Paranormal Activities

Rating: 8/10 (12 November 2009)

In Paranormal Activities, a young couple, Micah and Katie, moves into their new suburban house. They do not suspect the house of being inhabited by any kind of supernatural being. As the movie progresses, we find out that Katie has had some kind of presence following her ever since she was a little girl, no matter where she went. At first, the events that happened were kind of subtle. They are still a little creepy, but nothing major is really happening. As the movie progresses, though, the events and activities taking place begin to get more often and more powerful. The worst and most powerful event that happens is within the last few minutes of the movie.
Paranormal Activities is a scary movie. It was intended for an audience who enjoys that adrenaline rush from being scared out of their minds. The purpose of Paranormal Activities is to do just that. It is filmed in a documentary style to give it the effect that everything on screen actually happened instead of filming it like a normal movie. While filming the movie in a documentary style to give this effect, it was not actually true like it is supposed to appear.
As I said before, Paranormal Activities was intended for an audience who enjoys the adrenaline rush from scary movies, and the purpose of Paranormal Activities is to do exactly that. The movie gives the audience the effect that what is on screen is actually happening through the documentary style of filming. The movie accomplishes its purpose very well, according to people I've talked to who have watched it. I, too, was scared at times during the movie. Using the documentary style of filming was very effective in accomplishing its purpose.