4 reasons why 'Paranormal Activity' is a bad movie:

Rating: 1/10 (10 November 2010)

1)Because it has an unoriginal plot: In fact, all of the ideas presented in this movie are directly taken from well known horror films: the hand shaking camera movement (The Blair Witch Project), the whole exorcism theme (The Exorcist), the "Oh I can't sleep at night because something bad is going to happen!" (A Nightmare On Elm Street) and many other things that I won't expose in order to avoid spoilers.
2)Because it's an unprofessional movie: it's not a secret that this movie had an extremely low budget, but that's NOT a reason to see an irrelevant crew member getting his way out of the camera in the middle of a scene.
3)Because the acting is bad: Katie and Micah characters can't make you feel any empathy towards their situation in the what supposed to be the scary scenes and The Psychic is just pathetic and utterly futile.
4)Because it's simply doesn't work: the main goal of this film is to get you scared, but I just can't be afraid of occasional knocks or slammed doors or some weirdo Psychic who says he has a "bad feeling". Sorry, I don't buy it.