Paranormal Activity

[sbphotog]

The hubby took me to see Paranormal Activity tonight. It was a pretty good movie.
It was filmed Blair Witch style and is about a couple that is being haunted by a demonic presence. The activity mainly happens at night while they are trying to sleep, and with every passing night a little more happens, drawing you further and further into the movie until the climax at the end that you'll never see coming.
It builds to a huge scare and the whole theater reacts to it...it's great. The paranormal effects look very real, as if you were watching the evidence from Ghost Hunters or Ghost Adventures...it does not look "movie" at all. I recommed seeing it.

You can watch the trailers here Paranormal Activity (2009) | Official Movie Site & Trailer

 

[jacko]

I didn't care for it. It's Okay, but doesn't seem to live up to the hype.... Just my opinion.

 

[sbphotog]

I didn't care for it. It's Okay, but doesn't seem to live up to the hype.... Just my opinion.

Not every movie is for everyone and that's okay. I love the paranormal and thought it was a really good movie for the amount of money they spent making it and the amount of time it took to film. It may not appeal to some people who don't care for the "hand-held" camera filming or movies about hauntings...but I liked it. I jumped about 3 feet outta my seat , so did the rest of the theater. Of course, my hubby's reaction was more of "ehhh, it was okay".

 

[Snarkyone]

I saw it today, I downloaded it the other day in screener form. I would not have paid money to see it in a theater but to each his own. I love my other hobby, it saves me tons of money on movies.

 

[Wench]

It started off a bit dull but I did like the part where they got the footprints going through the flour.. hee. For it to be so low budget I think they did decently with it.

 

[JustSayHuh]

Yes I grabbed it too. Apparently the screener version does not have the same ending as the 2009 release. I read about the ending and I don't think we missed too much by seeing the screener version ;-)

 

[Shreck]

I seen the screener as well. Can you PM me with the difference in endings. I dont wanna ruin it for anyone else, but Im not going to go see it at the theatre and have seen the screener already..

 

[Snarkyone]

I have the other version too I believe but I think I also trashed it after watching the screener. Which was great quality for a screener usually it has a timer or blur and I didn't see either.

 

[dreho]

Ive seen both versions, theater and screener and enjoyed this movie. And I'm really not a fan of horror, I tend to find it silly. I actually preferred the screener ending, it seemed less "Hollywood" and more, without giving away too much, Final I guess. Anyway, I would recommend it.

To those not minding spoilers and want to know the ending, Id suggest imdb.com and look up Paranormal Activity, the two endings are discussed in the message boards.

 

[Snarkyone]

I keep waiting for the first post asking where we get the screeners and movies....

 

[plantlvr]

I keep waiting for the first post asking where we get the screeners and movies....

OK here it is! How do you get screeners and movies? My dvd is all messed up and i would rather watch stuff on my computer anyway