aldo wrote:
poland626 wrote: So does this have all THREE (3) endings or just the two? The one in theaters and the one leaked online?

I'm not 100% on this but I think I read that only two endings were filmed. Another involving the girl slitting her throat was pitched but never filmed.

I know for sure that ending was filmed and screened once at a festival. It's out there and I hope it gets on this DVD.

JosephNYC wrote: Mr. Myers wrote: This is one of the most scariest movies in years, very  effective, not felt before so afraid not since "The Exorcist"
Definitely this is a MUST BUY.

You can't be serious. I thought it was the least scary movie ever made.
It was almost as bad as THE BOX, which is, without a doubt, the worst movie of the year!The Box was AWESOME! But this movie was average at best.

I saw this movie when the studios were giving out free showings at about 10 college towns, so I saw it before the hype and hysteria started and I thought that it was one of the scariest films I have ever seen, I hope it holds up on Blu-Ray,  I'll still definitely buy it.

I thought this was an ok flick with a couple of effective scenes....but I wouldn't want to sit through it again.

No features on either? I smell a double-dip coming soon to a wallet near you.

I hate the "What Happens When You Sleep?" Tagline, especially since it makes it look like it's part of the title. Will most likely pick this up day-of.

[quote=horrorfan25 wrote][quote=m@tt wrote]Another one of those movies where nothing really happens, just like The Blair Witch Project.[/quote]

Mmm... Okay. So if a spirit was in your house and trying to kill  you in the middle of the night, I mean, it's nothing right?
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Yes because they don't exist. I actually wish they did because there'd be proof of the afterlife right? I don't believe in vampires either but that doesn't stop me enjoying a good vampire flick, this movie reminded me a bit of Ghost**tch shown on T.V. years ago and that was c**p too.

ghost**tch censored? Weird.

Ray Waterway wrote:
I thought it was relatively terrifying. This is one of my favorite kind of pictures, where it's those things that go bump in the night... but those bumps in the night come around and F*CK you up. I don't equate gore and kills with scariness - some people think the "Saw" movies are scary. No, they're not - they're just gross for grossness' sake. I'll take a no-budget, leave-things-to-the-imagination kinda movie (like "Paranormal Activity" over the multimillion-budgeted "Saw" or "Halloween" remake.

I really appreciated this movie for what it was, and I enjoyed seeing it. The ending still gives me nightmares, and I'm a 33-year-old man. There are several things that always freak me out in horror movies, and this movie contained at least two of those things.

Don't know if this is a Blu-Ray buy, but it's mine the day of release.

p.s. I thought "The Box" was an excellent meditation on our values and what we hold "important".
I'm 43. Was bored by this film. Love the Saw films. Agree about "The Box" but it was poorly done. I realize the message they were trying to send, but in the end it totally sucked.

So disappointed with this rush-job of a DVD/Blu-ray release.

Bouncy X wrote: m@tt wrote: Another one of those movies where nothing really happens, just like The Blair Witch Project.

yeah....i figured this was the case, thats why i never went to see it. glad to know i was right and smart not to. i'll definately check it out when it hits tv though.
It's sad to see we live in a world where you judge how scary a movie is if "nothing happens." Things HAPPENED in the movie. Lots of things. However, if you're into the torute porn craze, which I can tell most of the people here are (sadly), you should go watch Saw 58 instead. You guys have to remember that this movie was made for $11,000. People suddenly expect Roland Emmerich destruction?! Am I the only one who sees the problem with this?

In my opinion, I thought it was one of the scariest movies I've ever seen.

My review:

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY is a small, little horror movie that is getting a lot of buzz lately similar to BLAIR WITCH ten years ago. Let me start off by saying to not keep your expectations as high as the hype because the hype makes the film out to be the scariest film in the last decade and even the scariest film of all time, which is really ridiculous. Setting your standards based on the hype does the movie injustice. However, saying that, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IS a good, scary film, which we rarely see in Hollywood these days. Oh, wait. This was PICKED UP by Hollywood. My mistake. Like BLAIR WITCH, the film starts off as if everything is fine which makes the scary scenes much more terrifying.

