Henry Ayres-Brown. Colin Keane as Eli. Emerald Rose Sullivan as Kendra. Reviews Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin. Brian Tallerico October 29, Now streaming on:. Powered by JustWatch. Now playing. Steven Spielberg made a major impact by helping Peli choose the best ending for the theatrical release of Paranormal Activity , but he also had his own ghost story in regards to the film. In an interview with Moviefone , Peli confirmed reports that Spielberg had a supernatural experience the night he took a DVD of the film home to screen.
As the story goes, Spielberg's bedroom door somehow wound up locked from the inside, and coupled with the freakiness of the movie, it wigged out the legendary director.
He was so creeped out, Spielberg reportedly put the DVD in a trash bag when he returned the movie the next day so he wouldn't have to touch it. Peli said the rumors about Spielberg's experience are true as far as he knows, and not something concocted by the marketing department.
Drawing a bit of inspiration from The Blair Witch Project , Peli didn't actually have a script in place when he got his tiny crew together to shoot Paranormal Activity. He really wanted the dialogue to feel "real," so he instead provided the actors with topics they should discuss in scenes, then let them ad lib from there. It worked pretty well, obviously, but it was still a risky move. The director told Shock Till You Drop about the decision: "All they knew is they were going to do something about a haunted house and basically discovered everything as they were shooting.
There were no lines for them to follow. Everything was spontaneous. Peli went with unknown actors mostly because they were cheaper than better-known stars, but he almost went with a mildly familiar face for the female starring role. According to a widely circulated and unfortunately unsourced rumor, Peli was reportedly close to casting Katie Gallagher, a runner-up on CBS's long-running Survivor reality series, in the lead role—but eventually balked because he worried the reality TV star would be a bit too recognizable and pull audiences out of the illusion.
Of course, Peli ultimately hired Katie Featherston to play the lead role of Katie. Strange they were both named Katie, right? You might think a guy who makes one of the most successful horror films is history is a connoisseur of the genre. But in the case of Peli, you'd be wrong. Though he's gone on to terrify millions with the Paranormal Activity franchise, Peli was actually not a big fan of the horror genre growing up.
The director told The Guardian he watched The Exorcist when he was 11 years old and it "totally freaked [him] out" so badly he avoided scary movies for more than a decade.
He was so terrified by horror films, he even avoided Ghostbusters as a teenager, just because he could't risk seeing the frights. Needless to say, he's come a long way. When the studio realized it had a bona fide hit on its hands, plans ramped up almost immediately for a sequel.
Sitting here thinking back on a few of the scenes still gives me goosebumps. The film is very good, thanks to the strong sense of realism that rarely departs — except maybe during the over-the-top climax, which unsurprisingly turns out to have the involvement of a certain Mr. Although some might find the on-screen antics boring, slightly repetitive and overly staged, I was hooked by the escalating haunting and caught up in a sense of impending menace and doom.
There are many great scenes, especially those taking place in the latter half, and the bit with the footprints is supremely disturbing. Kudos too to the actors involved — Micah Sloat is saddled with playing a bit of a jerk, but Katie Featherston is believably scared throughout and reminded me at times of Heather Donohue.
Okay, so that climax — the last few shots — is a little overboard, but until then we get a frightening film that works hard to achieve its aims through simple footsteps and bangs where there shouldn't be. A delight! SnoopyStyle 28 March Katie Katie Featherston and Micah Micah Sloat are a young couple who just moved into their new suburban house only to find that strange things keep happening.
They bring in a psychic and set up security cameras. It's a haunted house horror with a good dose of 'Blair Witch' realism.
This movie is about the advertising campaign more than the movie. If the audience actually believe in its realism, then this would be a great viewing experience. The fact is that I never believed, and the 'real' found footage is not compelling for me.
The acting is amateurish. The camera work is flat and boring. Strip that away. There isn't much of a scary story that hasn't been done zillions of times before and done better. Hitchcoc 5 January At first I found this about as tedious as anything I've ever seen. It was, of course, a home movie from a pretty much stationary video camera. The people do the things people do on a daily basis. It's one boring thing after another.
