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Review: Paranormal Activity (2009)

Sunday, October 25th, 2009 | Movies, Reviews

Who is afraid of the Kwyjibo? A couple is haunted by an entity that tortures them every now and then. This time it’ll be the last.

I was sooo happy seeing this film, because I expected something really spooky.

Heard about it, saw the rather high IMDb rating, got excited.

Here are some quotations from the cover (should have known these are NOT to be trusted):

“Paranormal Activitiy” is one of the scariest movies of all time. You will be affected as it’s hard to ignore the imprint it leaves on your psyche. Nightmares are guaranteed.

Don’t see it alone.

What I got was a pretty bad instalment that borrows from films such as Blair Witch, Poltergeist and The Grudge without ever becoming something that might play in the same league. In fact, it’s very dull except for the few moments when something is happening. These moments start promising, but just never evolve to something that really gets you. People might say that all happens in your head, well, for me it ended seeing the footsteps scene. Evil twin, dead stepmother, schizophrenia, all gone. Anyone call Mulder, please? Okay, Mr Spookaway explained that this entity is a demon rather than a ghost. This even allows for more nonsensical things happening, right? Lights on, lights off, wow!

There is also practically no such thing as a story, no twists and no explanations, just some knocking noises, a wind here and there and finally physical intervention of the invisible force. The shaking camera genre is once again used as an excuse for the absence of writer’s skill.

3.0/10 – A highly overrated and overhyped film. May only scare the unversed masses.

Tags: demon, ghost, haunting, horror, suspense

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