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Paranormal Activity

Name: Paranormal Activity
Director: Oren Peli
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 2007
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Cast: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Amber Armstrong, Mark Fredrichs, Ashley Palmer

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Horror
Mystery

2007
Oren Peli
82 mins
15

Summary

Supernatural horror starring Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat. A young couple move into a new home but become disturbed by a nightly demonic presence. To investigate the intrusions they set up a video camera in their bedroom, only for the supernatural disturbances to become increasingly frightening and bizarre.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Alan Jones

It may not be particularly original in terms of content or style, but Oren Peli's decisively no-budget horror creates a surprisingly effective sense of dread. Presented as "found footage" (à la Cloverfield and The Blair Witch Project), it concerns a young couple who suspect that their new home is haunted by a malevolent entity. They set up video surveillance to capture evidence of what happens as they sleep at night. What follows plays to the most basic primal fears of darkness and the unknown, from low-key noises and ghostly scares to increasingly unpredictable and ominous occurrences that weave a shuddery spell over Peli's supernatural chiller. As the sinister events take control of the couple's lives, freaky violence leads to a truly gut-wrenching conclusion. Minimal special effects and the absence of a musical soundtrack create a heightened sense of reality, which complements the almost surreal normality the actors bring to the eerie tension.

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6.3/10