Paranormal Activity
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December 29, 2009
- 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.
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Critic Reviews
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
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
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
An ingenious little horror film, so well made it's truly scary.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites
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' 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 -
Paramount to produce more micro-budget films
12/10/09 Seeking to replicate the stunning success of "Paranormal Activity," Paramount's launching an initiative aimed at spending $1 million annually to develop and produce micro-budget films. | Variety -
Lots of choices for Slamdance
12/09/09 Slamdance's 2010 feature competition will serve up 10 narrative and eight documentary feature films, programmed in the spirit of the fest's motto "by filmmakers, for filmmakers." | Variety -
'Paranormal Activity' scares up $34 million overseas
12/09/09 Oren Peli's suspense-horror pic "Paranormal Activity" is scaring up plenty of interest in the U.K. and Australia, coming in No. 1 in both territories last weekend. | Variety -
'Let's make movies'
12/08/09 "Let's make movies, not deals. Let's write movies, not scripts." -- | Variety -
Future of Film summit aims positive
12/08/09 That was the mantra at Variety's Future of Film Summit in Santa Monica Tuesday. | Variety -
Variety to cover Future of Film
12/07/09 Variety and Digital Media Wire will host the Future of Film Summit on December 8 at the Sheraton Delfina in Santa Monica, but you can find coverage throughout the day at Variety.com. Variety will begin posting updates shortly after 9am, when the event kicks off with a keynote conversation between producer Paula Wagner and Variety president Neil Stiles. | Variety -
Eugene Hernandez: The Future of Festivals?
12/07/09 Today, even as sales reps continue to compete this week to sign a new crop of Sundance movies, filmmakers are pondering alternate solutions. | indieWIRE -
10 Horrifically Profitable Films
12/02/09 Oren Peli's debut feature 'Paranormal Activity' -- an ingenious horror movie set in a house as a young couple attempt to capture a spectre on camera -- was made on video for a tiny budget of just $15,000. | Rotten Tomatoes