Paranormal Activity Reviews and Ratings



  • December 7, 2009
    half star for
    a) the producer, for having guts to publish this movie.
    b) the director, for directing such a dumb movie.

    Ask yrslf this: will u still stay at the same place if u had encounter of the dark forces? i know i'll fled immediately!!!

    the director & producer clear...( read more)ly trying to undermind & insult the viewer, puuling out such a lousy piece of shxt
  • December 7, 2009
    Se pasó... salí demasiado de asustada jajaja dormí con la luz encendia por varios días!!! Micaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
  • December 7, 2009
    Nice buildup and all but a disappointment considering the hype surrounding it!!
  • December 7, 2009
    I'm a total horror movie freak and people are saying this is the scariest movie they've ever seen. Can't wait to see it! Hope it scares the crap outta me!
  • December 7, 2009
    not that scary, don't believe the hype
  • December 7, 2009
    wicked flim , scared me abit thou lol
  • December 7, 2009
    this is fuck ing good but scaring
  • December 7, 2009
    I was more amused by the grown ass men sitting in the row in front of me shitting themselves everytime eerie music started to play. I found the movie repeatative and boring... according to everything, anything or anyone who have written, seen or promoted the movie this was suppos...( read more)edly and possibly "the scariest movie ever" er.. lame.

    The "entity" was uber lame simply because I thought the entity's shadow looked somewhat human unlike its footprints.. so I pictured the Entity as Dave Grohl (Satan in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny) and you could always pick what was going to happen next because Katie or Micah would make subtle hints. FUCKING LAME.

    I want this movie to die.
  • December 7, 2009
    int tht bad realii freaked me out wen she got drag outa bed
  • December 7, 2009
    That there are so many obvious horror movie tricks and turns in a movie that is supposed to be selling the idea of realism through its method of cinematography is reason enough to disregard this as nothing more than a cheap attempt at dough from a major Hollywood studio. But add ...( read more)in two characters are completely hopeless, and the sever lack of anything slightly terrifying, and the end result is a film whose bark is worse than its bite. Seriously, do not get caught up in the hype of its clever tricks; Paranormal Activity is all marketing and no substance. Quite easily the worst movie of the year.
  • December 7, 2009
    well....it really made me scream....hahahaha.....
  • December 7, 2009
    filmnya lucu ..^_^
    cuma liatin orang tidur doank...
    tapi sensasi horrornya beda....good movie
  • December 7, 2009
    Pure awesomeness. This is how you make a good movie without CGI, without the obligatory sitting then screaming seizure person scene and without an overabundance of 200+ decible sound bytes to force the scares. Took a derivative premise and made it their own. One of the best h...( read more)orror movies ever made. Period.
  • December 6, 2009
    A masterclass in hype. The issue with Paranormal Activity is that - for it's budget - the film is impressive, yet it is also this level of experience that begins to show as a weakness when taken in it's theatrical context. While the film knows how to scare, it tends to rarely pus...( read more)h these scares to the extremes that it is begging for. It moves at a slowly inclining pace, yet tends to become more predictable as it's tension rises throughout. The film is watchable - even enjoyable at parts - but for it's level of showcase it's script becomes a telling sign of filmmakers learning their craft.
  • December 6, 2009
    Maybe I just have high expectations, or ...may I just didn't thought the film was actually as real as what it was trying to portray. So many dull parts. and the camera makes me sick! nahihilo ako.
  • December 6, 2009
    "You cannot run from this- it will follow you."

    This is not the horror masterpiece people are making it out to be, but is still a very good movie. But biggest problem with this movie was some of the motivation it is used to explain some actions of the characters, but other than ...( read more)that the movie felt really real. Especially because of the work of the actor, that make it really look like a home made video by a real couple. Other thing that's really good about it is that the film gets scarier and creepier as all the time as it goes along, creating a very good sense of tension, and some pretty not soon to forget scenes. This will not make you jump your seat, but, with slow scenes, will definitely make you think "holy crap!!!" a lot of times.
  • December 6, 2009
    After the boredom I felt with the blair witch project and the other found footage films, I was very sceptical about this movie. I expected to be bored for 1hr 38 mins. Boy was i wrong. This actually achieved to freak me out bigtime. YES IT DID FREAK ME OUT. I was really surprised...( read more) to walk out of the cinema shaking and trying to catch my breath. the fact that it was realistic and not like a hollywood movie probably was the reason why it freaked me out. There was a rumour that this was based on a true story and it even contains a special thanks to the families of Micah and katie before the film even starts. There were no credits before or after the film and what also made it scary was the fact that no music was used to indicate when something spooky or freaky was going to happen. So all the time you didn't know what was coming and what was going to scare you. It made sure you were totally unprepared for the next fright. Micah Sloat and Katie Featherston are superb as the two who the movie is based around and you do feel like you are sucked into their world which is slowly become nightmarish right to the very end. I saw this at the cinema and it's a much better experience as the theatrical version is more scary than the one that is floating around the download part of the internet. One of the main differences is the chilling ending. The "download version (i am of course talking about the pirated version floating around the internet)" does not contain the shocking ending from the theatrical version and it is worth seeing. The theatrical ending was suggested by Steven Spielberg and is very affective in it's execution. it worked for me, and leaves an imprint on the mind too. A lot of people slag off this ending saying it's cheesy and not needed. I myself have seen the other ending and it is a letdown compared to the ending in the theatrical version. Also that is not the only thing missing from the download version. a fair bit of the theatrical version is different to the download version but i'm not saying what is missing but if you are going to see this scary horror supernatual chiller then see the theatrical version. Don't see the download version because it kills the film.
  • December 6, 2009
    interesting. well made with good directing, good acting and good filming. although the style had been tried before, it was good to take 2 hours to watch it again. it was not scary enough, and it is a serious con for a film in horror genre.
  • December 6, 2009
    going to see it next saturday (Y)
  • December 6, 2009
    This movie freaked me out so much in theaters! Gotta love it





