A Scary Treat!

Rating: 7/10 (26 November 2009)

Paranormal Activity may very well be the scariest film you will see all year. So turn off the lights and grab a pillow, and don't forget your camcorder with you as you never know what may be crawling pass your feet as you watch this very intense horror!
Gore fans turn away however, as this film does not employ gruesome tactics to disgust the viewer, rather it uses clever suspenseful scenes to keep the audience on their toes throughout. The film moves quite slowly via a day-to-day account of the events that took place, but every day feels like a piece to the jigsaw puzzle that is Paranormal Activity as every night, something new as creepy as the events that took place the night before will unravel. This will certainly make you feel weary after each passing sunset in the film makes you more and more fearful of what is to come.
Unfortunately, for a film that uses a documentary style filming to add a sense of scare to its viewers, it fails to be convincing in this aspect due to the horrendous acting. Probably the most paranormal thing in this movie is the male lead. Throughout the series of stressful events, the character manages to keep his cool throughout and never losing control. There were so many situations in which you would expect the male lead to just completely lose his mind and act accordingly, but he was unusually calm throughout. For a human being to act this way under such stressful situations is quite inhuman and I find it a tad bit scary to be honest!
All in all, Paranormal Activity is a good enough horror flick for all you horror-seeking zombies to feed upon for the time being, but it isn't anything special in terms of modern film-making. What it does manage however is to provide tense-scary moments that the big budget horror directors out there fail to create.
In summary, Paranormal Activity contains:
Mind-numbing horror
Suspenseful scenes
Scary calm actors