Disappointing.

Rating: 4/10 (7 March 2011)

I'm afraid that this is one occasion when the hype surrounding a film did it a great disservice. All this business of 'don't watch it alone' and 'the scariest film ever' is so much tripe. I love good supernatural horror films - and I enjoyed Blair Witch and Cloverfield. This is not a patch on either. Personally I got fed up with all the screaming and door slamming and found the couple irritating. There are one or two half decent moments, but it really doesn't have enough to scare. A much better film of this kind - and one that is TRULY SCARY - is 'The Entity' with Barbara Hershey. When it comes to a house haunting by an invisible force, 'The Entity' is light years ahead of 'Paranormal Activity'. I can't believe they have actually made two sequels of this nonsense.