Time wasted you will never get back

Rating: 1/10 (20 November 2009)

Seriously, do not waste your time. This movie is neither original, scary nor believable. Complete lack of storyline, continuity or depth. Any movie that needs an Exorcist style rip-off scene to up the tension levels is really reaching. The characters do their best to carry the movie but its seriously beyond help - there is a complete lack of background and closure. We've seen these 'first person viewpoints' before and they worked, in movies like 'The Blair Witch Project' and to a lesser extent 'Cloverfield'. Paranormal Activity unfortunately doesn't have any of the suspense or tension that is needed to pull-off such a grand undertaking that asks the viewer to do the hard work; imagine the worst thing possible and supplant it into the situation. We're left wondering is that it? A short review, because there is really nothing worth mentioning.