Replace the Blair Witch with a pissed-off demon and exchange the woodland setting for a blank-slate suburban tract house, and you've got the basic idea of what to expect from
Paranormal Activity, director Oren Peli's highly effective feature debut. The big difference is that while the potty-mouthed teens in the former movie made the dunderheaded decision to traipse off into the woods in search of a malevolent urban (rural?) legend -- all the poor-sap protagonists of
Paranormal Activity wanted was a peaceful night's sleep in their own cozy bed. They don't get that, and odds are neither will you after enduring the slow-burn intensity of this nocturnal ner...
Released:
2009
Rated:
R
Length:
86 mins