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There is a lot of talk about "Paranormal Activity". The film is making millions off a budget of $15,000. This movie is said to truly scare people. There are reports of people vomiting in some theaters. "Paranormal Activity" is said to be even scarier than "The Blair Witch Project". Paramount is expanding the release of "Paranormal Activity" over the next few weeks.
Read a review from THR below:
Bottom Line: Effective jolts await in this ultra-low-budget haunted-house tale, but audiences will need extraordinary patience.
Hoping to catch lightning in a bottle (or the ghost in the machine), Paramount Pictures has been treading carefully with its release of "Paranormal Activity," a pickup from Slamdance 2008 whose ridiculously low budget of $15,000 and cinema-verite approach to the supernatural evoke that ultimate sleeper success, "The Blair Witch Project." The movie's utter lack of production value has mandated an unconventional word-of-mouth strategy that incorporates midnight debut screenings in 13 college towns and a website competition to determine which parts of the country will get it next.
It's a smart move, since much of "Paranormal" is as exciting as the outtakes from a particularly dull episode of "Big Brother." Careful handling is a must for the picture to capitalize on its strength -- an incremental sense of dread that leads to some genuine jolts in the final half-hour. Those shocks should generate an avid cult following, but writer-director Oren Peli's housebound horror tale is unlikely to cast a massive boxoffice spell like the "Blair Witch" phenomenon.
The setup is as elemental as can be. Young middle-class San Diego couple Micah (Micah Sloat) and Katie (Katie Featherston) are being spooked by strange noises in their new home. Eager for answers, Micah decides to set up night-vision camera equipment in their bedroom, in addition to his own roving camcorder. (As in "Blair Witch," all the action is purportedly found footage from this amateur shoot.)
"Paranormal" ultimately does deliver in a way that "Blair Witch" never did, but its achingly slow buildup is a test not just of an audience's patience but the power of hype surrounding the latest alternative scary movie.
Opens: Friday, Sept. 25 (Paramount Pictures)
Production: Blumhouse Prods.
Cast: Micah Sloat, Katie Featherston, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer, Tim Piper, Randy McDowell
Director,screenwriter, director of photography, editor: Oren Peli
Producers: Oren Peli, Jason Blum
Executive producer: Steven Schneider
Rated R, 96 minutes
Source: THR
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