What happens is not really life threatening or seriously significant through most of the film, but at some point, there is an overwhelming threat that permeates every scene and we begin to watch the two lumps in the bed, waiting for the next action. I will not spoil this movie.
I will say that considering most of what goes on is cerebral and left to the imagination, I found myself staring at the screen. Neither character is very likable or even kind. His obsession with his camera would have driven most women out of that marriage.
There is no compassion or concern for her well-being. Nevertheless, we don't have to like characters to profit from their experiences. Suffice it to say, they become caught up in their own shortsightedness and inability to overcome inertia. It's a fascinating little film.
Katie Katie Featherston and her boyfriend Micah Micah Sloat have been living together for three years and out of the blue, they are haunted by an entity while they are sleeping.
Katie discloses to Micah that she has been haunted since she was eight year-old and the skeptical Micah buys a camera to videotape the paranormal activity in their home during the night. Katie calls the psychic Fredrichs Marc Fredrichs to help them, and he explains that he is specialist in ghosts; however he feels the presence of a fiend and advises the couple to call a friend of him and do not try to contact the demon.
However, Micah borrows an Ouija board endangering their lives. After the original "The Blair Witch Project", many low-budget movies made with hand-held camera have been released and the only exception that really worked is the Spanish " REC ". The acting is reasonable, but the screenplay is ridiculous, with Micah filming their daily routine even in the most bizarre and unusual moments. I cannot understand how a viewer can startle or fear with the awful scenes and noises, unless those that are easily influenced by the marketing of smart producers that releases a cheap crap wrapped in advertisements and fake reviews promoting the movie.
My vote is three. Or year, whatever suits you best. One thing is for sure though: This thing gets hyped as "Blair Witch" was hyped when that came out. While Blair Witch had a clever marketing campaign or not, if you think people shouldn't have believed it to be a true story , this one grows by word of mouth. While it really is original and stands out for that, that is no reason to give it high points just like that.
While Japanese movies have walked that way since the 90s, it seems the western world just realises that the "real" world can be real scary. Well it would be, because seeing situations that could happen in your home or maybe have even happened in similar fashion, might make you feel weird and uncomfortable. Having said that, it would have been great to have stronger performances and characters. Especially the male lead is not only annoying, but just plain stupid. It's common that people in horror movies behave strange and do things they shouldn't do.
But this guy beats them all in just one movie. There is doing something stupid and then there is suicidal. Well this guy is suicidal. Not only that, he's acting strong in one scene, just to break down in another similar one. There is no consistency to it at all. There was no actual sense of fear for me, because I just couldn't care less. The only time I was really scared, was when almost at the end of the movie something scary happened. And I wasn't scared because what happened on screen, but because a few girls were screaming right next to me!
I almost had a heart attack because of those screamers! Talking about the ending: There was an original ending the movie actually was ready to go in , but was deemed not scary enough! So they shot the ending that can be seen now in cinemas. If rumors are true than Mr.
Spielberg himself suggested the filmmakers should re-shoot the ending. Who does edit them? With the slow moving pace of this, you will be reminded painfully every other second It starts off a little confusing, focusing on couple Micah and Katie and their San Diego house in September and October, But then the horrific events begin, as strange, unexplained sounds appear during the night.
The only clues are what the camera records as Micah and Katie sleep. Like "The Blair Witch Project", this movie is filmed with hand-held cameras to give an authentic sense of presence with the events. Needless to say, that makes the movie a whole lot freakier than the average horror flick would turn out. And as the movie progresses, you're certain to be more and more on the edge of your seat. Maybe the end is a little silly, but how they throw it at you really catches you.
Anyway, I'm glad that I got to see "Paranormal Activity", and that it got to have a wide release. In a way, it's actually better than "TBWP", because it brings the terror into a suburban house, as opposed to the far reaches of the forest. I certainly recommend it. So just be careful the next time that you use a Ouija board.
