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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

User Rating:
7.1/10   23,037 votes
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Director:
Oren Peli
Writer:
Oren Peli (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 October 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller 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
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(1142 articles)
It is unusual: low-budget Welsh film outperforms big hitters
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 22 November 2009, 3:44 PM, PST)
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: November 22, 2009
 (From Screen Rant. 22 November 2009, 1:11 PM, PST)
User Comments:
Did the hype kill this movie? more (598 total)
US Showtimes:
Pacific Culver Stadium 12 9:25pm (personalize) more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
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View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:R (certificate #45634) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:15A | Australia:M (2009) | Singapore:NC-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | Germany:16
Filming Locations:
San Diego, California, USA
Company:
Blumhouse Productions more

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Trivia:
Although released by Paramount, this film is unique in that the studio's logo does not appear, nor do credits, except for one establishing copyright. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the scene when Katie is saying she doesn't want to leave the house, it is assumed that Micah has set the camera on the bed, as it stops moving and stays at a constant angle. This explains why the camera stayed while Micah walked away. more
Quotes:
Micah: Well, basically it could be two things: it could be a ghost...
[mock whisper]
Micah: or it could be a demon.
Katie: Dr. Fredrichs said that it wasn't a ghost.
Micah: Well, I've been going by the evidence and I'm doin' my research and I'm going to find out what it is.
Katie: Well, whatever it is that's following me, it doesn't feel... it doesn't feel human. It feels like it's... it feels like a monster. I mean like, it wants to hurt me.
Micah: Well that sounds like, actually like a demon.
Katie: Yeah, that's what he said.
Micah: Well, 'cause ghosts are spirits of human beings.
Katie: Yeah, it's definitely not human.
[...]
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Movie Connections:
References Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) more

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33 out of 53 people found the following comment useful.
Did the hype kill this movie?, 28 October 2009
7/10
Author: gauthierdumonde from Belgium

Did the hype kill the movie? I watch a lot of horror movies and normally I would really have liked this one. In the endless stream of b-movies and even expensive crap, this movie really stands out. Paranormal Acivity is a scary and straightforward movie and it isn't boring. But of course there is the hype. After I heard this was the scariest movie ever, expectations evidently went up. Eventually resulting in a slight disappointment. This movie would have been much scarier, creepier if I hadn't had any expectations, if I hadn't read any reviews. I guess Public Enemy was right about the Hype.

The movie is scary indeed. After watching Paranormal Activity I noticed that the nightly sounds of my 200 years old house were louder and creepier than ever. But I did not let my good night's sleep for it.

The acting was good but sometimes slightly overdone, which made it difficult for me to connect with the characters. I understand that Micah, the bf, had to be annoying, the character was written that way. But their is something wrong if you start imagining in the middle of the movie gruesome ways he could die. The movie should have been scarier if I had had more empathy for the characters.

Anayway I enjoyed watching this film, but the hype made me expect more.

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