Paranormal Activity by Oren Peli is a beautiful story made in Hollywood. On of Spielberg ‘s favorite horror movie of 2007 ! An amateur film with about $15 000 budget, shot in his home and became the American phenomenon with more than $80M profit. A success story which promises thrills, terror and explosions.
You just have to watch the trailer, which also incorporates the basic idea of the very good Spanish horror movie REC : mixed audience reactions with av few extracts from the movie. As usual there is woman who hides her face, a man who jumps from his chair.
You just have to watch the trailer, which also incorporates the basic idea of the very good Spanish horror movie REC : mixed audience reactions with av few extracts from the movie. As usual there is woman who hides her face, a man who jumps from his chair.
Tempting this little concept, you want to believe this performance as an independent horror movie as Blair Witch. So today I put my doubts in a huge box and I watch Paranormal activity.
I am going to tell you my opinion but before I summarize the movie’s story. Katie and Micah, a young and lovely American couple lives with a sort of ghost / demon (we do not really know) and decides to film this "adventure" as a kind of experience. And so the film is to follow their daily life through the camera! (This process is really in fashion)
After this short introduction I can finally let go and you say it's film is a really crap! 1 hour and 26 minutes with emptiness, moving doors, shadows and strange noises. I'm sorry, I need a little more to be afraid. Only two scenes may be judged as scary if you are really and really sensitive. It’s not enough to say “Paranormal Activity is a horror phenomenon”. To be honest, this film made me laugh and yawn.
Plus, I'm really not a fan of the documentary style. I prefer the work of Jaume Balaguero on REC. Now, we never forget the budget of this movie and the artistic context. Even if the result is better than average, I can recognize that it must a huge investment for a director in many ways.
What I really dislike is how the movie was sold, all the marketing around the product: “The most horrific movie that you have ever seen”. Lying ! So, at the end, I think “crap” and forget the production context. To be honest, I don’t know if I am able to produce and make a better horror movie with only $15 000. Let’s be modest.
To conclude, I can say this movie is perfect if you don’t like horror movie and you want to feel something front of a little poltergeist story. Otherwise, I invite you again to watch The Entity.
To conclude, I can say this movie is perfect if you don’t like horror movie and you want to feel something front of a little poltergeist story. Otherwise, I invite you again to watch The Entity.
Sarah
I have stayed with my image of Blair Witch which really was terrifying at the time, though is probably really dated today, both stylistically and content-wise. But I do remember being scared silly when it came out.
RépondreSupprimerCorrections: by Oren, One of Spielberg’s favorite, with about a 15,000 budget, shot in his home, became, $80M profit, explosions (bursts), mixed audience reactions, with a few extracts, As usual, there is a woman who hides, man who jumps, summarize the movie’s story, this film is really crap, judged as scary, really, really, really sensitive, Activity, it must be, for a director in many ways, you have ever seen, the production context, produce and make a better
The trailer is very good, because it really tempts you to watch the movie !!
RépondreSupprimerI jumped directly to the scary scenes, all the rest is so boring...
But finally, the scariest part of the film are in the trailer ! What a joke !