home horror collection whether for Halloween or any other time.
A Haunting: Season 6 will be available on DVD Tuesday, August 19th. It can be pre-ordered online via the Shout! Factory online store at http://www.shoutfactory.com/product/haunting-season-6. More information on this and other new releases from Timeless Media Group and Shout! Factory is available online at http://www.timelessvideo.com, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Timeless-Media-Group/358391474233364, http://www.shoutfactory.com and http://www.facebook.com/shoutfactoryofficial. To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment reviews and news, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and “Like” it. Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment reviews and news in the Phil’s Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.
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