The little horror movie that could, Paranormal Activity hit the right cultural spot in 2009, taking the internet by storm with a pseudo-grassroots campaign that led it all the way to a wide release and a nearly $200 million worldwide gross. Considering it took only $15,000 to produce, the film essentially cost Paramount the budget of a marketing campaign. Its resounding success necessitates a string of sequels that will likely continue an entry or two past the point of diminishing returns, and then even further on the Direct-To-DVD front (or whatever Direct-To-Stream paradigm is established by then).
The studio wasted no time churning out said sequel, and embedded below is a trailer for it. The studio must have some confidence, as they are pitting it directly against Saw VII (a franchise which has seen its release date creep back from Halloween one day at a time with each successive sequel) on October 22nd.
The film credits Oren Peli for characters, but the intrepid low-budget filmmaker did not write or direct this sequel. That said, it appears to be very much more of the same, this time with easily imperiled dog and baby for audience shock!
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Paranormal Activity, never has a film failed so badly to live up to the hype. The couple is unlikable, the paranormal expert is laugh-inducing. And the movie doesn't come close to delivering a single scare. Yet we watch the entire film just hoping that the chubby chick takes off her top.
Is it supposed to be the same characters and thus meaning he survived and they decided to bring a child and dog into their house?
I liked Paranormal Activity — the ending wasa let down but I only saw the 'old' version — not the alternate/newer ending..
I couldn't disagree with you more Reality Check. I found P. A. to be the best scary movie I've seen since Session 9. I bought the characters and the situation and loved the home video feel to it. The most inspired thing about the movie though has to be that one wide-angle shot of the bedroom, fucking genius. Look, scary movies are just as subjective as comedies so I respect people's opinions who didn't like it but I've never seen a more believable take on a haunted house story than I did with P. A. It's the movie Blair Witch should have been and Cloverfield wanted to be, a realistic take on a supernatural situation with "real" people. P.A. is the only one I bought as anything coming close to reality.
PA has gotten a bad rep amongst people who just can't take something different. y'know, it was shot on video, it doesn't look like what we expect a traditional movie to look like, so all the mouth-breathers out there bitch and moan when there's no hyper-editing or NIN going on the soundtrack
LLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. What kind of teaser trailer was that? Did someone put that together for the investors meeting next week. Is there a room full of suit counting their PE money even as we speak?
Lame. Looks like more of the same but without the original writer/directors vision, just a copy job. The upcoming Paranormal Camcorder looks way more interesting.
I don't get the hate. Paranormal Activity is a great movie and this sequel will probably suck but they just cut a great trailer.
"PA has gotten a bad rep amongst people who just can't take something different"
No "nb", it's gotten a bad rep amongst people who expect a movie to be entertaining, but instead went to see Paranormal Activity, which should have been named "Assholes and Slamming Doors: The Motion Picture". It's not that it was shot on video that we hate it… it's because the movie is a tedious bore throughout.
"P.A. is the only one I bought as anything coming close to reality."
Kyle, ghosts and haunted houses aren't real, but I see what you mean that you think these movies are meant to be about "real" people dealing with weird situations. My beef is that these "real" people in P.A. are unpleasant to watch for 1 and a half hours (and like I said above.. it's just a bunch of slamming doors). If you wanna make a movie that tries to look "real", fine. But make the characters and the story interesting. But don't expect me to get scared that a couple of vapid imbeciles are freaking out over loud noises. Horror works best when you have some empathy for the characters that are getting getting assaulted. P.A. seemed to go out of it's way to make you detest everyone in the movie, while being bored by uninteresting invisible demons. Drag Me to Hell basically had the same premise as P.A. (woman being harassed by a demon curse) but did it entertainingly.
wow i cant wait until it comes out im going to c it for sure i love paranormal activity 1 n 2 yes awersome
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