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Paranormal Activity (2007) -- A TV trailer for the movie Paranormal Activity.
Paranormal Activity (2007) -- While settling into her new home, Katie (Featherston) is disturbed in her sleep by a mysterious presence. Her husband, Micah (Sloat), tries to ease her fear by installing video cameras in an attempt to capture the strange behavior on tape. Bad idea.
Paranormal Activity (2007) -- While settling into her new home, Katie (Featherston) is disturbed in her sleep by a mysterious presence. Her husband, Micah (Sloat), tries to ease her fear by installing video cameras in an attempt to capture the strange behavior on tape. Bad idea.
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Overview

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7.0/10   27,768 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Oren Peli (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 October 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
What Happens When You Sleep? more
Plot:
After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(1247 articles)
Paramount Experimenting with Low Budget Filmmaking
 (From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 10 December 2009, 8:48 PM, PST)

Paramount To Start Micro-budget Arm
 (From Filmmaker Magazine. 10 December 2009, 7:56 PM, PST)

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what's with the good comments? more (685 total)

Cast

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Katie Featherston ... Katie

Micah Sloat ... Micah

Mark Fredrichs ... The Psychic

Ashley Palmer ... Diane
Amber Armstrong ... Amber
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Randy McDowell ... Lt. Randy Hudson

Tim Piper ... Richard
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MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
86 min | 99 min (extended version)
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Filmed for USD$15,000 and grossed USD$9.1 million in its first week in the US, breaking the record of highest-grossing weekend ever for a movie playing at less than 200 theaters. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the scene where the "demon"'s footprints are scene, the foot print is clearly three toed and spread, similar to that of a bird. However in the scene where you see the demon's foot under the door in the bedroom the foot is clearly that of a normal human being. more
Quotes:
Micah: How about we just get an Ouija Board, find out what it wants, and just give it what it wants, and then, you know, it's gone?
The Psychic: Because what it probably wants is Katie.
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Featured in "The Jay Leno Show: (#1.37)" (2009) more

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Does this film feature real video evidence?
What's all this talk about "Demand It"?
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
what's with the good comments?, 3 December 2009
1/10
Author: hand_lauren from United Kingdom

I was told by a lot of people that this film was ultimately terrifying, and would be the first to scare me. So me being a horror fan was dying to see this film. I can see how the concept of the film could be quite scary, because most of the time you watch a horror film your not truly scared until the dreaded 'bed time' occurs. The lights go straight on and you're too scared to blink just in case something happens! And as this film is based around the bedroom i can see the scare factor... BUT it was boring!Nothing really happened in the film apart from the occasional thump in the night, which just repeated itself several times until the end.

It started off really slow, and continued to stay slow. The only reason i stayed in the cinema was because i thought it was going to pick up into a terrifying nightmare that would actually make me at least jump a little bit! I was wrong.. BIG TIME

If you want to go and see a half decent 'documentary style' film then watch the Blair witch project or rec. Don't bother wasting your time on this... if i could take back those 2 hours of my life i would! Don't waste money on this...

It's a good concept completely wasted!

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