Paranormal Activity

"Your'e Scary Movie Reviewer USA"

 4

"Wes Craven- Believe the hype"

"William Friedkin - Succeeds as a true Horror Classic, The Greatest and most well done Horror since Texas chainsaw massacre and The Shining.

" Steven Spielberg - It scared the hell out of me"

Paranomral Activity was way to overhyped in its first release date, my expectations at first were " it's just going to be another Unthrilling Horror".... I was Wrong, this movie was extremeley well done, it looked so realistic as if it was real footage of Paranomal Activity's in your'e home, The cast wer'e great Unknown actors,this made the movie even more realistic. Paranomal starts off slow, and then builds up slowly to a terrifying last 20 minutes.

I rank the Movie a 4 1/2 out of 5 and consider it to be
"The scariest Movie You will ever see on Big Screen excluding The Exorcist" bloody-disgusting

By bloody-disgusting.com

almost vomited

 1

from camera shake -had to close my eyes. Tedious overall - a good idea, well executed but far too drawn out.

By Keesh

Good, but come to it cold

 3

If you've seen the trailer and read the reviews you're just going to sit there waiting for each bit you already know about to occur. However, it's a skilful bit of film making and I believe that if you saw it and knew nothing of what to expect, it'd deliver a real punch. The marketing of Paranormal Activity has been successful in getting bums on cinema seats but has ultimately ruined the movie. Shame. Looking forward to Oren Peli's next movie. He's going to be a great director.

By James Gilberd

rubbish

 1

i wasted my time.
movie is not scary at all.. just boring and quite stupid

By Alena

The best!!

 5

This movie is the best horror ever! its totally worth going to see!
its great when you have your boyfriend with you to cuddle!!

By Amy

Has moments...

 3

Soooooo slow to start, takes ages to get to the part where you jump out of your seat. There are some REALLY CREEPY moments, but overall, I wasted nearly $20 and 1 1/2 hours of my life.
The trailer to this movie and the scary parts you see in the trailer....THATS IT!!! Those are the scary bits, if you want creepy and scary then watch "House of a 1000 corpses" Bummed out by this movie, all HYPE!!

By Horror LOVER

RUBBISH

save your money

By Ping

Wasted time and money

 1

I just wasted my valuable time and money on this crappy movie! It sucked badly!

By Sela

Good Movie

 4

Paranormal Activity is a cool movie but not that scary. Of course I don't believe in ghosts and didn't go to be scared. I went to enjoy it and have my own opinion, yet most of the audience was probably going for a pretty good scare and it sounded to me like they got one. So for me it wasn't scary but i still thought it was a very good film.

By guy

By guy

disappointed

 3

I found myself so worked up for this movie, as many people had said theyd gotten frights etc, however on walking out of the cinema i felt disappointed...there was a few bits i felt could have been changed i.e the footprints - but in the end for what it was i guess it was ok...i didnt get one fright??

By Renee

I'm In Control, I-Am in control.....Ahhhhh!!!

 5

This movie was something the Horror genre hasn't seen since perhaps My Bloody Valentine. It genuinely scared the hell out of the audience I viewed it with.

I feel this movie would be good in Imax or 3D, It has so much untapped Horror ability which sadly, it hasn't used yet. However, it should not stop at the current sucess it is having in cinemas.

Loved it.

The best genuine scare since The Ring all those many years ago.

By Courtesy

 5

By Chris

this movie is the visual embodiement of failure itself

 1

By reverand dave

Crap

Saw this at Manukau. They had the movie goers stand to one side of the theatre entrance to create some hype for the movie. When we were allowed into the theatre it wasn't nowhere half full.

The sceaming girls behind us were "planted" for added effects.

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY.

By Richard

Waste of money & time

 1

I love horror movies. This was a waste of my time & money. If you have seen the trailer you have seen the the sacriest part of the movie. The rest of the time was waiting for the movie to actually do something sacrry.. It was sacrier waiting for the popcorn to pop at the counter!!!!

By Susan

"Intense Horror Film"

 4

Paranormal Activity is a very "Realistic" looking film, Sometimes through the movie you may actually think it is real, the thing that is good about this movie is that it dosent only scare you,But in a way it makes you feel part of the Movie, like you are in the same room as them.

This Movie truly messes with your mind, and does make you feel scared pritty much through the entire movie.