    Loved it!
  • December 6, 2009
    was really crap! cant believe i went to the cinema to watch it, waste of money!!!
  • December 6, 2009
    One of the best horrors of the decade, even with its low budget.
    In a genre thats now filled with over the top amounts of gore and unoriginal ways to scare audiences, its refreshing to see a film that creates such suspense without using gore or having something jump out at the ...( read more)audience.
    It hasn't been everyone's cup of tea- and it's easy to see why. Despite not being as scary as it has been made out to be, most should at least acknowledge that it is genuinely creepy.
    Another complaint is how long it takes for the movie to get started and interesting; while this is true, the intenseness at the end well makes up for it.
  • December 5, 2009
    It's been a decade since 'The Blair Witch Project'. That movie was groundbreaking, with it's documentary approach and style, lack of gore, unkown cast,and isolated setting it was able to generate fear. Now, in 2009 comes along 'Paranormal Activity' which takes a similar approach ...( read more)to 'Blair Witch'. 'Paranormal Activity' reminds me how good 'Blair Witch' was, because 'Paranormal Activity' is an inferior, boring, and ultimately unscary movie compared to 'Blair Witch'... and even when you don't compare it...
  • December 5, 2009
    Really strange, mostly unconvincing and long. Even more dissapointing once I found out it was all scripted! I think I would have liked it better had it been based on actual events.
  • December 5, 2009
    This movie scared the piss out of me.

    There. I said it.

    After all the hype, all the Blair Bitch Project comparisons, bla, bla, bla, I'm glad I got to watch this in a DARK ROOM by MYSELF. Because it was terrifying.

    Now, I'm not normally scared at all by horror movies. In f...( read more)act, I think that most are utterly laughable (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Grudge, and A Nightmare on Elm Street were all hilarious). But fuck me sideways! I was talking to the TV...I never do that and it pisses me off when people do it in movie theaters. But I was totally going..."No bro! Don't go up there! Don't go up there! Fuck! Fucking....FUCK! Don't do it! BROOOOOOOOOO" and I literally had to pause the fucking movie 3/4 of the way through and take a few deep breaths to continue. I was a butt fucking 8 year old kid watching this! NOTHING has ever done this to me before...except fucking Fantasia when I was 4 years old and left the theater crying for some reason. I've NEVER been this scared when watching a movie EVER. PERIOD.

    Yes, this is the scariest movie I've ever seen. BAR NONE.

    What creeped me out the most was the fact that barely no conventional horror techniques were used. There were no quick cuts, cheap CGI or visual effects, or monster hiding in the shadows techniques. No no no! This flick went OLD SCHOOL...and reminded us all that what's NOT seen is always scarier than what you show us. My imagination was running wild on this beast.

    There's not much to say about the filming of the movie itself. The director comes up with a scenario, hires two unknown schmoes to film (in his own house) and they wrap in a week. The acting is a little lame at times, I'll admit that, but SO WHAT. The point of the "script" wasn't to portray witty dialogue and interesting characters. The point was to present itself as if it doesn't exist...so that we're left thinking we're watching actual evidence of a "fictional event". What's weird is that even though you are constantly reminded there is a video camera being held by an actor filming the whole thing, I never felt like I was watching a movie. I felt like I was watching two REAL people video taping one scary ass demon in their house for a span of a month or two.

    This movie was like a youtube movie sent from hell...it reminded me of those creepy videos you watch until a zombie-looking creature leaps out in front of the camera and makes you temporarily shit your self (you prarie dog a little bit but don't quite defecate). Except, in this movie, you not only have a fecal evacuation...you end up shitting all over yourself five or six times. Something about how real it all seemed just got to me. Fucked me up!

