Paranormal Activity
Katie and Micah are enjoying a happy and carefree existence. Their future looks promising until bizarre events begin to occur at night. In order to get to the bottom of things, Katie and Micah purchase a video camera to find out what happens at night while they sleep.
In Cloverfield, there is something going on. In REC, there are A LOT of things going on. In this one.... there isn't really much. In fact it is downright boring. Am I supposed to be scared of flying sheets and slamming doors? The premise/concept sounds kinda interesting. Yet the execution in storytelling and narrative is just not there. The entire thing feels formulaic as the scares, terrors and the action are just isolated in that certain one setting and one angle, which is that bedroom shot. Outside of that, you have the couple standing or sitting there bickering or deciding what to do next. And you'll have to wait a long long time before you find them back in bed again. We can appreciate that we don't have big name stars to carry the movie, yet their performances are ranged from convincing to not-so-convincing. There are one or two moments that were impressive in bringing out something spooky, but two out of the entire movie is a cocktease. And you'll have to wait for a long time before anything interesting happening. And really they find this scary? This is not scary at all! Like the Blair Witch Project.... yeah you heard me...
2 out of 5 stars
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