Not bad at all, but the concept is wearing thin

Rating: 7/10 (17 November 2009)

By concept I mean the way this movie was shot. I admit that I liked this perspective in earlier movies, and I thought Cloverfield perfected it, but right from the start of this movie I thought that the gimmick is wearing off now.
Surprisingly this film is quite good. From the beginning I was worried that this movie would descent into cheap scares and other stupid 'boo'- effects, but luckily this is not the case with Paranormal Activity. The acting is one of the things that could have been improved on. Especially Micah can be very unrealistic sometimes and even obnoxious. But other then that it is a entertaining film that delivers what it promises. Its also kind of strange that the entire movie only takes place at a house, and I wonder how Micah payed for that camera when apparently none of them have a job...
Paranormal Activity never really gets scary, but it does build up a lot of atmosphere and suspense, and the ending is surprising. Even if you are not a big fan of the home-video style videography Paranormal Activity is still worth checking out.