Hitchcock once said that suspense is the ANTICIPATION leading up to the explosion of a ticking time bomb and the scare is the bomb explosion itself. The former part of that statement describes PARANORMAL ACTIVITY perfectly. Like BLAIR WITCH, the film is all about the build up of fear, starting off very subtle but slowly escalating as the story progresses and by the end, you're almost killed by the tension! No, the movie doesn't rely on cheap gore effects, gratuitous violence, or useless nudity. No, it doesn't rely on CGI or make-up effects. It relies heavily on your sense of imagination, which, ultimately, is the cause of your own fear.

The film also has a real authenticity feel to it, especially the exchange between with actors Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat, whom both pull off very fine and realistic performances. Oh, and when you go home after the movie is finished, and when you get in your bed to sleep at night, good luck with that. This film not only makes you afraid of your own home, it effectively strips the securities of where you're suppose to feel the safest in the entire world the most: In your bedroom. A movie that makes you feel this vulnerable probably makes you want to see more of these films...or maybe less.

However, if there's one thing I don't like about the film, it's the ending. The movie builds up so well that the ending ends up feeling very abrupt and so very disappointing because it almost comes out of nowhere. There was no catharsis. But other than that, the film is scary. I'm already starting to feel the after-effects. If a film can manage to scare you and the audience with creaks from a door and footsteps coming from another room, you know the film succeeded. See the movie because I'd rather see an inventive, clever movie like this do well than SAW 57...oh, AND because it's scary. 8/10

JosephNYC wrote: What was so scary?!?!? Nothing happened!!!! You didn't see anything, only a few sheets moved and it had a really bad ending. It went for cheap thrills. There was nothing interesting about this film at all. Boring, boring, boring....
I'm sorry. We must have seen different movies. SOMETHING HAPPENED EVERY FREAKING NIGHT. Were you blind? Did you have some short span of attention? Apparently so. And you seem to forget the movie was made for $11,000! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU EXPECT?! I mean, honestly. People complain they didn't "see anything" at all. The budget wasn't $250 million like 2012! It wasn't even $50 million! It's $11,000! THAT'S THREE ZEROS. Let's see what you can do with a budget. All you'll get is a bunch of people laughing at you. And the bad ending? It's not their fault. It's Steven Spielberg's fault. He suggest a new ending, which added an addition $4,000 to the budget.

Ray Waterway wrote: Matt Stilwell wrote: Pixarfan517 wrote: Most of my friends enjoyed it, but its really not my thing. I'm looking for "Where the Wild Things Are." Where's that?

Where The Wild Things Are ? Are you serious ? It bore hardly any resemblance to the incredible book that we all grew up with.

Anyone who is scared by this c**p really needs to get their heads checked. In no way, shape, or form is this scary. You what is scary ? Things that could actually happen. I just can't get scared or even surprised by things that are supposed to be scary. Michael Myers is scarier than Paranormal Activity. A guy with a mask and a knife ? That could ACTUALLY happen. And it has....more than once. This ? Uh-uh. Not even shocking. Blair Witch was scary.

Demonic possession? Yeah, it could happen. Case in point: the Maryland boy who was the genesis for William Peter Blatty's "The Exorcist".

Yeah, this was pretty scary.  I'm pretty sure it depends on whether or not you believe in the possibility of such things.  And Mike Myers isn't realistic at all.... lol.  This was by far scarier than anything with Mike Myers.

But everyone seems to be split.  Some people loved it and thought it was terrifying, others either didn't like it or dislike it just because its popular.

m@tt wrote: horrorfan25 wrote: m@tt wrote: Another one of those movies where nothing really happens, just like The Blair Witch Project.

Mmm... Okay. So if a spirit was in your house and trying to kill  you in the middle of the night, I mean, it's nothing right?


Yes because they don't exist. I actually wish they did because there'd be proof of the afterlife right? I don't believe in vampires either but that doesn't stop me enjoying a good vampire flick, this movie reminded me a bit of Ghost**tch shown on T.V. years ago and that was c**p too.

ghost**tch censored? Weird.

I don't want to burst your bubbles, but demons and ghosts exist. Watch Paranormal State or A Happening, based on real life spirits, and you'll see what I mean. Demons also exist because several people, later in the 1800's were possessed of this demonic force, just watch The Exorcist, which also inspired this.


moviewizguy wrote: Bouncy X wrote: [quote=m@tt wrote]Another one of those movies where nothing really happens, just like The Blair Witch Project.

yeah....i figured this was the case, thats why i never went to see it. glad to know i was right and smart not to. i'll definately check it out when it hits tv though.
It's sad to see we live in a world where you judge how scary a movie is if "nothing happens." Things HAPPENED in the movie. Lots of things. However, if you're into the torute porn craze, which I can tell most of the people here are (sadly), you should go watch Saw 58 instead. You guys have to remember that this movie was made for $11,000. People suddenly expect Roland Emmerich destruction?! Am I the only one who sees the problem with this?

