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Paranormal Activity (2009)

Paranormal Activity
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Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Michael Bayouth

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.

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.
Directed by: Oren Peli
Release Date: Sep 25, 2009
DVD Release Date: Dec 29, 2009

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3 hours ago
dont do any homework on this film or it will spoil it, just watch it!
4 hours ago
thought it was very decent. succeeded in freaking me out, but ghosts still aren't real!
4 hours ago
shot like Cloverfield, Blair Witch Project, [REC]..
1st person-cam motion sickness..
5 hours ago
Excellent spooky film that certainly makes you jump in your seat and kind of unsettled once you return home. Just please people, shut the bedroom door at night!!
5 hours ago
i watched this one and ohhhh my god its ace

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10 days ago
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
Paranormal Activity shows how little it takes for inventive filmmakers to do a lot.
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27 days ago
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
The same old thing dressed up in very slightly different clothes.
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56 days ago
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
In the light of day, it's all very silly and conventional. But of course we're not talking about the light of day.
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59 days ago
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
It works best when it comes out of nowhere, because that's, in the end, where it goes.
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59 days ago
Kurt Loder, MTV
Even Roger Corman might have hesitated to pitch this deal to one of his hungry young proteges: "You get a little over $11,000, one camera and two unknown actors to make a really scary movie. No effects, of course. Oh, and no gore, please." Imagine th... (read more)
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