Where is the horror I paid for???

Rating: 2/10 (2 July 2013)

The hand-held camera records to people sleeping. Then they wake up because they think they heard something. The tension build,and builds, AND!... nothing happens! Repeat this with some horrible acting in- between during daytime, and there you have Paranormal Activity, folks. Hands down the least scary horror movie I've ever watched. I'll admit that the found footage-take on the otherwise worn-out haunted house- genre sounded like a good idea, which is why I thought it would be more realistic and frightening. But my suggestion: try to add the creep- factor. People are more scared of a sneaking, claustrophobic feeling(Insidious) or the a creepy entity subtly lurking around (Sinister)than a door shutting itself... Do something about it. If you add the aforementioned, it would still be paranormal, and it would be all the more frightening, due to the "this is real"-perspective. When the movie begins, the first that thing hits after five minutes is a feeling of doubt regarding whether this is real or not, and kudos for that. But the end can be seen coming from the second Katie reveals that some sort of demon has been haunting her since she was eight. And guess what, you are right. *SPOILER* The demon DOES possess her, and it wins a battle that you realize from the start that is lost for the good guys. The unpredictable is scary, NOT the stuff you see coming from miles away! At this point, I advice anyone reading this to see the message boards for this movie. There is a description of how you are supposed to watch this movie. Really? Do you have to follow a description to make it scary? Why can't it just be scary in the first place? Yeah, that's probably it. YOU don't understand that it's absolutely horrifying, but it IS! Last time I checked, nobody can tell me "now you are scared". When something scares me, I know. And Paranormal Activity doesn't. Grab some popcorn and watch a zombie-slasher instead.