Oh, to have my 86 minutes back

Rating: 3/10 (13 April 2011)

I should probably say at the outset that I rented PA1 and PA2 last night and watched them back to back, in the dark, alone, no lights on in the entire house, curtain drawn (it didn't help). The 3 or was it 4 "scary" scenes were overshadowed by the total idiocy of the characters in the rest of the movie. All I can say is, why WHY WHY do I keep expecting something out of these hand-held camera fiascoes? I was incredibly disappointed with Blair Witch and should have expected the same from this. Micah was a total "jackwagon" who thought he knew everything about everything and could "fix this," but at the same time wasn't willing to admit that anything was actually going on (great attitude to have when trying to fight an unseen entity (be it a demon or a tsetse fly) and to top it off Katie just sat there and took it. I loved the psychic who came and said, "I don't think leaving will help" so they just accepted that. Even after the demon started leaving footprints they didn't even consider it? Who are these people? And then, SPOILER AHEAD, after she's bitten, Micah says, OK, I'll get a hotel, Katie changes her mind and he goes along? I'm sorry she just was bitten by an unseen something, I would have been carrying her out (kicking and screaming if necessary). Someone wrote that "it was original" THIS IS TRUE, but the downtime scenes were as bad as Blair Witch (although there was less screaming the F-word at the top of their lungs). Jaws taught us not to swim in the ocean, PA taught me that if you're in a TOTALLY dysfunctional relationship and paranormal stuff starts happening, get out real quick because your significant other is going to just belittle you at every turn and be of absolutely no actual help.