In my opinion, I thought it was one of the scariest movies I've ever seen.

My review:

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY is a small, little horror movie that is getting a lot of buzz lately similar to BLAIR WITCH ten years ago. Let me start off by saying to not keep your expectations as high as the hype because the hype makes the film out to be the scariest film in the last decade and even the scariest film of all time, which is really ridiculous. Setting your standards based on the hype does the movie injustice. However, saying that, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IS a good, scary film, which we rarely see in Hollywood these days. Oh, wait. This was PICKED UP by Hollywood. My mistake. Like BLAIR WITCH, the film starts off as if everything is fine which makes the scary scenes much more terrifying.

Hitchcock once said that suspense is the ANTICIPATION leading up to the explosion of a ticking time bomb and the scare is the bomb explosion itself. The former part of that statement describes PARANORMAL ACTIVITY perfectly. Like BLAIR WITCH, the film is all about the build up of fear, starting off very subtle but slowly escalating as the story progresses and by the end, you're almost killed by the tension! No, the movie doesn't rely on cheap gore effects, gratuitous violence, or useless nudity. No, it doesn't rely on CGI or make-up effects. It relies heavily on your sense of imagination, which, ultimately, is the cause of your own fear.

The film also has a real authenticity feel to it, especially the exchange between with actors Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat, whom both pull off very fine and realistic performances. Oh, and when you go home after the movie is finished, and when you get in your bed to sleep at night, good luck with that. This film not only makes you afraid of your own home, it effectively strips the securities of where you're suppose to feel the safest in the entire world the most: In your bedroom. A movie that makes you feel this vulnerable probably makes you want to see more of these films...or maybe less.

However, if there's one thing I don't like about the film, it's the ending. The movie builds up so well that the ending ends up feeling very abrupt and so very disappointing because it almost comes out of nowhere. There was no catharsis. But other than that, the film is scary. I'm already starting to feel the after-effects. If a film can manage to scare you and the audience with creaks from a door and footsteps coming from another room, you know the film succeeded. See the movie because I'd rather see an inventive, clever movie like this do well than SAW 57...oh, AND because it's scary. 8/10

I agree moviewizguy, it's sad to see that if there isn't an eye ball gouged every five minutes, the movie appears "boring". If people keep judging films by "a severed limb happening every five minutes", they'll miss tons of great films that way.

horrorfan25 wrote:
I don't want to burst your bubbles, but demons and ghosts exist. Watch Paranormal State or A Happening, based on real life spirits, and you'll see what I mean. Demons also exist because several people, later in the 1800's were possessed of this demonic force, just watch The Exorcist, which also inspired this.

Haha, that made me laugh out loud. The guys behind Paranormal State were caught completely setting up elements of their show, going as far as hiding full beer cans around the room to create "cold spots". Google it if you don't believe me.

Please don't use TV entertainment as proof to why I should believe in ghosts and goblins.

I expect a double dip since no one expeted the film to do the kind of business that it did...Will rent.

JosephNYC wrote: Mr. Myers wrote: JosephNYC wrote: Mr. Myers wrote: This is one of the most scariest movies in years, very  effective, not felt before so afraid not since "The Exorcist"
Definitely this is a MUST BUY.

You can't be serious. I thought it was the least scary movie ever made.
It was almost as bad as THE BOX, which is, without a doubt, the worst movie of the year!

What are you talking about dude? I'm TOTALLY SERIOUS, Paranormal Activity is one the most scariest movies of the year, how can you said  this movie is not scary?,...are you human? you think you have nerves of steel?,...ups! sorry maybe you are a brave spartan warrior (not afraid of anything)
Your point of view is priceless, next time when you make a critic try to be constructive so that we'll take you seriously.

What was so scary?!?!? Nothing happened!!!! You didn't see anything, only a few sheets moved and it had a really bad ending. It went for cheap thrills. There was nothing interesting about this film at all. Boring, boring, boring....

A few sheets?, nothing happen? no scary?...get out of here troll!