Paranormal Activity (2007)

Director:

Oren Peli

Writer:

Oren Peli (written by)

Release Date:

16 October 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

What Happens When You Sleep?

Plot:

After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.

Plot Keywords:

Night | House | Entity | Suburb | Self Mutilation

Awards:

3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Katie Featherston	...	Katie
Micah Sloat	...	Micah
Mark Fredrichs	...	Psychic
Amber Armstrong	...	Amber
Ashley Palmer	...	Diane
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Crystal Cartwright	...	Exorcism Nanny (uncredited)
Randy McDowell	...	Lt. Randy Hudson (uncredited)
James Piper	...	Richard (uncredited)

Directed by
Oren Peli

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Oren Peli		written by

Produced by
Jason Blum	....	producer
Oren Peli	....	producer
Steven Schneider	....	executive producer
Jeanette Brill	....	line producer: additional photography (uncredited)
Rick Osako	....	line producer: additional photography (uncredited)
Amir Zbeda	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Cinematography by
Oren Peli		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Oren Peli

Casting by
Oren Peli		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
Crystal Cartwright	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Danielle Daly	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)
Mark Graziano	....	post-production executive (uncredited)
Richard Stirling	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Sound Department
Greg LaPlante	....	digital mastering
David Barbee	....	sound designer (uncredited)
Mark Binder	....	sound designer (uncredited)
Mark Binder	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Edmond J. Coblentz Jr.	....	sound designer (uncredited)
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York (uncredited)
Jim Fitzpatrick	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Nick Shaffer	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Nick Shaffer	....	supervising dialogue editor (uncredited)

Stunts
Craig Jensen	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Dale Robinette	....	special still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Ricki Maslar	....	additional casting (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Phillip Dawe	....	post-production coordinator
Jay Warren	....	digital intermediate producer
Tricia Chiarenza	....	color timer (uncredited)
Faust Pierfederici	....	colorist (uncredited)
Lee Wimer	....	color timer (uncredited)

Other crew
Angie Conners	....	international marketing
Stephen Kessen	....	promoter

Thanks
Dave Bullis	....	thanks
Michael DeFellipo	....	thanks (as Michael George)
Kyle Giorgi	....	special thanks
Curtis Gropp	....	special thanks
Avery Guerra	....	special thanks
Sal W. Hanna	....	special thanks
Stephen Kessen	....	thanks
Dominic Mendez	....	special thanks (DVD and Blu-ray version)
Rick Peters	....	thanks
Elizabeth Rodriguez	....	special thanks
Mike Ruchkin	....	thanks
Patrice Sepulveda	....	special thanks
Eric Striffler	....	thanks
Vincent van Ommen	....	thanks (DVD & Blu-ray version)
Adrian Voo	....	special thanks
Jenny Wyrsch	....	special thanks
Kurt Wyrsch	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Blumhouse Productions

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• DreamWorks SKG (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Icon Film Distribution (2009) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Presidio (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Senator Film (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Thim Film (2009-2010) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Viva International Pictures (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2010) (Greece) (DVD)
• Bazuca Films (2009) (Chile) (all media)
• CatchPlay (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (VHS) (limited edition)
• FS Film (2010) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Intercontinental Video (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (VHS) (limited edition)
• Paramount Home Video (2009) (Canada) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Prisvídeo - Edições Videográficas (2009) (Portugal) (all media)
• Wild Bunch Distribution (2009) (France) (all media)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language

Runtime:

86 min | 97 min (extended version) | 83 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

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:R16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/12 | Brazil:14 | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Japan:G | Mexico:B | Italy:T | Austria:14 | Denmark:15 | France:U (with warning) | Malaysia:PG-13

Filming Locations:

USA

Company:

Blumhouse Productions

Trivia:

On October 25, 2009, Paramount Pictures announced plans for a sequel.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Towards the beginning of the movie, when Micah and Katie are talking with the psychologist, there is a hard cut from the doctor to Katie as the doctor is talking, but the dialogue does not skip. Since the movie is supposed to be entirely self-filmed footage, this would imply that either there were two cameras filming at once, or that they did a second "take" with the doctor, both of which are unlikely.

Quotes:

Micah:[Micah replays the tape of him questioning the entity, when he asks "Would you like to you the Ouija board?" he hears a grunt] I'll take one for yes, two for no.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "South Park: City Sushi (#15.6)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Numb

A wild poltergoose chase

This tedious headache inducing 99 mins of stupefyingly boring nothingness apparently had some easily scared girls wincing in their seats. Oh please! PARANORMAL ACTIViTY is a very ordinary haunted house movie about a VERY ordinary couple who film spooky things when they sleep. AND......? Nothing....................... Please may I suggest a 2007 Australian film called LAKE MUNGO. Yes again Australia makes a film that gets copied in the US with lame results. It is about a family who believe they have a spirit in their haunted home and so they set up a digicam to record the noises and images that go bump and boo in the night.... sounds like PARANORMAL ACTIVITY? Yes it does and it is a far better film with seriously chilling exposures and a fantastic and real appearance of a very scary ghost....totally unlike PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. Even more irritating, is the fact that if you have seen the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY trailer, you have seen the punchline of the film so their marketing is spoiling the film before you see it. So uneventful is PARANORMAL ACTIVITY that when something does happen you have lost any tension felt. One minor moment that almost delivers is a good drag scene....but by then you are at the threshold of utter boredom. Find LAKE MUNGO and see the real thing.