History YMMV / AHaunting

** "The Haunting of Summerwind" definitely qualifies, albeit the circumstances are true. Ginger's dad buys up the house after she left for her brother is certainly entertaining. But the icing on the cake is Ginger hypnotizing her brother and her dad.

** You can't help but feel sorry for the homeless Muslim woman who was murdered for falling asleep in a wrong part of town. As a ghost she followed a woman home after seeing said woman stand up to a guard to defend a child. All the homeless ghost wanted was to be part of the family, but she unintentionally terrified and tormented them.. At least there's a happy ending.

--> ''''I'M NOT HUNGRY! I WANT TO PLAY WITH MAN!!''''

** In some cases, rather than becoming closer as a result of their battle with the supernatural, the family is broken by it, leaving them with emotionally and mentally scarring (and in a few cases, completely loses their religious faith as well -- leaving them with not even ''that'' to fall back on).
** The collapse of the relationship between the couple in "A Haunting in Summerwind". The two had such a strong relationship that eventually lead to the collapse of it following their move into the Summerwind home. Worse was when they moved out, they ''never saw each other again...''

** "The Haunting of Summerwind" definitely qualifies, albeit the circumstances are true. Ginger's dad being the house she left for her brother is entertaining. But the icing on the cake is Ginger hypnotizing her brother and her dad.

* Nightmare Retardant: Some of the show's demons and ghosts fall victim to this due to poor CGI effects and makeup/costumes.

*** Really reaches it's apex after the NightmareFuel encounter with Man, the kid and his mom confront each other after her freak out, and the lady's narration puts that her son's expression was basically saying "''That wasn't me..''".

--> ''''I'M NOT HUNGRY!I WANT TO PLAY WITH MAN!!''''
* TearJerker: ''Oh Yes'', this show has some of these moments.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Plenty of episodes end with the families triumphant over what has antagonized them.

* NightmareFuel: Oh, ''yeah''.
** Special mention goes to the episode "Where Evil Lurks." A child was paralyzed below the waist due to the machinations of the episode BigBad, the demon Seth. Speaking of whom, he looks like Lord Voldemort's spectral, even creepier cousin, and at one point he casually dismisses a large number of angry ghosts, showing exactly who is really to blame for the activities in the house. Even removing him did not stop things, as another demon showed up to pick up where he left off.
** "The Summerwind House" hits the middle of the road between EldritchLocation, GeniusLoci and HauntedHouse and runs with it, for one of the most sinister episodes. Thank goodness the damn thing burned down.
** The episode "[[CreepyChild Demon Child]]." '''[[OurDemonsAreDifferent Man]]'''. [[MindRape Just]] [[CorruptTheCutie FREAKING]] [[ShapeShifting MAN!!]]
** "The Possessed": Belial is a very, very different demon than previous ones. He's ''[[ManipulativeBastard intelligent]]'', powerful, and incredibly dangerous.
** "Spellbound": Yes, the chair thing was goofy, but then we see the face of the creature haunting the house, and it looks like Freddy Krueger. And then there's the trippy occurrence at Sandra's last Wicca ceremony.
** "Ghost Hunter": Jamie's personality changes and random mumblings, all the scratch marks showing up on his body, and then new ones cutting themselves in as his mother watches. When John Zaffis arrives, there are even more. And during the exorcism, Jamie experiences some nasty BodyHorror.
** "House of the Dead", starring a Soul Music Guitarist. What, you thought only ''Manga/SoulEater'' characters could make faces like ''[[NightmareFace that]]''?
** "Monster In The Apartment": [[WoundedGazelleGambit Joseph]]. What looks like a small boy is really a terrifying demon with simply astounding powers of MoreThanMindControl. How else would Bob suddenly appear from his job that fast? Its true appearance really sealed the deal, together with the fact it seemed only to target the vulnerable, if one thinks that the monster from the heroine's youth and Joseph were one and the same.
*** Thanks to a bigger budget, the new season is chock full of it. Special credit goes to "The Exorcism of Cindy Sauer." The villain of that episode is especially horrible, being responsible for one man committing suicide, and then trying to do the exact same thing to his wife, possessing her numerous times and conducting some of the nastiest MoreThanMindControl out there.
** "The Uninvited" has one of the freakier series of events, including a demon thing that seems hell bent on randomly attacking people in an extremely petty and unambitious way that somehow ends up terrifying.
** "The Nightmare Upstairs" is even scarier if you have kids, and even worse if you are a kid, as it shows the parents repeatedly dismissing the incidents. The monster of the episode is absolutely terrifying due to one particular fact about it: its TheFaceless. It literally lacks a face, and can sometimes be seen ''wearing the form of those close to you.'' And then it gets into bed with people, and one investigator even turns over while trying to sleep and seeing its blank, empty black hole of a face. It then torments one of the girls by directly manifesting and then seizing control over every door in the place in the last minutes.
*** There is also the way it attacks the girls, in a manner very reminiscent of AttemptedRape, forcing them down and pushing itself all over them, a stifling, malevolent force. ''Yeesh...''
** Season 7 has already shown two horrifying demons, one who pushes people down stairs, shows a twisted, pale face connected to shadows and massacres animals ''just to show it can'', the other is basically a LivingShadow who is shown multiple times to be TheCorrupter and a master of MoreThanMindControl. Its even implied the so called SupernaturalProofFather is being influenced by it into being more abusive, including outright delivering the boys into its waiting jaws. What is worse, the latter demon is not even defeated fully - its just shunted out of the house, and back into its woodland home.
** The Fort from Episode 2 is also rather freakish looking, and makes you wonder if the Dad was influenced by the creature earlier than we knew.

