Paranormal Activity (Sep 25, 2009)

This movie is only good in a theatre with maybe 2-3 couples. A loud audience would completely ruin it.

Saw this in my house lights off while in bed with my GF.

After 10 mins my GF start to make some baby cloths for my Nephew and in breaks she reformatted her laptop. This movie was boring and when thing got so called "scary".....we were making jokes, her BF is a complete idiot.....if anything the special effects were cool.

I am glad I didnt waste 10 bucks on this and I cant believe I got sucked into the hype of this film. A tale of Two sisters is way more creepy then this. Better then Bare B!tch Protect by a mile though just because BWP sucked soooo much.

I can see someone making a parody of this movie. I got some good ideas maybe I should write a script and sell it.

was going to watch this early but might wait to go see it in the cinema for proper feel off the film

You will get a proper feel for the film in your own house with this type of film from the look of the film and subject matter. I'm waiting till dvd because the way it's shot looks like it going to cause motion sickness with me and I'd have to have a break from it.

It's actually not that bad compared to other 'shaky cam' movies. The camera is often on a tripod and totally still.

Yeah, its not very shaky at all, there is a lot of times when they put the camera on a table etc....

just watched it didnt think it was that scary at the beginning think i have changed my mind by the end , lol its very tense if thats the corect word to use.

I might have enjoyed this film better if I hadn't been spoiled by different people and the internet. Look...I will be honest, I can't review nor suggest this film base on the fact that I was spoiled really badly. So pretty much I was expecting what was going to happen next.

Therefore...I cannot recomend nor critique the film. I was spoil very badly thanks to the idiot fans who over praise this film and over hype the movie. I'm sure if someone would have come to me earlier with a DVD copy and told me "Watch this tonight" and not give out a hint of a clue of what the movie is about....then yeah, I would have enjoyed it or might not enjoy it.

If the people responsible for marketing this film would change the awful title of "Paranormal Activity" to something like:

"A guy and girl sleeping in bed and not having sex"

"Psycho bitches of San Diego County"

"Oh look! It's hidden camera"

Then yeah, the secrecy would have work fine like it did with Blair Witch, Cloverfield, and [rec].

WD is not happy. 🙁

I watched it, and it was...alright. Not amazing by any stretch of imagination.

[REC] was better.

Wasn't thrilled with it. Way over hyped.

Here comes the backlash 🙄

I thought PA was better than [REC], much more effective and creepy and creative.

Originally posted by WickedDynamite
[REC] was better.

Yes, I concur. I think that is the only move that actually terrfied me not to mention made me uncomfortable.

REC wasn't scarier, but it was a hell of a lot better.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
REC wasn't scarier, but it was a hell of a lot better.

Agreed. PA was creepier, but REC was more fun.

Originally posted by WickedDynamite
[REC] was better.

Indeed, and much more original story. Stories of haunted homes and possess by demons are best left for tv shows like ABC Family or Discovery Channel Halloween week.

Don't get me wrong not trying to bash PA. It was spooky at times. It's still worth seen it.

I have no sympathy for people who moan about a film being spoilt thanks to online fans and so on talking about it. You don't have to read what other people think about the film.

Fair enough if the trailer comes on suddenly while you are in the cinema and it has something that spoils it, and you have moronic friends who spoil a film for you, if you asked them not to talk about it that is.

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A sequel will probably be on the way:

Paramount Pictures is "actively considering" making a sequel to the low-budget supernatural horror flick that has become the sleeper hit of the season reports The Los Angeles Times. Costing a mere $11,000 to make, the studio picked up the rights to the film for $300,000 and spent less than $10 million on marketing with most of the promotion coming from online viral campaigns and word of mouth via a staged rollout releasing scheme throughout October.

Going wide this week, the film sat at the top of the box-office with $22 million - easily beating the critically slammed SAW VI which opened in more theatres to $14.8 million. All up PARANORMAL ACTIVITY has pulled in $62.5 million so far and is expected to cross $100 million domestically by the time its finished making it one of the most profitable films in the studio's history. Another motive for a sequel? Rights. IM Global owns international distribution rights to the film, but any sequel would have worldwide distribution rights go to Paramount.