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Paranormal Activity

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Paranormal Activity 2

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Original title: Paranormal Activity
Year: 2007
Running time: 99 min.
Country: United States
Director: Oren Peli
Screenwriter: Oren Peli
Cinematography: Oren Peli
Cast: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Amber Armstrong, Mark Fredrichs, Randy McDowell, Ashley Palmer, Tim Piper
Producer: Blumhouse Productions
Genre: Horror | Supernatural. Haunted Houses. Mockumentary. Found Footage. Independent Film (US)
Movie Groups: Paranormal Activity | Blumhouse Productions
Synopsis: After a young, middle class couple -Katie (Katie Featherston) and boyfriend Micah (Micah Sloat)- moves into what seems like a typical San Diego suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to.

Budget: $11,000. Box Office First Week: $7,9M. Total Gross so far: $99M.

Rankings Position

#25 Found Footage Terror Ranking

Awards: 2009: Independent Spirit Awards: Best First Film

Critics' reviews

"It does have an ingenious, if not terribly original, formal conceit — that everything on-screen is real-life amateur video — that is executed with enough skill to make you jump and shriek."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"It will fry your nerves and creep you out big time without spending a dime on obvious special effects. (...) the tension builds and builds and builds until the dread ties your stomach in knots. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"An ingenious little horror film, so well made it's truly scary, (...) For extended periods here, nothing at all is happening, and believe me, you won't be bored. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Horror fans who value credible creepiness over the usual splatdom will welcome [it]"

Dennis Harvey: Variety
"This suburban drama skips genre cliches, to come up with a claustrophobic classic (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"It’s a conceptually tight and very efficient updating of the classic haunted-house genre (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Sukhdev Sandhu: Telegraph
"Potent, primal and genuinely frightening (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Simon Crook: Empire

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63 My Favorite Horror Movies (245)
83 My Top 10 Movies from 2007 (38)

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