Paranormal Activity

[Sarge 2.0]

He is hands down, the dumbest character I've seen in a movie in recent memory. I'm sure there have been dumber characters, but he is in the top ten of an all time list.

 

[Wolfwood]

He's at least one of the biggest *******s too come along in a movie.

Spoiler

I didn't buy the Ouija board...I borrowed it!

 

[Heretic]

Okay, just got back from seeing it (in a PACKED theater).

What a piece of utter garbage. I was REALLY looking forward to this movie, and could not have been more disappointed.

There is NOTHING scary about this movie, and it is less thrilling and suspenseful than your average episode of Ghost Hunters. I love horror...I watch at least a few indie horror films a week...and this was the most over-hyped, poorly made piece of crap I've seen in awhile.

If you think it's scary or fun to watch blankets moving for an hour and a half, feel free to pay to see this film. If you want actual horror...um...I can't believe I'm saying this...but Saw 6 and The Stepfather probably completely blow this movie away.

This is not the worst movie I've ever seen, but it is definitely one of the worst I've ever paid to see. Let's see...Batman & Robin was the worst...yeah, this is definitely top five on the "least entertaining" chart.

I'm really shocked at how bad this movie is, and how many people are calling it scary. It is NOT scary...like...at all! Shawn Of The Dead was scarier than this.

Oh yeah, the ending is completely stupid, ruins the "this is real" approach of the film and just...man...just wait for it on Netflix.

 

[Lobo]

people talked this up to me, so I went and saw it the other day. Honestly, I found it one big pile of mehness.

 

[xwolverine2]

i can see the hype killed this movie.... long ago lol

 

[CELTICPRED]

Could we get a poll?

 

[danoyse]

Could we get a poll?

Your wish is granted.

 

[BlackLantern]

Could we get a poll?

that's what she said

 

[CELTICPRED]

Thanks.

 

[caretaker14]

Just saw it. Not the scariest movie ever, but pretty good. Really refreshing to see a movie about the supernatural actually having some stuff that you can actually experience.

Scariest parts...

Spoiler

The slow footsteps on the stairs followed by the running and slamming door.

The shadow on the door and the dragging of Katie.

Katie going downstairs, then screaming her head off. Then... silence and slow footsteps. Tension cranked to friggin' eleven.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Still not sure exactly how well it compares to the hype, but very, very good film overall. Gave me too much of a Blair Witch feel off the bat so I was worried I was going to hate it, but it handles the subject matter of demonic energy in a pretty palpable way without the over the top absuridities that border on parody from The Exorcist, and doesn't leave SO damn much to the imagination that I might as well have just stayed home and imagined my own movie, as was the case with Blair Witch. Excellent horror film that plays great with a packed audience.

 

[Nightmare]

Just saw it. Not the scariest movie ever, but pretty good. Really refreshing to see a movie about the supernatural actually having some stuff that you can actually experience.

Scariest parts...

Spoiler

The slow footsteps on the stairs followed by the running and slamming door.

The shadow on the door and the dragging of Katie.

Katie going downstairs, then screaming her head off. Then... silence and slow footsteps. Tension cranked to friggin' eleven.

Totally agree with that.

That house was beautiful btw,

 

[Heretic]

There is nothing scary about most of what they experience, and what would be scary if it happened in real life wasn't scary to see on film.

OH NO...HER CAR KEYS ARE ON THE FLOOR!!!!!!! AND THE CHANDELIER IS MOVING A LITTLE BIT!!!!!!!

I wish I was over exaggerating, but that kind of fright is about 2/3 of the movie. The rest of the film is the characters making ridiculously, unbelievably bad decisions causing their situation to get worse, and once it gets worse it stops being believable at all. When the basis of your film is that this is found home video footage, you dont veer off into the realm of the stupid, or you lose that connection you were trying to have with the audience.

Furthermore...not to reveal spoilers...but every commercial I've seen for the film showed a scene that turned out to be in the last 10 seconds of the film. I knew that scene was going to happen...and when the scene was set up, I KNEW it was about to occur, so when it did I was not at all scared by it, having seen it dozens of times already. This was supposed to be the scariest part of the entire film...except for what happens after, which is just silly and stupid.

The Blair Witch Project was not scary, but it kept me interested...convinced that something scary was about to happen...and then the end was pretty cool. This movie accomplished neither.