If you dont find it scary, you are not a fan of real Horror!

By HorrorFilmCritic

"Intense Horror Film"

 4

Paranormal Activity is a very "Realistic" looking film, Sometimes through the movie you may actually think it is real, the thing that is good about this movie is that it dosent only scare you,But in a way it makes you feel part of the Movie, like you are in the same room as them.

This Movie truly messes with your mind, and does make you feel scared pritty much through the entire movie.

If you dont find it scary, you are not a fan of real Horror!

By HorrorFilmCritic

Don't Do It

This is the worst movie I have ever seen in my whole life. Come on, how stupid do you think we are? It wasn't even realistic. My partner fell asleep! I can't give it a rating because you don't have a 'minus' on the scale.

By Julie

Was pretty intense

 4

Omg it scared the shxt out of me hahaha ,
tbh I loved it and I recommend you watch it (:

By Ursula

if you have a gf...

 5

this movie is the best to watch with a chick, becoz they are flirty and fake and wud lyk any excuse to get close with you. its a goodie!

By caleb

Abysmal

 1

Youll get a better shock with a 12volt battery on your tongue, (and way more value for your money)

By Craig Saunders

Not scary

 1

took ages to get gong.. i.e 120 minutes to get to any decent part.
only 1 or 2 good bits in whole movie.
left very disappointed.

By David Morris

Excellent Movie

 5

To get it out of the way, yes, I have seen this movie. Which means I (and the few that have seen it too, not like a lot of you) have the right to review the damn movie.

All you champs that have given the movie a bad review based on something your 'friend' said, or plainly what you 'assume' the movie is going to be like are absolutely ridiculous. You can't REVIEW a movie if you haven't SEEN it now can you?

In my opinion, this movie was excellent. The only movies I like are horror/thrillers, and I found that this movie was extremely satisfying, which is rather rare these days. Most horror/thrillers these days leave most of us disappointed, and are a waste of time, but Paranormal Activity is thrilling.

If you believe in the Paranormal, you will definitely find this movie edgy, and it will hopefully scare the hell out of you.

But all in all, this is just my opinion, and I can't force it upon others. I suggest you see it yourself, and make up your own mind, rather than take advice from these silly people that are chanting "IT'S CRAP, DON'T SEE IT! SEE SAW 6!" - we all know that those movies fail.

By Amy-Rose

Yaawwnn!!

 2

This movie did not live up to the hype. Just another version of Blairwitch and not a good one. If you are a horror purist, don't waste your money on this. I jumped once in it and that was only because one of the 'bangs' startled me as I had started to doze off.

By TB

OMG..!!

 5

I love it... Good one to watch with your boyfriend..!

By Leah =]

Worth watching !

 2

Not as good as The Entity, but certainly better than some so called horror movies !

By Keith

great movie! only a few frights!

 4

I LOVED the movie and dont find horror movies that scary. There were a few time where it made me jump. but nothing scary. watching the trailor ruins the movie. as most of the frights are shown in the traior and then your just waiting for them to happen in the movie. GREAT watch though if you have nothing to do. but not as scary as it is said to be.

By Matthew

One word

 5

Wow

By Sam

scariest movie since the excorcist!!!

 4

i thought this was gonna be wack but it actually was scary as,definitley worth the watch

By steve

scary as hell hah

 5

im a hardout fan of horror movies and this was worth the money,i dont think ill watch it again tho hah




Peace

By Anthony

5 Star Horror Movie!

 5

Paranormal Activity is a Rear Horror movie,As you dont find much horror movies these days that actually scare you. It is done in the same style as "The Blair witch Project", But it is much more Disturbing and scary. If You liked Movies such as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", and "The Exorcist", You will like this movie alot. It does start off a bit slow and boring,but then it builds up to some real horror and suspence!

"It is by far the scariest movie ive ever seen since the Exorcist". If you are not a Horror Movie Fan, This is not the movie for your eyes.


"You wont sleep for days"

By HorrorFlickFilmReviewsUSA

Real Horror

 4

"If you Found The Exorcist To scary to watch,You will find this movie to Scary to watch"

By FilmReviews

I haven't seen the movie, I'm reviewing the reviewers.

Seriously Bob, could you have written a more retarded movie review? "omg this movie was good but sucks",
which is it Bob? is it good or does it suck?

