I must be addicted to seeing bad movies. I thought this week would be different.
"Paranormal Activity" has swept the media as the next "Blair Witch," and "terrifyingly awesome." Unfortunately, this movie was "terrifyingly" awful. I thought, for once, I had made a good choice.
In true Blair Witch Project fashion we are treated to casual conversation between the actors in the movie. We go along for a ride through their daily activities and begin to feel a close personal connection with them as we are meant to.
The female character Katie, played by Katie Featherston, is haunted by this demonic spirit that has been with her since her childhood.
Her new boyfriend, Micah, has no idea of this past Katie has successfully kept hidden.
Micah has the brilliant idea to try and capture the strange events on camera, and we the audience get to see the aftermath of this plan.
The movie, a short one by normal standards, lasting only 86 minutes, takes us through the nights caught on camera as this demon moves about the house.
I guess I should say attempting to scare this young couple. There is literally only one scary scene where I actually jumped slightly in my chair, and it was mostly because the girl behind me screamed at literally everything.
So the entire movie is Micah being defiant to his terrified girlfriend who insists the camera is making the demon angry. He even goes so far to buy a Ouija board to communicate with the spirit.
We spent most of our time sitting in absolute silence. The door moving, the sheets moving, footsteps and a random picture tossed in the attic. Seriously I have seen scarier things on an Oprah show.
The movie climaxes as the spirit becomes ultra enraged and decides enough is enough. He kills both of them and that is the end. OK so I lied, but seriously it's about that predictable.
I will give this film props because of the extremely successful marketing campaign they did to get this movie nationally recognized.
I was a fan of "Blair Witch" and "Cloverfield" both of which had the personal camcorder look to them.
Final verdict is that "Paranormal Activity" turned out to be pretty normal, as scary movies go. And as normally, I am disappointed at yet another $9 tossed down the drain.
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