Last night, Vero and I went to see Paranormal Activity at the SilverCity along with Krista, Melissa, some girl I don’t know, Karilee and Tommy. We got to the theater just in time to catch a few previews and then it started.
Paranormal Activity will always be compared to The Blair Witch Project. It has the same cinematics (aka, handheld cameras being used) and hinges on the suspense of ‘what will happen the next night?’ scenarios.
It follows the lives of Micah and Katie who believe their house is haunted. Actually, Katie believes that a ghost is haunting HER and has been for most of her life. A hilarious conversation occurs when Micah says “You could have warned me about this BEFORE moving in together!”. So Micah buys a video camera that he touts around the house in hopes to document any paranormal activity.
So the basic plotline is this:
Footage of the Day – Talking about the ghost.
(Loop)
Footage at Night – Their bedroom where ghostly things may or may not happen.
Footage of the Day – Talk about what happened the night before and what they can do to get this ghost outta there!
(Endloop)
All in all, I enjoyed when the night scenes would happen as you never knew what would happen next (if anything happened at all!). However, the rest of the scenes during the day just explained a few things and wasn’t too enthralling.
Attention nauseous people, there are a few scenes which are heavy on the camera moving really fast. Both Vero and I felt a little nauseous at various parts.
So…as a horror/suspense fan, what do I think of the film? I enjoyed the suspenseful scenes at night because you never knew what would happen. But as for the movie as a whole, I can’t say there was much to it in terms of plot. But let’s be honest, that’s not what these films are made for! They are made to scare the bejeezus out of you sometimes!