Paranormal Activity's Review

Paranormal Activity is a low budget movie set in a house of a couple whom supposedly just moved in. The movie uses the "documentary" type of vibe so that it could make us feel that it's real every moment of it. Well guess what, it's GENIUS. For a very long time, there hasn't been any good American horror movies lately. Most horror movies uses the usual cheap "come-out-of-nowhere" scenes to scare you (along with the really loud sounds in case you don't get shocked). Well this movie doesn't. This movie actually makes it's environment and atmosphere so realistic that you actually feel that you're there. That's what makes the movie scary. The acting were mediocre at best. What's actually bad about the movie is that it really takes a VERY long time to high gear. I get it that it wants you to get your level of fear from level 0 and take it higher after some of the horror scenes. But it just takes too much time and it's really frustrating. It's like they forgot to entertain us and they keep too focused on making it real. So the procedure is always from day time activity and then bed time (where the ghost appears), and it keeps on repeating for at least 7-8 times and the repetitive feeling just sucks. Well, despite all that, this movie still gives the thrills and an ending which keeps lingering in your mind after you leave the theater which makes you hard to sleep.

Overall: 6.9 / 10