The handheld camera shots done in horror movies over the past 10 years has grown and originality is always hard to come by. This movie like a lot of the Japanese and Spanish films not yet released in America shows just that. Fans of Rec. and of course world famous "the Blair Witch Project" (which was the movie that inspired Oren Peli to write PA.) will enjoy this film simply for the "whats going?" effect these movies have added to horror. Paranormal Activity definitely has its ups and downs and the first half of the movie teases you with little hauntings and builds up to the good stuff at the end. Personally its hard to find movies that scare me, and I have seen my fair share of horror movies. Also I do tend to like slasher flicks but of course as a horror fan I always have a soft spot for ghost stories.. Although this is not that. Paranormal Activity follows the story of a couple Micha and Katie, and Katie in the movie is haunted to the point of being possessed by a demon. Now with that being said .. as a low budget horror film this movie will freak you out. Katie's encounters with this entity get more and more serious to the point where it actually interacts with her. The movies build up is everything and the little shadows didn't scare me as much as the footprints in the baby powder on the floor and when Katie gets pulled from bed out the room, down the hall screaming. Low budget film making at its finest. If you really want a good scaring go see this because thats what it will do..
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Paranormal Activity Review
The handheld camera shots done in horror movies over the past 10 years has grown and originality is always hard to come by. This movie like a lot of the Japanese and Spanish films not yet released in America shows just that. Fans of Rec. and of course world famous "the Blair Witch Project" (which was the movie that inspired Oren Peli to write PA.) will enjoy this film simply for the "whats going?" effect these movies have added to horror. Paranormal Activity definitely has its ups and downs and the first half of the movie teases you with little hauntings and builds up to the good stuff at the end. Personally its hard to find movies that scare me, and I have seen my fair share of horror movies. Also I do tend to like slasher flicks but of course as a horror fan I always have a soft spot for ghost stories.. Although this is not that. Paranormal Activity follows the story of a couple Micha and Katie, and Katie in the movie is haunted to the point of being possessed by a demon. Now with that being said .. as a low budget horror film this movie will freak you out. Katie's encounters with this entity get more and more serious to the point where it actually interacts with her. The movies build up is everything and the little shadows didn't scare me as much as the footprints in the baby powder on the floor and when Katie gets pulled from bed out the room, down the hall screaming. Low budget film making at its finest. If you really want a good scaring go see this because thats what it will do..
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