Paranormal Activity (2007)
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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Load of rubbish!!
Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
This is not by all means a perfect film, but it uses the found footage gimmick to great use, and offers some very creepy and scary moments. It's a step away from generic horror films, which makes it better. Not showing the monster, and having long periods of silence make us feel uncertainty and anxious, which is why I think it's an above average movie.
If you enjoy watching horror movies like I do you will love this one. If I watch a horror movie I want to be scared and have a hard time falling asleep, I don't want to forget it after one day. That's why this is a great horror film. I remembered when I was around 15 and couldn't even see half of it because it was too scary for me, but watching it now when I'm 20 it's still scary but I can barely see the whole movie. Things I love in this movie is the way they are filming it "homemade style" it makes it a lot more real and gets me feeling like it actually could happen. Everything something scary happens in this film I ether jump, look away or shiver which is exactly how you should feel while watching a horror movie!
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.