* CrowningMomentofHeartwarming: Plenty of episodes end with the families triumphant over what has antagonized them.
** Season 7 episode 2 "The Shadowman" ends with the brothers coming back to the house THIRTY years later after enduring the Shadowman's machinations and finally rid themselves of the harrowing spirit.
** Season 7 episode 11 "Trapped in Terror". It's already heartwarming enough when the paranormal investigators are able to allow Tiffany, the trapped little girl killed by an enraged gunman, to pass on. However, it gets even more heartwarming when the gunman himself is confronted by the investigators and is not antagonized, but forgiven. This previously terrifying spirit goes from scowling to looking like a kicked puppy as he lays his shotgun down and moves on.

** Despite the [[{{Narm}} Narmness]] of the episode, "Demon Child" had a few: The first one was with the mother trying to confront her son's erratic behavior due to [[CorruptTheCutie Man's influence on him]]. ''And then out of freakin' nowhere, the kid just randomly shouts to her that [[YoureNotMyFather he doesn't need her anymore because Man says so]]''. That ''broke'' this troper a lot.

* {{Narm}}: "Spellbound" has a few unfortunately hilarious images, though some may disagree and find them NightmareFuel instead. One of them is a chair that rushes at a boy, cackling at him.

** Season 7 episode 11 "Trapped in Terror". It's already heartwarming enough when the paranormal investigators are able to allow Tiffany, the trapped little girl killed by an enraged gunman, to pass on. However, it gets even more heartwarming when the gunman himself is confronted by the investigators and is not antagonized, but forgiven. The solemn way he lays his gun down on the floor and closes his eyes as he moves on brought a tear to this troper's eye.

* Season 7 has already shown two horrifying demons, one who pushes people down stairs, shows a twisted, pale face connected to shadows and massacres animals ''just to show it can'', the other is basically a LivingShadow who is shown multiple times to be TheCorrupter and a master of MoreThanMindControl. Its even implied the so called SupernaturalProofFather is being influenced by it into being more abusive, including outright delivering the boys into its waiting jaws. What is worse, the latter demon is not even defeated fully - its just shunted out of the house, and back into its woodland home.

** The Fort from Episode 2 is also rather freakish looking, and makes you wonder if the Dad was influenced by the creature earlier than we knew.

*** There is also the way it attacks the girls, in a manner very reminiscent of AttemptedRape, forcing them down and pushing itself all over them, a stifling, malevolent force. ''Yeesh...''

** "The Nightmare Upstairs" is even scarier if you have kids, and even worse if you are a kid, as it shows the parents repeatedly dismissing the incidents. The monster of the episode is absolutely terrifying due to one particular fact about it: its TheFaceless. It literally lacks a face, and can sometimes be seen ''wearing the form of those close to you.'' And then it gets into bed with people, and one investigator even turns over while trying to sleep and seeing its blank, empty black hole of a face. It then torments one of the girls by directly manifesting and then seizing control over every door in the place in the last minutes.

