Paranormal Activity

[KarthVader]

I saw this movie this past weekend. I'll be honest, I haven't been that scared in a while. I think I may have peed my pants a little.

If you can afford it, go see it at the theater. If you can't, find a friend that has a big screen TV and surround sound and prepare to crap your pants.

Anyone else see it?

 

[bythbook]

I saw this movie this past weekend. I'll be honest, I haven't been that scared in a while. I think I may have peed my pants a little.

If you can afford it, go see it at the theater. If you can't, find a friend that has a big screen TV and surround sound and prepare to crap your pants.

Anyone else see it?

cripes, no!

I still can't have a copy of The Exorcist in the house! (Book OR movie!)

 

[KarthVader]

cripes, no!

I still can't have a copy of The Exorcist in the house! (Book OR movie!)

. I actually had to see this alone because my family and my friends didn't want to see this. Either that or no one likes me

 

[Kratos]

I'm going to have to see this. Looks right up my alley. Can't be that scary(you pansies).

 

[SmoovD]

On the list...SWMBO probably wouldn't even drop me off at the theatre. Dexter is about as scary as she can take.

 

[ouch]

Someone's just begging for a custom title.

 

[Confuzius]

At the theater where I watched a preview of Paranormal Activity last night, somebody ran out of the auditorium and threw up. It was that scary. And the most terrifying part isn't what's "paranormal" - it's the normal, everyday realism.

I know the ultra-low-budget Paranormal Activity has been hyped a lot, and so I'm loathe to perpetuate that. Nothing bursts a nacreous bubble of delightful fear more easily than being told over and over that you're going to be scared. But the fact is that this horror movie gets it right on almost every level. Everything from the setting and characters, to the tightly-plotted story and minimal effects, worked brilliantly. Nothing ever felt like padding or gratuitous "we're going to amp up the tension with cheap jolts" bull****. The terror was raw and real - all the more so because it was so understated.

http://io9.com/5376935/paranormal-activity-is-as-scary-as-real-life

Havn't read the whole post due to spoilers, but I'm going to try and see it in the theaters, looks like that's probably the best way to watch it.

 

[Johnny Dale]

My oldest daughter is a veteran horror movie viewer since she was 13 years old (20 now). She saw it last weekend and it scared the crap out of her. She could not sleep alone for 2 nights. Crawled into bed with her younger sister one night and with the wife the other.

Poor kid, but I must admit I chuckled a little hearing about it. I'm going to wait until its at the $1 theater. Yeah I'm cheap but on a budget too.

 

[KarthVader]

My oldest daughter is a veteran horror movie viewer since she was 13 years old (20 now). She saw it last weekend and it scared the crap out of her. She could not sleep alone for 2 nights. Crawled into bed with her younger sister one night and with the wife the other.

Poor kid, but I must admit I chuckled a little hearing about it. I'm going to wait until its at the $1 theater. Yeah I'm cheap but on a budget too.

Same with me! I've seen 'em all: Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Jason, Omen, The Exorcist, you name it, I've seen it. But this one was different. This movie just proves to me that you don't need a multimillion dollar budget to scare people.

I'm almost tempted to see this again.....almost.

 

[murchmb]

I haven't seen Paranormal Activity, but 1980's The Changeling w/ George C. Scott gave me severe heebie-jeebies in several scenes. It's another one of those movies that does not depend on violence or gore to creep you out. Highly recommended.

 

[WhosYerBob]

Sounds like "The Blair Witch Project" Reloaded. We saw that one when it was still in the theaters and laughed all the way through it, even when it was supposed to be "scary".

 

[DunEdinRanger]

cripes, no!

I still can't have a copy of The Exorcist in the house! (Book OR movie!)

What about Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells"?

. I actually had to see this alone because my family and my friends didn't want to see this. Either that or no one likes me

They're not mutually exclusive!

Some HS kids were talking about this the other day on my commute. One of them was telling his friends he couldn't sleep and turned every light in the house on.

 

[tpoof]

I saw this movie this past weekend. I'll be honest, I haven't been that scared in a while. I think I may have peed my pants a little.

If you can afford it, go see it at the theater. If you can't, find a friend that has a big screen TV and surround sound and prepare to crap your pants.

Anyone else see it?

so your suggesting Depends then..

 

[tg16]

I haven't seen Paranormal Activity, but 1980's The Changeling w/ George C. Scott gave me severe heebie-jeebies in several scenes. It's another one of those movies that does not depend on violence or gore to creep you out. Highly recommended.

I've seen The Changeling and completely agree. As for Paranormal Activity, my daughter and I will be seeing it tomorrow. She's a horror movie fan.

 

[Hughies_online]

I love a good horror movie!

 

[KarthVader]

For those that saw Paranormal Activity this past weekend, what did you think?

 

[Milton]

I'm going to wait until its at the $1 theater. Yeah I'm cheap but on a budget too.

Same here. I've decided to avoid movies till they hit the cheap theaters. $10 is way overpriced to see a movie IMO.

 

[Monkeyboy]

Saw it tonight, it was pretty awesome. I've never seen that kind of reaction from a theater audience before. I could hear grown men around me saying they weren't going to sleep tonight/peed in their pants a little bit.

 

[Storer50]

As a paranormal investigator, I think this movie will be extrmely interesting. Hopefully it doesn't give people the idea that their unhaunted house is infested with demons.

 

[BEAR DEN]

I saw it...was entertained but it just didn't leave me creeped out. The two movies that bothered me after I saw them were the Exorcist and The Shining. They both disturbed me long after the movie was over. The Shining I've seen more times then I can count... and will see it again probably sometime soon. PA coould have been one of the greatest...I wanted it to be...sorry but I vote :