Getting lucky in picking up the first Paranormal Activity (PA) flick for £2 at a local DVD shop and finding parts 2-5 on Netflix UK,I was disappointed to find that the final PA was not on Netflix. Keeping a look at the price over the last few weeks,I was pleased to recently see the DVD drop to under £5,which led to me experiencing the paranormal for the final time.
View on the film:
Unleashing "Toby" from the shadows,director (and editor of PA 2-5) Gregory Plotkin & cinematographer John W. Rutland go for a full-on Haunted House Horror,where "black oil" smooth CGI crawls up the wall as Toby takes control of his house.
Retaining the "Found Footage" presentation of the franchise, Plotkin brilliantly brings all the elements of each individual part into one "greatest hits" package, seamlessly leaping from chillingly stilted hand held camera moves, grainy,lo-fi Video and well-executed, creepy CGI layering Toby's world over the real world.
For the final recording of the series,the screenplay by Adam Black/Andrew Deutschman/Adam Robitel & Gavin Heffernan cleverly use dusty Videos to wrap everything up via the Videos going into the background of the past movies,whilst casting an eerie atmosphere,by giving the Fleege's horrors an impending sense of doom.
Along with unlocking the paranormal of the past movies,the writers make the film itself be a tense Haunted House chiller,with the Fleege's being given (some) intelligence in finding ways to escape the house,and Toby's attacks gradually building from the subtle shaking in the corner to an unrelenting howl,as Toby releases the full paranormal activity.
View on the film:
Unleashing "Toby" from the shadows,director (and editor of PA 2-5) Gregory Plotkin & cinematographer John W. Rutland go for a full-on Haunted House Horror,where "black oil" smooth CGI crawls up the wall as Toby takes control of his house.
Retaining the "Found Footage" presentation of the franchise, Plotkin brilliantly brings all the elements of each individual part into one "greatest hits" package, seamlessly leaping from chillingly stilted hand held camera moves, grainy,lo-fi Video and well-executed, creepy CGI layering Toby's world over the real world.
For the final recording of the series,the screenplay by Adam Black/Andrew Deutschman/Adam Robitel & Gavin Heffernan cleverly use dusty Videos to wrap everything up via the Videos going into the background of the past movies,whilst casting an eerie atmosphere,by giving the Fleege's horrors an impending sense of doom.
Along with unlocking the paranormal of the past movies,the writers make the film itself be a tense Haunted House chiller,with the Fleege's being given (some) intelligence in finding ways to escape the house,and Toby's attacks gradually building from the subtle shaking in the corner to an unrelenting howl,as Toby releases the full paranormal activity.