Unbelievable much of the time.

Rating: 4/10 (17 April 2010)

While I appreciate the fact that this film will probably end up being lauded as a classic and that it was reportedly made in 7 days on a $15000.00 budget, I can't in all honesty say that the movie terrified me, or even really scared me at all. This isn't due to bad acting or a terrible plot or even the hand held camera technique that so many complain about. The whole problem with Paranormal Activity is that there, in my case, was absolutely no suspension of disbelief after the first few "problems" that Katie and Micah experience. I'll tell you what... when stuff starts moving around, doors slamming by themselves, and my girlfriend gets hauled roughly out of bed and down the hall by an INVISIBLE FORCE, I am out. Period. Pack your crap, grab your girlfriend and find somewhere very public to be. Psychic can't help and the Demonologist is out of town? Vacate and call a priest or something and GET THE HELL OUT! Find hallowed ground. Hell, find a MALL! Anything other that putting your girlfriend through abject terror by goading some unseen, malevolent force into an insane rage! The macho douche-bag crap Micah persists in displaying through some of the most horrific nights is so far over the top that it's totally unrealistic. Then there is the noise AND the screaming AND the booming AND the crashing of breaking glass. These people don't have neighbors in suburban San Diego? How about police? That kind of screaming draws attention. Lots of attention.
Nope, sorry. I don't buy it.