Paranormal Activity (2007)
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After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.
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Excellent but underrated film
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Paranormal Activity definitely has a creepy feel, but at times it feels like it's trying too hard to be scary. They use sounds and simple special effects to create an eerie mood, but then the mood is shattered by some bad acting or a cheesy "Boo!" moment. Worth a watch, but don't expect Blair Witch quality.
This is a prime example of marketing over substance. It is a tedious watch of low budget but also low on ideas film making. While Blair Witch Project was innovative both in marketing AND in execution, this remarkably successful flick is proof that marketing can do better when selling such low budget movies than establishment tra sh like Annihilation. It gets some redemption for this extreme low budget approach, but the only thing cult about this movie is how much money it made, or more precisely, how much money studio made buying the rights and then giving the flick to their marketing department. The ending was improved, and it is the single part that stands out a bit, but make no mistake, this is one boring marketing hoax, and the joke is on the unwitting paying viewers.
One thing one immediate notices when watching this movie is that it is just a lot of random "home movie" sh** that is completely uninteresting to watch and not scary at all. In addition to that the "home movie" people are ridiculously unsympathetic, so that one would rather watch other random home movie material. When the scary stuff starts, one sees nothing and cannot possibly care. And still the random home movie stuff goes on and on, with random, unedited dialogue one cannot possibly care about. That's all.
"Paranormal Activity" tells the story of a young couple haunted by a demon. While they do everything to get rid of their supernatural housemate, the events worsen and get more serious.The movie is filmed in the style of an amateur recording, which makes almost anything look more scary than it actually is. This is probably a good thing considering that during most of the film not much happens at all apart from moving doors or some screams. During the second half the events become a bit more serious and the plot is more solid there but this is definitely not something that will keep an experienced Horror fan awake for the upcoming nights. Otherwise this is your average demon story, produced in a solid yet unspectacular way.All in all this is okay demon horror. You can give this a try if you're looking for entertainment and don't set your standards all too high.