Quite a few people had told me that this was a film I had to see, and naturally knowing it was like the style of The Blair Witch Project, I wasn't going to ignore them. Basically it is presented like another found footage film, with young girlfriend Katie Katie Featherston and boyfriend Micah Micah Sloat , who have been together for three years, filming themselves and their experiences. They have had strange things happen to them, sounds and movements in the house, especially as they try to sleep, and Katie claims to have been haunted since she was eight years old.
So Micah sets a video camera to film them and this paranormal activity, and they get a little advice from The Psychic Mark Fredrichs about what this entity may want. Over the next few nights, the camera catches every sound and movement as they sleep, including a door opening and closing again, Katie getting out of bed and standing for hours, the sheets being blown by a wind and no windows open, and loud bangs. It obvious this spirit, or demon, is getting increasingly threatening night by night, and it is apparently after Katie, which causes friction between her and Micah.
When there is a night where Katie is dragged by legs through the bedroom door, they consider going to a hotel for a night until the demon is gone, and The Psychic visits again, but they have to face this situation alone. The final and most terrifying scene sees Katie get out of bed and stand for hours again, before going downstairs and screaming, and Micah runs down. Seconds later some loud footsteps are heard, and Micah is unexpectedly thrown at and knocking over the camera, and Katie walks into view, covered in blood, and she kneels down to smile and roar at us, Micah's body was found, but Katie's disappeared.
The performances by the two unknowns are very well done, there are very few special effects and no music, making it all the more realistic, and with simple things like loud noises and images to freak you out there is plenty of tension, a brilliant supernatural horror. Very good! Katie Katie Featherston claims that she has been plagued by a strange supernatural presence ever since she was a child; boyfriend Micah Micah Sloat is a little sceptical, but after buying a video camera to record any strange phenomena that might occur during the night, he realises that there really is something spooky following his girlfriend—and it ain't very nice!
TV adverts for low-budget horror phenomenon Paranormal Activity showed the theatre audience literally leaping out of their seats in terror; the hype almost had me, but having been duped into seeing The Blair Witch Project at the cinema by an equally effective marketing campaign, I decided to wait until this similar sounding film hit DVD.
Apart from saving myself a few quid in the end I snagged the DVD second hand for a pound! Unfortunately, even though I did everything I could to enhance my viewing experience, including waiting until I was alone at night, turning out the lights and leaving the door ajar, Paranormal Activity still didn't scare the bejeezuz out of me! Thankfully, unlike the Blair Witch Project, the characters are at least likable enough for us to care about them, which helps the tension a touch, and director Oren Peli does manage one or two good scenes amidst the more routine bumps in the night—the discovery of footprints that end under a loft hatch leads to a chilling moment as the camera explores the dark roof-space, and Katie being dragged from her bed by an unseen assailant is an unexpected jolt—but the film as a whole is far from the intense, relentless, crap-your-pants-in-fright scare-fest that the trailers, and many reviews, claimed it to be.
Can scare many, but it was pretty much a big let-down for me and my wife. TxMike 1 January This does not have the production values of major movies. Fans speak proudly of not being able to sleep for a week after seeing it. Some go back for more just to see if they can handle freaking themselves out all over again. Peli looks serious when he says that if Jaws stopped people swimming in the sea and Blair Witch stopped people camping in the woods, then he is pleased that Paranormal Activity is stopping us from sleeping.
He shrugs: "It means it's been effective. Peli — 39, black shirt, black jeans, black trainers, ultra-white socks — looks dazed and distracted.
He glugs Coke from a glass bottle and constantly checks the messages streaming into his BlackBerry. Born in Israel, he moved to America at 19 and became a full-time software designer. Until, that is, his then-girlfriend started to hear strange things in their new San Diego home.
You know, stuff falling off shelves He thought of setting up a video camera in their bedroom, didn't get round to it, and turned the idea into a film.
I thought the basic concept of setting a video camera up at night when you're asleep and vulnerable was pretty scary because it plays on people's primal fear. Peli wasn't interested in emulating the "torture porn" of the Saw series. He didn't want blood and gore. He wanted to hint at an invisible but malevolent presence and let the audience's imagination fill in the blanks. He then visibly shudders and tugs at his white socks at the mention of The Exorcist.
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