Without a doubt one of the scariest movies of the past 10 years

Rating: 10/10 (11 October 2009)

Every time you see a preview for a movie that says that "this is the scariest movie of the last (enter # of years here) years" But this is actually a movie that lives up to that title.
Paranormal Activity is without a doubt one of the scariest movies of the past decade. It is absolutely terrifying, and after initial viewing, i promise you, that you will have lots of trouble sleeping after watching it.
The movie taps into one of those primal fears of what goes on in your house at night, that creepy feeling that someone is watching you, seeing that big shadow on the wall thats not yours, and the fear of ghosts/demons.
The movie is really a great horror film, following in the tradition of the original "The Hauting" and "The Exorcist" this film is a perfect mix of the two films with a little "Blair Witch Project" mixed in. There is no blood/gore, no sex/nudity. Just a great horror film that pulls out all the stop to scare you without showing anything.
Paranormal Activity starts very slow, but within roughly the first 20 mins into the first night scene you will be creeped out immediately. The ending is also one of the major part of the movie that has still be burned into my memory since I saw it on Friday, today is Sunday. I'm not as much trouble falling asleep but it still is somewhat hard to every time this film floats though my head.
I urge you to see this in the movie theater, where it is much better (though it also depends if your audience is well behaved and quite) see this film with an audience is the most enjoyable and terrifying experiences I've ever had in a movie theater.
When i saw this on Friday, it was still limited midnight releases, but when i got home i read that Paranormal Activity had passed the 1,000,000 point and is now getting a wide release to all theaters this Friday.
You should really catch this in the theater if you can, trust me it will be all worth it. Paranormal Activity is really one the scariest movies of the past 10 years that i would rank up there with the original "The Hauting", "The Exorcist", and other horror classics. I give a perfect 10 stars.