Paranormal Activity

[SBriand 4]

Just got back from a midnight showing. It was worth the 1.5 hours waiting in line to make sure to get a seat.The hype is that is the scariest flick ever. Pretty damn close imo. If you have a theater near you showing it, go see it. It's only showing at 13 theaters across the country. We saw ours in Ann Arbor. I won't give anything away at all but just say that the big cool U of M college dudes behind me screamed like girls more than once. I am still freaked out and movies never scare me.

[CrookedLink 0]

My sister got a ticket for a midnight screening last night and gave it to me. I got off work at 10pm, got to the movie theater by 11pm and saw a line literally two blocks long. I said fuck that and went home. Turned out half the people in line didn't get to go in. I really hope they make this a wide release because I really want to see it

[Sick Boy 0]

Just watched the trailer on youtube. Reminds me a little bit of The Blair Witch Project.

[hank213 1,824]

I see the little college theatre here is doing midnight showings this weekend...now if I can just find a date.Looks like I'll have to wait for dvd.

[IQCrash 1]

Gonna wait 'til I get more confirmation.I heard [rec] was "the scariest movie evar!" and it was so blah that I can't be sold that easily anymore.

[SBriand 4]

Gonna wait 'til I get more confirmation.I heard [rec] was "the scariest movie evar!" and it was so blah that I can't be sold that easily anymore.

For me personally, these types of movies need to been seen immediately before the hype ruins the effect. I knew nothing about the story or what it was remotely about other than it scared the crap out of Steven Spielberg. I think hype can ruin what most would find a decent movie experience if they see it before waiting to hear every last review. And for the most part, this movie has been getting great reviews across the board and all say that it is creepy and does a good job with the scaring.

[hank213 1,824]

Gonna wait 'til I get more confirmation.I heard [rec] was "the scariest movie evar!" and it was so blah that I can't be sold that easily anymore.

I typically don't listen to all the "scariest movie" talk because typically when they say stuff like that it's the slasher scary (which doesn't scare me at all) or the "cat jumping out of the garbage can after 45 seconds of musical buildup" scary which I find cheap and annoying. However, I've heard this movie is "creepy" and that's what I really look for in a scary movie. The buildup of an almost physical sense of unease accompanied with psychological tension. It's tough to do and I can't readily recall a recent movie that has done it consistently throughout the showing. IIRC Emily Rose did that well in short bursts a couple of times but failed to carry it longer than a ~10mins at a time.

[SBriand 4]

However, I've heard this movie is "creepy" and that's what I really look for in a scary movie. The buildup of an almost physical sense of unease accompanied with psychological tension. It's tough to do and I can't readily recall a recent movie that has done it consistently throughout the showing.

Exactly. Creepy is the word. The tension. I think what they did here was almost as perfect as you can get. There is no monsters, no gore, or anything like that, just about 80 minutes of tension out of 99.I watch "scary" movies all the time and it is rare that I ever feel the tension afterwards. I liked Blair Witch which is the closest movie I have seen that is similar but I think what puts this way over the top is the setting. After watching BW you go home and not into a forest for 3 days so the tension wears off. After this movie you go back to your home and since it is shown at midnight, you go back home and to your bedroom to go to bed. And that is the setting for this movie. There were literally girls outside the theater crying about how they needed one of their friends to go home with them because they were scared to go home and sleep alone. (so maybe you should go stag Hank!!!).

[Sal Paradise 57]

There were literally girls outside the theater crying about how they needed one of their friends to go home with them because they were scared to go home and sleep alone. (so maybe you should go stag Hank!!!).

FUCK IT'S NOT PLAYING AROUND HERE

[Governator 54]

Everyone laughs at me, but Blair Witch is the creepiest movie I've ever seen and I didn't see it on the big screen. I watched it by myself in bed at 11:30PM at night (I remember Letterman was about to start). I was so freaked out and the odd thing is I couldn't turn it off or turn away if I wanted to. I was just glued to it. After it was done I had to watch cartoons for the next hour before going to bed lol.This totally looks like it would have the same effect on me, I'd personally love to rent this thing and watch it bed at night. Although after seeing the "ghost" in the bed with them in the trailer I probably wouldn't be able to sleep all night.

[frautotenkinder 1,026]

If you're thinking about seeing this movie, please don't read any more about it. Just see it. My husband saw it, I didn't. He called me, to make sure I was home when he got there--he didn't want to be home alone.The last time he had a reaction to a horror movie like that was when he saw the Japanese movie Pulse, he saw it in the theater, I went out with other friends. When I got back home, he was waiting for me, with every light on. He loves horror movies, sees as many as he can, but those two really scared him to death.

[brvheart 1,768]

Blair Witch and The Ring were both very tension filled and fun to watch.

[dna4ever 2]

Everyone laughs at me, but Blair Witch is the creepiest movie I've ever seen and I didn't see it on the big screen. I watched it by myself in bed at 11:30PM at night (I remember Letterman was about to start). I was so freaked out and the odd thing is I couldn't turn it off or turn away if I wanted to. I was just glued to it. After it was done I had to watch cartoons for the next hour before going to bed lol.

My wife and I watched the Blair Witch at home one time late and night and were both pretty creeped and out scared the entire movie.When it was over my wife went into the bathroom and I went by our front door and just stood with my face in the corner so I was just standing there with my back to her and my head down when she came out of the bathroom. She was so freaked out she started crying. It's been what, 5+ years or something, it seems since that movie and she still brings that incident up. That is the sign of a good creepy movie!I agree with everyone else here. I'm not a huge fan of the blood and gore and hacking, although thats cool and all, but I like the buildup and tension where you almost feel like you want to look away cause you know someone/thing is going to be there behind them when they close the bathroom door or someone is staring at them in the background when the medicine door mirror closes; that kind of shit is what I love!That being said, this movie is something I really want to see, but it's not playing anywhere near here, boooo!

