For all the hype given to Paranormal Activity, I was not as terrified as I expected. From a cinematic perspective the movie is very original and cleverly made. The whole film is shot on the couple’s home video camera. The movie shows the story of a young couple, Micah and Katie, who after moving into a new home are experiencing bizarre and horrifying encounters with the unknown. During the night on the video camera we see subtle things that happen. These occurrences and demonic activities intensify as the movie progresses. I thought that for much of the time it was a little boring because there was a lot of build up for small things that weren’t so scary. I must say though, by the end of the movie you are pretty legitimately scared. The movie is also made more scary because it is supposedly based on a true story (whatever that means), which always adds a real edge to a horror flick.
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I agree completely, i saw the movie a week ago and i was preparing myself for incredible scares every few moments, only to be slightly dissapointed at the type of paranormal activity they had recorded, including a door moving and lights turning on.
Personally i think they should have saved the build ups for the larger frights near the end, intensifying the nerves and anxiety of the viewers to maximise their scare! This way it would have helped make the smaller occurences more surprising and unexpected!
I really enjoyed the film and the fact that it was based on a *true* story made it slightly more realistic and scary and any films that are filmed using a small personal camera seem to be more visually attractive and the ability to create effects of that quality using that type of filming makes the movie more clever and believable!
Great review! keep up the good work!