Paranormal Activity! (With nitelite's review & alt. ending)

[AnthraxNapkin]

i heard that **** was crazy i want to see this!

[DominoPro]

Holy **** that was good! like wow!

i've never been more involved in a horror movie, i was literally on the edge of my chair freakin out haha, so good.

[supermanhoward12]

Thanks to a wildly successful (and highly unorthodox) marketing campaign and near universal acclaim, horror flick 'Paranormal Activity' is probably the hottest ticket in your town. The low-budget film -- it cost a mere $11,000 for a seven-day shoot -- was first released only in college towns, then slowly rolled out to additional markets based on an online audience demand campaign. Last weekend 'Paranormal' took in an astounding $49,379 per screen, earning $7.9 million for the weekend (compare that with the massively marketed 'Couples Retreat,' which cost Universal $60 million to make and earned $34.3 mil on 3,000 screens, making a less impressive $11,429 per screen).

Based on the success so far, Paramount has decided to take 'Paranormal' nationwide this weekend. So, should you believe the hype? Well, it's been haunting me ever since I saw it a week ago -- I'm still sleeping with all the lights on (and forcing my poor husband to escort me into the basement to do laundry), so I'm going to have to answer that question with a big YES. This is the rare scary movie that actually gets under your skin, and stays there long after the theater lights come up. And it's quite simply the most effective haunted-house movie I've ever seen.

The film follows a young couple (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) who set up a video camera in their bedroom to capture events they believe to be otherworldly. What unfolds after that is chilling, thrilling and just downright creepy. You see just enough of the couple's mundane daily activities -- brushing teeth, reading, eating -- that you forget at times that it's scripted and, by the end of the movie, you're convinced this couple really is documenting a true-life haunting.

Unlike today's major horror franchises, the real element of fear here is inspired not by flesh-and-bone bad guys, monsters or threat of bodily harm -- it's the fear of the unknown, the unseen. It's the things that go bump late at night while you clutch your partner in bed or bolt upright from a dead sleep because you're convinced there's a shadowy figure standing at the foot of your bed. Some of the moments in the film that elicit the loudest screams in the theater are the quietest on screen.

But don't take my word for it. Sure, I may be just be a scaredy cat (well, yes, I am, actually). But critics and moviegoers share my enthusiasm for 'Paranormal Activity.' Owen Gleiberman at Entertainment Weekly called it "freaky and terrifying," while Betsy Sharkey of the L.A. Times wrote, "There will be a very tight coil of anxiety buried deep in your gut that is very hard to get rid of." And -- now this may be the real shocker here -- critics and fans seem to be in agreement on this flick. Read on to discover what some of the Moviefone readers who've seen the movie have to say.

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[Imadogg]

Saw it last night, 7 of us went, 3 guys and 4 girls.

Personally, I didn't think it was the scariest thing ever, I thought I would be more freaked out thinking I'm a puss lol. I did like the movie though. The biggest thing wasn't just continuous scares, it's just that the suspense/tension level keeps rising as you go through the movie, everything is just really creepy and the feel of the movie is more realistic based on the camera and all that. Obviously if you feel like this can happen in real life you'll be more creeped.

At the end the theater burst out in screams. A chick was to my left and she screamed so ****ing loud and jumped on me basically. A big dude was to my right and he jumped on me too haha.

Watch it in theaters with a good crowd. dNYCE, don't have friends that say dumb **** and laugh all movie cuz that will ruin it.

[WadeandTmac]

this sh1t looks way too overhyped im watching it tomorrow and it better be as good as everyone says.

[dNYCE]

Going to see it tonight, can't wait!!

Oh btw, I've been hearing that different theatre's have different endings to the movie.. is this true?

[Imadogg]

Originally Posted by dNYCE

Going to see it tonight, can't wait!!

Oh btw, I've been hearing that different theatre's have different endings to the movie.. is this true?

Don't think so. I think for the first screenings and film festivals they had one, but changed it for the real release

[dNYCE]

Originally Posted by Imadogg

Don't think so. I think for the first screenings and film festivals they had one, but changed it for the real release

Ohh, ok gotcha!

[coutts1990]

Its annoying the two movies i most want to watch is Paranormal activite and Moon and i dont no when there being released here in the uk

[dNYCE]

Just got back from seeing it.. and I gotta say, the movie was OK. I personally think it was over-hyped, I liked the concept and I liked how they made you feel you were part of the movie. It was however creepy and suspenseful, which made the movie worthwhile.. The beginning to what seemed to be forever, then as the movie progressed the suspense level went up.

The ending was really good..
*spoiler* *spoiler*
I liked how she walked away then she just let out bloody scream (that I'm sure is gonna stay with me for a while). Then the boyfriend runs down and he starts screaming, and following you hear a loud boom and then all goes quiet. Then you start hearing footsteps, and it goes silent for a second, then you hear a crazy sound and he just goes flying through the air up against the camera, and once he falls shes standing in the doorway in her "demon" state. She walks over to his body and like bites him or some shiet. She slowly starts looking up then has a crazy evil grin go across her face, then you hear another dreadful sound and her face goes flying toward the camera. Next you see credits saying the boyfriends body was found, blah blah blah, and then it says she was never found and her whereabouts are unknown. Then the screen just went blank and continued to stay like that for 2-3 minutes (mind you all the lights are still off in the theatre) and then out of nowhere it just got cold as hell in the movie theatre, another minute goes by.. then the lights come on and everythings over.
Is that similar to your guys ending?