Paranormal Activity
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- Synopsis
- After a young, middle class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban "starter" tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night....
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- Director(s)
- Oren Peli
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 86 min.
Showtimes & Tickets
Witherspoon Campus Center, Campus Box 7318
Raleigh, NC 27695
Critic Reviews
With its this-is-really-happening vibe, Paranormal Activity scrapes away 30 years of encrusted nightmare clichés. The fear is real, all right, because the fear is really in you.Read the full review
An ingenious little horror film, so well made it's truly scary.Read the full review
The film loses some of its grimy verisimilitude toward the end, but it’s nevertheless a surprisingly effective low-budget shocker with a sensibility as current as the latest viral videos, yet rooted in the suggestive, less-is-more atmospherics of Val Lewton.Read the full review
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'Paranormal' team makes new Alliance
02/04/10 "Paranormal Activity" team Oren Peli, Jason Blum and Steven Schneider have inked a five-picture deal with leading Canadian distrib Alliance Films to finance and produce low-budget genre pics. | Variety -
Paramount to test screen 'Catfish'
02/01/10 In an unusual twist to the acquisitions process, Paramount will test screen Sundance Film Festival documentary "Catfish" tonight on the Melrose lot to see if it makes sense to acquire the film. | Variety -
'Paranormal Activity' to Become Next 'Saw' Franchise?
01/19/10 How do you take revenge on a little low-budget horror film that surprisingly beat your own big-deal horror franchise entry at the box office? | Cinematical.com -
Paramore's Hayley Williams, Colbie Caillat, More Walk People's Choice Awards Red Carpet
01/06/10 The People's Choice Awards took over downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night, and the red carpet was packed with such wide-ranging stars as Sandra Bullock, Mary J. Blige and Jackie Chan. | MTV -
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'New Moon' still shining overseas
12/13/09 "Avatar" will play some 16,550 foreign screens in about 106 territories with most openings coinciding with the film's domestic debut Friday. | The Hollywood Reporter -
'Paranormal' scares up overseas
12/11/09 Oren Peli's suspense-horror pic "Paranormal Activity" climbed up the international box office chart over the Dec. 4-6 weekend to narrowly beat Robert Zemeckis' "Disney's A Christmas Carol" for the No. 3 spot at the international box office, while Summit Entertainment's "New Moon" and Sony's disaster pic "2012" stayed at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. | Variety -
Incentive to cut back on film slate
12/10/09 Incentive Filmed Entertainment, launched at last year's Cannes Film Festival by Screen Capital Intl. and WMA with $100 million in funding, has radically changed its game plan 18 months into its five-year program. | Variety
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