The story is ok, but this is supposed to be a found footage series. There are so many cinematic shots that break the immersion. Shots that should be impossible for Clay to get, so its clear right away theres a camera person with him.

The areal shots were nice but again break the immersion. I think it wouldve made more sense to say he had a drone to search the area to make sure there was no one waiting for him before he walked into these areas The tracker made me laugh. Just a giant box with infinite battery (I guess) that outright says "TRACKER" The police are useless. I mean, I get cops can be useless but theres no way they'd sit back and do nothing about a serial killer possibly popping up at the house There was so so little of the paranormal in this one, which is a shame.

Still, I'll probably watch BG9 when it comes out, hopefully it'll be better.

Why did he have to take something that was interesting and in the last couple additions to the series add all these overdone shots and dramatic music and move away from the indie project he started with? I enjoyed the simplicity of the early parts but I think it's leaving that format behind which frankly sucks. It's now a weird SAW ripoff or a riddler wannabe involved in a ghostless ghost story. Unfortunate. What happened to a guy investigating clues he finds in a haunted house? Now it's an Easter egg hunt involving what he thinks is a serial killer with no intention to harm him. Terrified. No urge at the end to continue watching. Sorry.

So, what can we take from Part 8?

1. Everyone in America has a really bad phone line that sounds like they're speaking from 1982.

2. The police have no idea how to analyse media and rely on genius amateur movie makers to do it for them.

3. Those selfsame amateur movie makers don't have to share any information with the police unless they reeeaaally want to.

4. The Blackwell Ghost has nothing to do with ghosts. It's a typical series focussing on the American paranoia of home invasions and 0 to do with anything supernatural.

5. Tracking Devices are big, have infinite battery life and connect to your local network as "Vehicle Tracker".

6. The director/actor of this series is so narcissistic, and believe themselves so much better than the police and everyone else, that they'll probably turn out to be a Real killer one day.

7. Sometimes, each sentence requires a different camera angle, so prepare to suffer from dizzy spells.

8. This franchise should've stopped 5 films ago.