PN is an innocent attempt to portray a different kind of horror based completely on what kind of person you are!

Rating: 6/10 (23 October 2009)

Paranormal Activity is fair attempt at popularizing the genre of cam-reality cinema. It combines a very interesting plot along with a creative screenplay which lacks shaking cams, over-done screams, etc. Though interesting and refreshing, the movie neither meets the expectations nor the euphoria that this movie has propagated far and wide.
The movie throughout uses the element of surprise as its lifeline for adding the SCARE element! No matter what the scenes are, you will be scared if you are always worried as to what is going to happen now. Most people who have praised PN as the scariest movie they have ever seen come under those category of people. If you are one of those people, you should definitely watch the movie.
However, then there are others who are not worried, but are the edge of their seats expecting something horrific to happen soon and towards the end of the movie, they not only lose their patience, but their expectations might/might not be met. If you are one of those people, I would say that maybe you would find this an average affair.
Lastly, the last kind of people who are none other than horror fans who expect to wet their pants are coming in for a shock. This is not one of those movies!
Nonetheless, PN has several well directed shots towards the latter half of the movie that show its creative genius.
On a final note, PN is an innocent attempt to portray a different kind of horror based completely on what kind of person you are. It is definitely refreshing and at least a one time watch :)