Jennifer 1: please before you go off about wether a movie is worth watching or not it'd be good if you actually went and watched it, and not have given us all quite frankly lame advice based on something "a friend" said (we all know you don't have friends).

Ryan : fail troll is fail.

Jennifer 2 : Clone of Jennifer - You recommend to go watch saw 6? really? I hope I remember never to take your adice ever. (also we know you don't have friends either).

Martine : for friendships sake, you complain about the movie yet paid nothing to watch it? you're a champ.

(but then again, most of these reviews are up before the release date, and I doubt you all went to see it today, the one day its on before the 7th, so you're all champs I guess)

By me

Worth the Watch

 4

I have been waiting a long time for a movie to scare the s@#t out of me, nothing has since the movie IT ( i was young and come on its a clown)

I have seen my fair share of so so moives that maybe will get a laugh out of me but i wanted a good old scream and not sleep that night, Well i found it, Not only did i scream, but every noise my house made i would freak out.

By Kristina

This Movie Was Worht The Money .

 4

It Was Extreamly Scary But Worth It, In The Beginning Int Was A Bit Fake, Bt Near To The End It Was Fabulous. I give This Movei 4 Out Of 5 As They Could Have Made The Start Better.

By Ashley

I agree with Millie

By Simon

I liked it

 5

I know alot of people had mixed opinions about this. I personally liked it. I found it pretty scary as well considering I know of people who have had similar experiences with paranormal situations and know it does happen. So watching this gave me front seat on what the experience would be like. End of the day I give the director credit Because they thought outside the square, used what they had around them and made a million dollar movie on low budget low props and minimal effects. Good stuff. Reality style movies are becoming more on demand as we get so use to all the special effects, fake blood, and SAW style movies...

But yeah some love it, some hate it. I thought SAWIV was boring and laughable compared to this movie....

By Simon

crap movie

 2

omg this movie was good but sucks it is not scary go and watch saw 6 now thats cool

By bob

Weak

 1

Nothing new, nothing special, and the disappointing ending fails to propagate the fear that this could happen to you, instead robbing it of closure.

By Trent

Sucked Hard !!!!!! 2nd Stupist movie ( Blair Witch Project 1st)

 1

I knew that this movie was just another Blair witch project , I wasn't about to spend my money on that piece of garbage, my friend has been harassing for weeks to go see it with her and I did my damndest not to waste my money, her my other friend bought the bootleg so she lent it to me, I made sure it was good and dark ( that's how you watch scarry movies) OMG !!!!! I fell asleep on the piece of crap, I was asking my husband when will the scary parts come on? I guessed I dozed off complete so when I Awoke the next morning I waited to night to watch it again and this time I was determined to see it through...... THAT WAS THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN !!!!! The "scarry parts" was more like the funny parts, it is not a true story, the best part to me was not having to endure anther torture of watching this Piece of SH*T.... I love and know scarry movies and believe me this wasn't it... I knew all the hype this crap was getting was BS !!!! The only ones this movie could have scared is a 2nd-3rd graders... Or you have to be an idiot who is scared easily... I've searched the sites and there's about 200 sites with the caption PARNORMAL ACTIVITY SUCKED !!!!! WTF WAS THAT !!!!!!!! I heard some of you say to rent in at blockbuster, it really isn't gonna change the fact that , that was the WORST movie since the Blair witch project... Blockbuster can't make it good it was just a really really bad movie..... I gave it a 1 star because I couldn't find a -0 ... I read they might be a second one.... Dear god NO !!!!!!!

By Martine

Well worth it

 4

I saw this movie a couple of weeks ago, and I think the reason it works so well in scaring the audience is that it plays on people's paranoia of what is happening while they sleep. One of the scariest movies that I've seen for a long time because of its psychological fear factor.

By Millie

WHAT A LET DOWN

 1

Took the wife to see it and was waiting for all the scary parts only to be disappointed. The only scene that made me jump was the last and it was only because it startled me. My wife and I both laughed at the end and said that was it? WHAT A JOKE! I agree wait for the DVD if there is one.

By Coop

Really well done

 5

A really good, scary film, in the vein of The Blair Witch Project, but in a house. Personally, I reckon the performances were spot on; the characters and their reactions made sense to me. They didn't necessarily do what I would have done, and I have a few gripes, but that doesn't affect my recommendation that you go to see the film if you want to see a good horror/thriller.