* {{Narm}}: Spellbound has a few unfortunately hilarious images, though some may disagree and find them NightmareFuel instead. One of them is a chair that rushes at a boy, cackling at him.

** Special mention goes to the episode Where Evil Lurks. A child was paralyzed below the waist due to the machinations of the episode BigBad, the demon Seth. Speaking of whom, he looks like Lord Voldemort's spectral, even creepier cousin, and at one point he casually dismisses a large number of angry ghosts, showing exactly who is really to blame for the activities in the house. Even removing him did not stop things, as another demon showed up to pick up where he left off.
** The Summerwind House hits the middle of the road between EldritchLocation, GeniusLoci and HauntedHouse and runs with it, for one of the most sinister episodes. Thank goodness the damn thing burned down.
** The episode [[CreepyChild Demon Child]]. '''[[OurDemonsAreDifferent Man]]'''. [[MindRape Just]] [[CorruptTheCutie FREAKING]] [[ShapeShifting MAN!!]]
** The Possessed: Belial is a very, very different demon than previous ones. He's ''[[ManipulativeBastard intelligent]]'', powerful, and incredibly dangerous.
** Spellbound: Yes, the chair thing was goofy, but then we see the face of the creature haunting the house, and it looks like Freddy Krueger. And then there's the trippy occurrence at Sandra's last Wicca ceremony.
** Ghost Hunter: Jamie's personality changes and random mumblings, all the scratch marks showing up on his body, and then new ones cutting themselves in as his mother watches. When John Zaffis arrives, there are even more. And during the exorcism, Jamie experiences some nasty BodyHorror.
** The House of the Dead episode, starring a Soul Music Guitarist. What, you thought only ''Manga/SoulEater'' characters could make faces like ''[[NightmareFace that]]''?
** The Monster In The Apartment: [[WoundedGazelleGambit Joseph]]. What looks like a small boy is really a terrifying demon with simply astounding powers of MoreThanMindControl. How else would Bob suddenly appear from his job that fast? Its true appearance really sealed the deal, together with the fact it seemed only to target the vulnerable, if one thinks that the monster from the heroine's youth and Joseph were one and the same.
*** Thanks to a bigger budget, the new season is chock full of it. Special credit goes to episode 9. The villain of that episode is especially horrible, being responsible for one man committing suicide, and then trying to do the exact same thing to his wife, possessing her numerous times and conducting some of the nastiest MoreThanMindControl out there.
** Episode 8 has one of the freakier series of events, including a demon thing that seems hell bent on randomly attacking people in an extremely petty and unambitious way that somehow ends up terrifying.
** The Nightmare Upstairs is even scarier if you have kids, and even worse if you are a kid, as it shows the parents repeatedly dismissing the incidents. The monster of the episode is absolutely terrifying due to one particular fact about it: its TheFaceless. It literally lacks a face, and can sometimes be seen ''wearing the form of those close to you.'' And then it gets into bed with people, and one investigator even turns over while trying to sleep and seeing its blank, empty black hole of a face. It then torments one of the girls by directly manifesting and then seizing control over every door in the place in the last minutes.

** The House of the Dead episode, starring a Soul Music Guitarist. What, you thought only SoulEater characters could make faces like ''[[NightmareFace that]]''?

** The Monster In The Apartment: [[WoundedGazelleGambit Joseph]]. What looks like a small boy is really a terrifying demon with simply astounding powers of MoreThanMindControl. How else would Bob suddenly appear from his job that fast? Its true appearance really sealed the deal, together with the fact it seemed only to target the vulnerable, if one thinks that the monster from the heroine's youth and Joseph were one and the same.

** Ghost Hunter: Jamie's personality changes and random mumblings, all the scratch marks showing up on his body, and then new ones cutting themselves in as his mother watches. When John Zaffis arrives, there are even more. And during the exorcism, Jamie experiences some nasty BodyHorror.

** The episode [[CreepyChild Demon Child]]. '''[[OurDemonsAreDifferent Man]]'''. [[MindRape Just]] [[CorruptTheCutie FREAKING]] MAN!!