Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Michael Bayouth, Amber Armstrong, Mark Fredrichs
Katie and Micah are enjoying a happy and carefree existence. Their future looks promising until bizarre events begin to occur at night. In order to get to the bottom of things, Katie and Micah purchas...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 29, 2009
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December 22, 2009"You promised me you wouldn't get a fucking Ouija board!
- No, I promised I wouldn't go buy Ouija board. I borrowed one."
So this movie has been given the biggest hype this year. Already released back in '07, 'Paranormal Activity' was re-released again and was a huge hit. It cos...( read more) -
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December 8, 2009Don't fall for the stories of people walking out of this film because it's too scary. It doesn't even pretend to be scary until at least an hour into it. Somebody's leg is being pulled. And speaking of pulled legs ... that is the only scary scene in the movie.
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December 6, 2009A masterclass in hype. The issue with Paranormal Activity is that - for it's budget - the film is impressive, yet it is also this level of experience that begins to show as a weakness when taken in it's theatrical context. While the film knows how to scare, it tends to rarely pus...( read more)
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December 5, 2009This movie scared the piss out of me.
There. I said it.
After all the hype, all the Blair Bitch Project comparisons, bla, bla, bla, I'm glad I got to watch this in a DARK ROOM by MYSELF. Because it was terrifying.
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December 23, 2009Right, this couple get a camera and film themselves for about an hour and a half, during which not much happens. Then at the end something happens but I could have just watched that bit on youtube and missed all the banality that preceeded it.
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December 23, 2009scary.....my friend was laughing at me while we are watching it bcoz i was almost tearing her t.shirt....hehehe....
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December 23, 2009Given their budget, they created a very suspenseful and atmospheric movie.
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December 23, 2009It was an okay movie. I thought it was going to be scarier than it was. I would recommend it tho. It really wasnt a bad movie. It kept me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next. This movie wasn't just scary, but there was a bit of comedy in it. Micah was ...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
December 15, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
November 27, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
Paranormal Activity shows how little it takes for inventive filmmakers to do a lot. full review
November 9, 2009
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
The same old thing dressed up in very slightly different clothes. full review
October 12, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
In the light of day, it's all very silly and conventional. But of course we're not talking about the light of day. full review
October 9, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
It works best when it comes out of nowhere, because that's, in the end, where it goes. full review
October 9, 2009
Kurt Loder, MTV
Even Roger Corman might have hesitated to pitch this deal to one of his hungry young proteges: "You get a little over $11,000, one camera and two unknown actors to make a really scary movie. No effect... full review
October 9, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
This unsettling ultra-low-budget tale capitalizes on our innate fear of things that go bump in the night, and adds a supernatural element that will effectively terrorize even the toughest among us. full review
October 8, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Without financing, stars or more than a couple of special effects, first-time writer/director Olen Peli has made a diabolically effective essay in irrational horror. full review
October 1, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
With a $15,000 budget too puny to empty a petty-cash drawer, the no-frills Paranormal Activity comes packed with thrills. full review
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November 14, 2009Complete and utterly EPIC FAIL. It had some freaky scenes, but this movie was totally over-hyped. I've seen episodes of Ghost Hunters scarier than this.
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October 24, 2009but you people do know the ENTIRE movie is them and no crew or anything.
i kinda liked it but not really cuz thier house looked like mine so thats how i got abit creeped out..
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