    Now I know some of you laughed your whole way through the movie, didn't find one ounce of it scary...and thought it was fucking retarded. Some of you thought BWP was scarier...okay that's cool. But to me, this was one horrifying movie made for less than half of a USC graduate thesis by a crew of actors and filmmakers with less experience than anyone at ANY major film program. BVP AT LEAST had some experience from its two directors (Sanchez and Myrick) with a previous directing credit or two on their resume before this movie. I really applaud Peli...first time filmmaker doing more with less money than anyone has done all decade...another reason we can all say FUCK YOU UWE BOLL SACK.

    Enough. I'm tired. I'm just freaked out. I only write long reviews like this when I've seen a movie that really got to me. And man... this one sure did.

    Go see it now.

    PS: Before I forget, I refused to watch the trailer, read any reviews, or know anything about this movie coming into it. I was very smart.

    I ALSO didn't watch the theatrical cut...I saw the ORIGINAL cut...and the ending was AWESOME and not as stupid as the theatrical ending I've been reading about. So do yourself a favor and watch the original. NOW. NOW.

    ...

    GO WATCH THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEERrrrRRRRING MOVIE
  • December 5, 2009
    UUUMMM....as if it was scary!

    people in our cinema were actually laughing at this movie.....

    but i must say the suspense and tension was done well in the film......but in the movie it was obvious she was going to kill the bf.

    but it definitely shouldn't be considered 'the scar...( read more)iest film ever'...an episode of x-files is more thrilling than this.
  • December 5, 2009
    The thing that i like for this film is the different approach in horror movie, bcoz this film not show the scary creature. I like the tension of this film, up up n up from beginning till end. The ending was so damned good, i was very shocked with the ending.
  • December 5, 2009
    Esperava MUITO mais.
  • December 5, 2009
    this movie was so fucking incredibly stupid. yes scary but stupid.
  • December 5, 2009
    Don't believe the hype.
  • December 5, 2009
    The hype on this one has been somewhat phenomenal and I think it has also turned against the film itself, which makes it hard to say anything about the movie. This is not "one of the scariest movies of all time", but it is an effective film with a fresh approach to it's subgenre.
  • December 5, 2009
    sweetly creepy in it's own weird way...gets really slow and boring at times, but the climax was great...not bad, not absolutely good...definitely not the scariest movie out there, but the concept of making it appear as if it's REAL is really cool...
  • December 5, 2009
    Muita coragem dormir com a porta aberta!!
    Pra vc ver que é só qd a gente junta as escovas de dentes pra conhecer realmente a pessoa!
    Pq Katie nunk conversou sobre o assunto com o cara!!?
    Como esse Micah é um babaca! Tenho mais medo dele do que da entidade kkk!
    Tensão do começo ao...( read more) fim!
    Dá muito medo mesmo!


    Fazia tempo que não via um filme tão assustador, tensão total!

    Eu dormiria com a casa toda acesa!
  • December 4, 2009
    well, although they did it cheap but they did it very well....
  • December 4, 2009
    Paranormal Activity is really a film that does go bump in the in the night! Based in a house the film takes our deepest fears and triples them resulting
  • December 4, 2009
    " PARANORMAL ACTIVITY " for me this is by far the most thrilling and scariest movie i've ever seen...excellent piece of work! great!...made me shivering to my last bone....
  • December 4, 2009
    just another yawn almost based on true events, film
  • December 4, 2009
    Some people said the film was real good and others said it was poo.

    I watched the film and fell asleep the first time and the second time i watched it well what was the piont cos it was real poo.
  • December 3, 2009
    It really isn't the scariest movie of all time. It's actually a boring movie, with a couple, and i do mean a couple cool moments. Nothing to make you jump out of your seat about tho.
  • December 3, 2009
    Quite possibly my film of the year, well, my film of the year 2007 as that's the version that i have watched and know i prefer. The tension was there, the thrills were there and from how the film was produced and on what budget it had, this easily gets my five stars. Its not a ...( read more)stupid commercial thriller film so don't expect in-your-face scares, this is a film that plays around with your mind, the fear of knowing something is there but not seeing it. Thats the most scary thing ever and this does it well.

    Utterly Brilliant and i recommend watching this lights off, up full blast, beyond midnight.

    Its a shame seeing people rate this low, 1 star? Dont be stupid, anyone rating this film with 1 star or less clearly doesn't know what makes a good film.
  • December 3, 2009
    Really, really good film. Not big scares, but amazing characters and plot. There is apparently going to be a sequel, not sure thats gonna be as good - doesn't really lend itself to one.
  • December 3, 2009
    Too much was revealed in the trailer to ever get a reaction like the audience shown in the previews.
  • December 3, 2009
    want to watch it, dont know why, will probably be scared lol
  • December 3, 2009
    Bad. I expect to see at least an explanation on why all the things happened. Faaaar from Blair Witch Project.
  • December 3, 2009
    Oh man.... I can't sleep through this...
  • December 3, 2009
    yo man i wanna watch this movie apparently its the scariest movie ever!

    this movie is bad its so scary it is impossible to sleep through it

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