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Studio:Icon Home Entertainment

Director:Oren Peli

Cast: Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer, Mark Fredrichs, Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat

Running Time:86 minutes

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Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer, Mark Fredrichs, Katie Featherston, Micah SloatDirector: Oren Peli

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- Paranormal for sure

Oh my god this film was really good definately worth the money.
When me and my friends began watching it, we thought it was gonna be rubbish
but when the real paranormal stuff stared to happen, we really got into it.
Very jumpy and actually scaryy. You'll find yourself behind a pillow or curled
up in a ball screaming ha.

- Not normally a fan of scary films...

I wanted to watch this film because of the reviews I had read in the press. I wanted to see how a low-budget, home movie style film could be so scary. I am not a fan of scary films and can normally be found hiding behind a pillow throughout any thriller, and even Harry Potter.

However, this film sucked me in to a comfort zone with its slow start and real life documentary feel. How scary can it be if it is real life? As my husband I watched it, we were commenting how true to life the acting was, and both jumped at the footsteps/slamming doors etc. I did not hide behind a pillow once, as the film went on I found myself glued to the screen.

Nothing prepared me for the change in pace, the final scenes led me to scream out loud, a scream that was so sudden and unexpected, that it scared me, let alone my husband. All I can say is....that smile will haunt me for months.

- not as bad as everyones saying

this film is brilliant, lots of people are saying is rubbish but it nothing like that at all, its one of those films you have to see yourself and decide

- Paranormal Packed Fun

I dont know why this has been rated so low on Amazon!

It is a fantastic scary movie, with freaky images and disturbing stuff throughout!

However, you expect whats going to happen 2nd time around, so it isnt as good!

But, it still gets 5 stars for me!

- Genuinely terrifying

I love a good, scary film, especially ones with supernatural goings-on and the more realistic, the better and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY didn't fail to frighten me and keep me thinking long after the credits had rolled.

The story is about a young couple - Micah and Katie - who move in together and within a few weeks strange things start happening during the night so Micah buys a camera and other recording equipment to try and capture the activity on film. It is all filmed through the perspective of the two lead characters using the hand-held camera and is all recorded in their house, making this feel extremely creepy and personal as you are really taken out of your comfort zone, particularly as a majority of the occurrences happen when they are sleeping. Not actually seeing the ghost or demon makes it also a lot more realistic as it is left to your imagination to what is actually going on.

The acting is spot-on, having a very slow build up near the beginning gave me time to get to know the characters a little bit and therefore care about what was happening to them later on. When the actual hauntings happen their performances are very believable, with real panic and fear (apparently the actors weren't entirely sure what was going to happen to them when it was filmed, so there is a lot of unrehearsed acting here). As the days go by and the hauntings get worse, it gets to the point near the end of the film where I was dreading what was going to happen next.

I think the scariest thing about this film is how it plays on your mind afterwards and made every knock and creak that I heard in my house whilst lying in bed kept me on edge and just couldn't get the creepy scenes out of my head. This is without a doubt one of the most chilling and genuinely creepy films I have ever seen and am so glad I went along with the hype and saw this as it was excellent. If you like a scare then I highly recommend this to you.