[SBriand 4]

My wife and I watched the Blair Witch at home one time late and night and were both pretty creeped and out scared the entire movie.When it was over my wife went into the bathroom and I went by our front door and just stood with my face in the corner so I was just standing there with my back to her and my head down when she came out of the bathroom. She was so freaked out she started crying. It's been what, 5+ years or something, it seems since that movie and she still brings that incident up.

lol I do the same thing to my wife and she gets angry every time. Just reading and remembering that scene in BW gives me the chills.

[ajs510 122]

Everyone laughs at me, but Blair Witch is the creepiest movie I've ever seen and I didn't see it on the big screen. I watched it by myself in bed at 11:30PM at night (I remember Letterman was about to start). I was so freaked out and the odd thing is I couldn't turn it off or turn away if I wanted to. I was just glued to it. After it was done I had to watch cartoons for the next hour before going to bed lol.This totally looks like it would have the same effect on me, I'd personally love to rent this thing and watch it bed at night. Although after seeing the "ghost" in the bed with them in the trailer I probably wouldn't be able to sleep all night.

I'm very ashamed of the fact that I bought into the Blair Witch backstory in 1999, and during the buildup/hype before the movie came out I believed 3 kids had gone missing and all that was found was the videotape which was made into a documentary. I blame the alcohol for making me a very stupid/gullible 22 year old.

[Suited_Up 2]

Blair Witch and The Ring were both very tension filled and fun to watch.

The Ring is pretty much the only movie to date that really freaked me out.I knew too much about Blair Witch beforehand, but I still found it pretty interesting, and I went with people who didn't know anything but what I told them, so that was fun to see.

[dna4ever 2]

This movie got over 1,000,000 requests through the Demand It website so Paramount is releasing it nationwide on October 16th.I'm looking forward to seeing it!

[brvheart 1,768]

It was made for $15,000.

[SBriand 4]

It was made for $15,000.

Actually $11K. Filmed in 5 days in the creators house. Used his actor friends who didn't even change their names. It is actually well done for what it turns out to be. I can't wait to see it again.

[speedz99 145]

Everyone laughs at me, but Blair Witch is the creepiest movie I've ever seen and I didn't see it on the big screen. I watched it by myself in bed at 11:30PM at night (I remember Letterman was about to start). I was so freaked out and the odd thing is I couldn't turn it off or turn away if I wanted to.

A college buddy of mine saw this when he was in high school, before it came out in theaters (and before the hype train had started). His best friend's dad was a movie exec who brought home a screener, telling them the backstory as if it was the real deal. They watched it in a house set fairly far back in the woods, and apparently it was the scariest experience of his life by far, to the point where it was completely unenjoyable because they couldn't fall back on "it's just a movie".

[CrookedLink 0]

Actually $11K. Filmed in 5 days in the creators house. Used his actor friends who didn't even change their names. It is actually well done for what it turns out to be. I can't wait to see it again.

Where'd you come across this info? Per wikipedia: In casting the movie, Peli auditioned "a few hundred people" before finally meeting actress Katie Featherston and actor Micah Sloat. He originally auditioned them individually and then called them back so that they could audition together. Peli was impressed with the chemistry the actors showed saying, "If you saw the [audition] footage, you would've thought they had known each other for years."By the way, went to a late night showing on Saturday night and I thought the movie was fantastic. I completely agree with someone earlier in this thread that mentioned that what made it even creeper was the setting. When I got home, for the life of me I was still scared shitless when I was about to go to bed and every noise in my house was freaking me out.

Only part that was a little meh for me was the ending. I'm not sure what I would have preferred but it seemed to end a bit on the cheap side.

[frautotenkinder 1,026]

Actually $11K. Filmed in 5 days in the creators house. Used his actor friends who didn't even change their names. It is actually well done for what it turns out to be.

I know it was done for no money--and good on him. Instead of being a whiny creative type "All the movies suck. My movie wouldn't suck. Pass the bowl." He out of his bean bag chair and did it.The cost being reported is first filming, right? After it being shown in Slamdance, Spielberg saw it, and gave him notes about the ending. (I'm assuming he wanted more scenes with lovable aliens.) Then there's all the post production, color correction, audio looping, etc. And then we get to publicity costs.I'm hoping Oren Peli has seen Overnight.

[SBriand 4]

Where'd you come across this info? Per wikipedia: In casting the movie, Peli auditioned "a few hundred people" before finally meeting actress Katie Featherston and actor Micah Sloat. He originally auditioned them individually and then called them back so that they could audition together. Peli was impressed with the chemistry the actors showed saying, "If you saw the [audition] footage, you would've thought they had known each other for years."By the way, went to a late night showing on Saturday night and I thought the movie was fantastic. I completely agree with someone earlier in this thread that mentioned that what made it even creeper was the setting. When I got home, for the life of me I was still scared shitless when I was about to go to bed and every noise in my house was freaking me out.

Only part that was a little meh for me was the ending. I'm not sure what I would have preferred but it seemed to end a bit on the cheap side.

My wife got it from another source. Maybe I misunderstood her or her info is wrong or the wiki is wrong. Either way. Awesome movie.

[0 jose 0 0]

my girlfriend went to watch this movie and called me at 3 in the morning to make sure i was home cause she was scared shit less from this movie but i still had doubt that this movie might be actually that scary, until i started reading a couple forums where grown men couldnt go home alone so now i cant wait till the 16th to go watch it

[powerpoker 0]

I liked Blair Witch

I saw blair witch when it came out, im still waiting for something to happen.