Oh...and what was the deal with the noises?? Not only did the film not have any true horror, it didnt even have cheap surprise scares, as several seconds before EVERY supernatural event, it announced it's presence with noises...eliminating any chance of me even being startled by one of the lame frights in the film (not that I would have been scared by a moving blanket anyway).

When my full theater emptied, not a single person said they thought it was scary, and every comment I overheard was that it was a waste of money and over hyped.

 

[danoyse]

That house was beautiful btw,

I kept thinking the same thing through the whole movie - loved that house!

It was actually filmed in the director's house, he still lives there.

 

[Kane52630]

just came back and man it was such a great film. i might be a sucker for camera films but this very good. i got the big screen to see this and the theater was packed, just how i wanted it. the atmosphere was terrific, people yelling when s*** started to happen. my friends bailed on me and didnt want to see it so i sat next to a young couple, when the one of the events started to happen the girl said, What the f***!!!!!! out loud
best theater experience since Dark Knight

 

[omid17]

Paranormal Activity Theatrical Trailer

 

[Bond]

This movie sucked until the last 30 minutes. They didn't **** around at the end. That was some scary stuff.

 

[Kane52630]

This movie sucked until the last 30 minutes. They didn't **** around at the end. That was some scary stuff.

meh, i liked it because it was building and building to the last 15-30 mins
thats what i like in suspense/horror flicks

 

[Bond]

I like build-ups, but not when they last for the majority of the movie.

 

[Kane52630]

I like build-ups, but not when they last for the majority of the movie.

meh, i actually like the realism between the couple
i dont know but i relate to the movie more, plus the guys computer chair is exactly like mine

 

[AlteredEgo]

just came back and man it was such a great film. i might be a sucker for camera films but this very good. i got the big screen to see this and the theater was packed, just how i wanted it. the atmosphere was terrific, people yelling when s*** started to happen. my friends bailed on me and didnt want to see it so i sat next to a young couple, when the one of the events started to happen the girl said, What the f***!!!!!! out loud
best theater experience since Dark Knight

yeah, i think so much of what made this movie great was the movie experience. you see it with a good crowd and i cant imagine you not liking it.

 

[Heretic]

The crowd at my theater was very entertaining.

The movie we paid to see was not.

And "I like his computer chair" is hardly a reason to like a movie...but in this case it probably is the closest thing to quality in the movie.

 

[Kane52630]

And "I like his computer chair" is hardly a reason to like a movie...but in this case it probably is the closest thing to quality in the movie.

i didnt like his computer chair, that WAS my computer chair, and OVERALL the movie itself was great if you didnt brought in the "Scarcest Movie of all Time" mentality like i did

 

[Heretic]

i didnt like his computer chair, that WAS my computer chair, and OVERALL the movie itself was great if you didnt brought in the "Scarcest Movie of all Time" mentality like i did

What about the movie was great??

Was it the fact that every thing that was supposed to be scary was given away by the sound effects warning you ten seconds in advance? Furthermore, every supposedly scary scene in the film was also given away by the commercials. There is no way that ANYONE could be scared by this film unless they are a cinematic moron, or new to Horror and has not scene the commercials and are unaware that when the sound effects come...the scary thing will happen. If however...you saw the commercials...heard the sound effects telling you the demon was about to move a freaking door a little...and STILL got scared...then I just dont see how that is possible from a reasonably intelligent person. The scares involved moving blankets and doors...it wasnt even shockingly quick or violent acts that might create a reaction.

Was it the acting? I hope not

Was it the story? That was just pandering to idiots. After everyone in the theater saw what happened (and wasnt scared by it), they felt the need to replay the scene with the couple watching so that the couple could inform us that what we saw was in fact scary. Besides, watching a couple go to sleep a dozen times wasn't exactly a riveting plot. Their decisions were idiotic and I was hoping for incredibly violent deaths for them both.

Was it the ending, when the movie completely jumped the realism shark and sold one of the cheapest "scares" I've ever seen???

I will give the movie ONE positive remark. It was funny. I'm not sure if everything I laughed at was supposed to be funny, but I did laugh several times at the guys dialogue, and stupidity of the "scary" scenes.

 

[Hobgoblin]

So what you're saying is, if you heard noises at night and when you went to investigate you found the chandelier swings for no known reason, you wouldnt be creeped out? If your girlfriend started standing over you for hours on end, it wouldnt bother you?

No, it wasnt the scariest movie ever but it was far from laughable, imo.