In my opinion, one of the scariest movies ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (27 October 2010)

So, the reason why I'm writing this review is because I'm seeing way too many bad reviews given about this movie. It makes me really wonder, how many of those reviewers did really EXPERIENCE PA, not just SEE it.
Sadly, I have noticed that one of the main reasons people don't like this movie is because they didn't "watch" it properly. Yes, I'm talking about people who download it, then watch it from their computers and wonder why it was so boring and not scary at all. If you watched it like that, no wonder you hate PA.
I saw PA in the cinema, and if possible, do the same thing yourselves. If not, grab the DVD/Blu-ray (or computer if you downloaded it, but I'd recommend either DVD/Blu-ray) and be sure to watch it with proper audio, not some silly computer-stereos or similar. A quality home-theater with at least 5.1 audio should do the trick with the volume at MAXIMUM. This movies tension is so much based on the atmosphere the sounds create, and thus watching it with low-volume will only ruin it. I'd prefer watching it in dark too.
If you saw it (or will see it) at movie-theaters or watched it at home in "the most movie-theater mimicking environment", and still didn't like it, there's no helping it. People tend to like different kind of movies, different kind of horror etc. For example, I liked this movie a lot, and the movie I hate the most is Martyrs, which many people seem to like and which is a big-piece of crap in my opinion. PA and Martyrs are horror movies worlds-apart from each other. Note, my point is not to say that Martyrs is "the worst movie ever" nor that PA is better than it. My main point is that people like different things.
There is one aspect still left that can make this movie a scary experience for you and that is: the less you know about the plot and happenings, the better it is. My tip is not to even watch the trailer or any similar media about it. I'd be stupid if I said that "the better PA is the less you know about it". Why would I be writing this damn review then?
I you have already seen PA, I highly believe it won't be scary anymore on the 2nd watch, even if you liked it the 1st time or not. At least thats what happened to me. I found it scary only the 1st time I saw it in theaters, and after that it hasn't been that scary though I've watched it several times at home, volume maxed out and at night (had the volume so high that things started falling because of the bass, lol). It scares you to the bone only the first time you watch it.
I didn't focus on certain things in the movie, like acting and stuff, because everything that matters to me in a movie is the entirety or "big-picture" it creates.
I personally recommend this movie to any horror fan or average-Joe, but under the circumstances that you watch it in the PERFECT atmosphere and environment this movie deserves.