Expected a lot, got very little.

Rating: 6/10 (27 November 2009)

OK so Paranormal Activity....I did go in expecting a lot and what I got was very little, granted there was some genuine moments of tension and the actress playing katie put in a really good performance however the consistent douchebaggery of micha took away a sense of realism from the couple. A lot of the ideas were recycled and frankly not scary at all, the ending was one of two obvious choices and the whole premise of the film is based on cheap tricks which are ground out at such a static pace that the film never really picks up any momentum.Where the film lacks in visual splendor it compensates in its audio work some of the sound used creates a real sense of tension and triggers of more powerful imagery in the viewers mind than what the filmmaker could throw up on screen. However a lot of the incidents in the night recordings featured in the film could have been merged together cutting a good 15 minutes of the film which would have lessened or even completely taken out the rather stale periods during its 86 minute run time, granted this would have made it a much shorter film but it would also make it much tighter.Overall a good principle idea ruined by pretty poor execution.