Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity; a low budget no name film that was made in 2006, but is now one of the biggest movies of the fall. It seems like this movie came out of nowhere but thats not quite the case. I looked into the background of this movie and found out that is was made for virtually no money, but a very interesting fact came up in that this film was originally shown to Steven Spielberg. Mr Spielberg had the film for one night and promptly returned it to the movie studio saying that it was haunted and scarred the hell out of him.

So what is Paranormal Activity? The story follows a couple who is dealing with some ghostly presence in their house. As the story goes along we find out the the girl in the movie has been dealing with these strange experiences since she was 8 years old. The story picks up a few weeks after the activity has started again and the boyfriend has decided that he is going to use his newly purchased video camera to do his best to record these on goings in a attempt to figure out what the hell is going on. The girlfriend thinks this is a bad idea and initially wants nothing to do with it. Throughout the movie the camera is used for all of the scenes, as the camera is carried around by the main characters or sitting on its tripod filming them throughout the night.

The couple starts to experience more and more of this activity and the girl decides to try to get some help from a psychic. That is about as far as I will go into the details of the movie because to say more would start to ruin the movie for some. As you watch the film, especially the scenes shot while they are sleeping, pay close attention to the minor details such as the shadows on the door and the powder in particular.

In trying to keep this review short to not give away the details I am left thinking that if there is one scary movie to go see this is it. I have seen many "horror" and "creepy" films but this one by far takes the cake. The thing that really gets to you is the sense of vulnerability that you feel for the people as the activity takes place when they sleep. This is easily my new favorite creepy movie I have seen, as by the end I genuinely had a sense of unnerving going through my body.