I think you'd get more out of it if you know a little about demons, hauntings, etc.

(ryan, of course it's a fictional. They're not going to show a film with real demons. If you want to see ghosts, watch Taps or Ghost Hunters).

By Patricia

OMG - very scary

 4

Wasn't sure what to expect with this cos to be honest I had heard nothing. But it was freaking scary. So scary in fact that my sleep has been sh*t since watching it. Excellent movie for anyone who liked to have their bejeebus scared out of em.

By Bobenner

Great pretend movie!

 5

It was fun to watch, and it had some great moments that made me have chills down my spine and some that made me laugh. Was it perfect, no. What movie ever is. A lot of people thought this was real and it did seem very real until the last scene with her looking up at the camera. But hey I enjoyed it. Worth the money I thought. I wish I would have thought of something like that and made millions off of this. Way to go!!!!!!!!!!1

By Brandy

Sucked! Go See Saw 6 instead

 2

I was soooo excited to see this movie , thought it was going to be the scariest movie i have ever seen , but i was sadly mistaken , the movie was a great big bore ( my friend even fell asleep during the movie ) and not one person walked out of the movie saying they thought it was any good . Probably would have thought the movie was ok if there wasnt so much hype surrounding it, but the movie did not live up to its reputation AT ALL ! This is why I say go see saw instead ; its the same gory crap they turn out with every sequel , but at least it delivers what it promises .

By Jennifer

It's an AWESOME movie!

 5

I went and saw this last week, and I must say its the most terrifying movie ive ever been to, beats the shit out of any horror film, its a must see at the movies! I still have in my arm today the finger nail prints of the girl sitting next to me.

By Keith

Worth a watch!

 4

This movie is definately worth a watch. I was on the edge of my seat through most of it. Cool ending too!

By Michael

Some people make me laugh!

 5

RE: Ryan

Obviously they are actors! get your facts straight!

By Donald

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

IT SUCKS DONT BE A FOOL AND SPEND MONEY ON IT . IT IS NOT A TRUE STORY! THEY ARE BOTH ACTORS

By ryan

See it!

 4

I must agree with Trevor and say to everyone that you would do well to ignore Jennifer. Paranormal Activity is an excellent film. It hasn't got the flash or budget of many of todays horror films, but that is exactly where PA succeeds. It doesn't need these things to crank up a scare, and there are many.

It doesn't loads of gore or scenes of torture to be scary, but relies on tension and what we 'don't see' to scare us. Very similar to the haunted house films of old, its scares very much have to do with sound, shadow, light and reaction.

Try to watch this with others that enjoy 'actual' horror films, because there will most likely be kids going to this that will laugh just as Jennifer said. But the exact same happened at the Exorcist when that was re-released a few years back, many people just dont have any clue as to what makes a good horror.

By Krugsy

Ok, thanks for that

 4

Why would you bother reviewing something you haven't even seen? I haven't seen Saw 17 but i'm sure its crap. I don't feel the need to share this though. Pornographic sequences? uhhh yeah there were one. Either your friend has movies confused or is just an idiot.

Being a fan of horror movies, I thought this was great. I felt moments of pure terror which doesn't really happen in a lot of movies these days. There were some scenes which are almost as frightening as the Exorcist, and for a movie with a 15,000 budget thats pretty incredible.

Ignore Jennifer. Go see it.

By Trevor

Wait for the DVD

 2

I'll admit I haven't seen this yet but I felt compelled to pass on the two stars my friend in the states gave this movie. (Although I may be generous as I think she was rating it out of 10)

Although there has been a lot of hype about this being the next 'Blair Witch' style film I've heard many poor reviews. It's soaring up the box office lists on hype, it's making record profits because of it's low budget. It is probably the first film to really gather momentum because of twitter but this is probably the only really remarkable thing about it.

If you're a fan of horror and real frights then this will be a laugh, seriously my friend said most of the movie theatre was laughing at this film. It's generally not scary at all. If you are a bit more sensative to horror films you will probably find it scary, I have heard of other people claiming it's very frightening.
Coupled with some aparently somewhat pointless pornographic sequences the whole movie is a let down.

So a warning for other flicks readers - don't believe the hype when this hit's our screens - it's likely you'll be disapointed.

By Jennifer