Not for the haters of jump-scares, but oh, what a ride is ‘Paranormal Investigators’! While horror-comedy might not be the easiest genre to deal with, efficiently employing the characteristics of the two categories to both amuse and horrify, Markus Meedt makes it look like a walk in the park. The film employs elements from both, ensuring each punch lands as intended. 

It is Abi’s first day at BPIT or the British Paranormal Investigation Team, when things soon begin to devolve into absolute chaos. What may have begun with a brief collision with hostile colleagues, soon takes the form of a haunting that is sure to stay with the entire BPIT team for a long, long time. 

Pushed in a corner in the face of an invincible adversary, both metaphorically and quite literally, the characters have little to turn to for help, when something unexpected happens. The narrative’s path to this eventual point of release is an entertaining, engrossing one. The characters are endearing and amusing, and in the process, ensure that you end up going all the way with them on this frightening, exciting journey.

Paranormal Investigators | Short Film of the Month

When the film opens, it is on a fairly harmless note. The room is indeed marked by a massive pile of clothes meant for laundry, one that simply serves to make it seem like a scene of average domesticity. However, the viewer realises before the protagonist that something deeply disturbing is afoot in the house. Shadows soon acquire a shape, form and mind of their own. Electricity seems to be controlled by a force darker than we understand. Consequently, the protagonist is soon left battling a supernatural presence and its many manifestations that he is only beginning to face. The film is short and precise, and endeavours to make the viewer sit up and pay attention to the happenings of a house where everything seems amiss. The pivotal concern chosen to explore a horrifying set of events is quite mundane and ordinary in itself, dirty laundry, thereby catching the viewer by surprise when the narrative finally reveals its true motive.

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