Paranormal activity

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179904/
The tagline to the movie is; Don´t see it alone.
My thought on that And the movie is as easy as the tagline and the plot of the movie; See it when you are tired.

Now people who read this may smile or laugh about the whole thing, but I do believe in ghosts, spirits and demons, evil as good.
So by that this movie should scare me really good, right?

A young couple; Katie (Katie Featherston ) and Micha (Micah Sloat ) are having something uninvited in their lovely home, well Micah is kind of suspicious about it, but Katie has experienced this before. The uninvited thing is a thing .. or… a demon? A ghost? A spirit? Or is it only in Katies head?

We start the movie right away, so to speak, Micah has bought a big videocamera (wich actually makes this movie a old 70/80s feeling to it, allthough they have a modern home and a big plasma tv). He starts speaking in a ironic way about the possible entity that are in the house, even Katie kind of smiles about it. The days goes by, mostly we see the camera on a tripod shooting Katie and Micah in bed at night, scary creepy things starts to happen.
Doors moving, sounds from the room, light being turned on and off..

Katie and Micha has a "good nights" sleep..?













Paranormal activity has been using the same idea (double time) as Blairwitch project. That is, shot in extreme small budget with a handvideo camera using unknown actors.
And, secondly, using simple promotion by the internet.
The smart idea is ofcourse the simplicity of it, to let the unknown actors having their real first name as the characters (it (in some way unitentionally) will make you think that these people do exist for real and that this has happened).

After 10 minutes into the movie I had it all figured out and knew how it would ended, and that is a big weekness that this movie has.
It tries to copy the Blairwitch project completely and it succeds at more or less every level. However, Paranormal activity plays also on the claustrofobic tense since all is taking place in the house (actually the director/screenwriter´s Oren Peli´s own house). It also doesn´t get chilling untill the last 4-5 minutes, as did Blairwitch project.

Some thinks that this is one of the decades most horrific movies, or even one of the scariest movies of all time. For me, it´s an good one time watch, at best.
The reason for the quote ” See it when you are tired.” is that Paranormal activity, as stated, mostly takes place in the bedroom and that it is slow and builts up to the ending scene - wich atleast I had figured out long time ago.

I thought I would like it, due to the claustrofobic nature and the spirit/ghost haunted thing. But I became annoyed and quite frankly angry. Not angry on the filmmaker or the acting, nor on the script - since I like the idea a lot. Maby it was to much of a let down (read; the hype of it all) for me.

Allthough this ain´t exatly a movie I will watch again, it is an enjoyable little flick and in some way I can admire the intention of it. But I do Not think it is a phenom or a scary movie of the year.
Worthy one watch and if you feel like watching it, do watch it when you are tired.

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- It´s here.
- What do you mean it´s here?
- It´s here. I can feel it breathe..
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Official trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSSqxrh5kp8

Official site
http://www.paranormalmovie.com/

Official french site
http://www.wildbunch-distribution.com/site/paranormalactivity/

Official japanese site
http://www.paranormal-activity.jp/pc/