According to a news release:
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Ghost Hunters, Syfy’s longest-running original reality series, has been renewed for an eighth season. Since its 2004 premiere,
Ghost Hunters has spawned two spin-offs (with over 200 episodes among the three series), cementing its place as the #1 paranormal franchise in cable. 20 all-new episodes for season eight are slated to premiere on Syfy in 2012.
On Wednesday nights at 9pm for nearly seven years,
Ghost Hunters has set the standard for paranormal series, offering viewers spine-tingling cases from the files of
TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) - led by Rhode Island plumbers Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson.
To date, season seven (premiered February 2010) has attracted 1.1 million Adults 25-54 and 1 million Adults 18-49.
The next episode of
Ghost Hunters airs at a special night and time: Wednesday, June 1 @ 8pm and features an hour-long case in Hawaii. Guest Josh Gates (
Destination Truth) joins the team as they investigate paranormal claims at the Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The museum’s original plane hangars stand as they did on the fateful morning of December 7, 1941, and still bear the bullet holes and bomb craters from the attacks that precipitated U.S. involvement in World War II. Visitors and employees alike have reported several startling experiences at the museum, suggesting that the site’s history has made it a hub for paranormal activity.
Ghost Hunters is produced in association with Craig Piligian's Pilgrim Films and Television (
Dirty Jobs, The Ultimate Fighter, My Fair Wedding). Piligian and Thomas Thayer, along with Rob Katz and Alan David, serve as executive producers."
as Peter Vincent. Plus, it would seem that Anton Yelchin
as Charley is less of a horror geek than his 1985 predecessor (William Ragsdale). Instead, that fanboy role may be filled by McLovin
'. And kudos to Colin Farrell for not taking himself too seriously (finally).
), super hero flicks (Daredevil
) and Oscar-winning films (Monster
), Hodder’s most enduring legacy is his time behind a hockey mask hacking through fornicating teens.
, parts seven
, eight
, nine
and 10
, and is the only actor to play the undead, deformed maniac more than once. More recently, the actor’s role in the Hatchet
films - as Victor Crowley, another undead, deformed maniac– has allowed Hodder to originate his own character in a cult franchise, the third entry of which was just greenlit in March. The result is a spot in the pantheon of actors who repeatedly left their mark on horror, alongside Robert Englund
, Anthony Hopkins and Anthony Perkins.
at the reportedly haunted Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Hodder and fellow stuntmen Rick McCallum (Hatchet, The Devil’s Rejects
) and R.A. Milhailoff (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3
, Hatchet II) – all of whom who potrayed demons in the movie - decided to form the Hollywood Ghost Hunters paranormal investigative group. The team appeared on a January 2011 episode of Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures and also organize events where fans and amateur investigators can join the hunt. Like other ghostbusters, Hodder’s crew ain’t afraid of no ghosts, but as “horror film professionals stalking the supernatural,” the ghosts may just be afraid of them.
