Average Thriller

Rating: 5/10 (18 June 2012)

A guy makes a horror movie for $15,000 and uses hand held video cameras, which is supposed to add to the reality of the film. It just didn't work for me. I found the whole thing tedious and silly. Katie and Micah have moved into a house in San Diego. She claims that something evil has haunted her since childhood and it has followed to their new home. Micah sets up a camera on a tripod to record the bedroom they sleep in every night. At first they only here footsteps. Katie hires a psychic who says that the spirit is not a ghost, but a demon. Night after night the incidents escalate until Katie actually sees some kind of creature in the room. They obtain a Ouija board and after they use it and go out for the night, it catches fire and has a message burned into it. Micah puts down talcum powder and finds footprints leading to the attic. He goes up and finds a burnt photo of Katie there. Shortly thereafter, lights go on and off, doors slam and they invite the psychic, who advices them to leave. Some bad things happen to the two, and apparently, there are two different endings. The film reminded me of Rec, which I believe, is a better movie. Paranormal Activity is just another average thriller.