Aggressively average and not worth the hype

Rating: 2/10 (6 March 2016)

I had a feeling I knew what this film would be like before I entered the theatre, and unfortunately my fears were realised.
Despite the incredible hype for this film as a 'terrifying film', I found it to be boring and aggressively average.
There is nothing new about the plot. Boy and girl are harassed by malevolent presence and one of them dies. The only new thing is the found footage element, which is done very badly. The cameraman is bad at controlling the camera, the footage is blurry in parts, and the sound is extra fuzzy. Cheap tricks are used to try and make people scared, but every jumpscare is cued by a sound effect which makes it awfully easy to realise when one's about to happen.
Paranormal Activity has remarkably little scares for a film that seems to invite horror from the opening titles. In the end it just felt like I was watching a guy being an asshole to his girlfriend for far too long, and said guy perhaps had a cat that could turn on lights in a malevolent manner or something to further torment said girlfriend.
It's really bad when you end up siding for the antagonist in films like this.
Not recommended.