This film is famous for giving probably the best return on investment of any film ever made. Reportedly costing $15,000 to make, it's earned about $200 million world-wide to date. It's a fantastic example of how a well-executed, small budget film can be a powerful (and scary) success.
Presented as 'found footage', Paranormal Activity chronicles a couple and their efforts to track supposed supernatural goings-on in a woman's San Diego apartment. Micah and Katie notice some strange occurrences in the apartment, so they set up a video camera to record anything that happens in the apartment when they're away, and after they go to sleep. What they discover is beyond their expectations.
I am not one scared by horror films, but this truly unsettled me. I watched it late at night, alone. Near the end of the film, something crashed in the kitchen. Not a good thing to happen during this film, which builds and builds until an unexpected conclusion.
Written, produced, photographed and directed by Oren Peli, who presumably is one fat cat movie guy at this point.
Rated R for language
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