Paranormal Activity

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Paranormal Activity

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Released Oct 16, 2009

1h 26m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Soon after moving into a suburban tract home, Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat) become increasingly disturbed by what appears to be a supernatural presence. Hoping to capture evidence of it on film, they set up video cameras in the house but are not prepared for the terrifying events that follow.

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Critics Consensus

Using its low-budget effects and mockumentary method to great result, Paranormal Activity turns a simple haunted house story into 90 minutes of relentless suspense.

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Julie and Brandy

Autostraddle

it was awesome in the way that it was extremely, horrendously and torturously stressful... worth it.

Sep 1, 2021

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

[Paranormal Activity] is way more scary than Blair Witch because it takes the old conceit of things that go bump into the night, and brings it slyly into a well-to-do, middle class suburb.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 17, 2019

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

This is a scarily well-made scary little film, although it certainly isn't flawless... But the acting is supremely naturalistic and, for such a small-scale project, it does have an amazingly heightened effect.

Aug 30, 2018

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Joseph Tomastik

Loud and Clear Reviews

I had my bets on liking the film … I did not expect it to be one of the scariest movies I’ve ever seen.

Rated: 4.5/5

Dec 4, 2024

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Emilie Black

JoBlo's Movie Network

The cast is solid, the directing is great, the set-up works, the scares are built up just right.

Dec 14, 2023

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Its strengths come in its subtlety, it's a roller-coaster ride that audiences buy into knowing full well that the narrative will take a backseat to being frightened with effective jump-scares.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 22, 2023

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E6 E

Paranormal Activity builds suspense with a creepy, slow-burn approach. While it leans on familiar tropes, its minimalistic style delivers some genuinely unsettling moments

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/09/25

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Matilda S

So, bloggers, I lowkey don't remember watching this but my friend says I did so I'll try and review it for y'all because I know how much these reviews mean to you guys. It was alright, I personally would recommend Paranormal Activities the marked ones instead.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/14/25

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Giorgio D

Scary !!!! I loved it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/25

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James B

You either like it or you don't and I don't really like I can see why it's scary and why people like it but I didn't find it that scary except the end which did make me a little on edge.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Megan K

Oh, man… I can remember this keeping me up at night a while after I saw it. This movie was so scary. It’s brilliant.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Audience Member

the beginning is a slow burn is what hurt this movie for me but it’s definitely intense and interesting i just wish we knew about this house or something like where were they before this it would of made the characters better when stuff is happening u care about them more the ending is shocking tho like wow it was eh but intense so i give it a 74%

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/14/24

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Synopsis

Soon after moving into a suburban tract home, Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat) become increasingly disturbed by what appears to be a supernatural presence. Hoping to capture evidence of it on film, they set up video cameras in the house but are not prepared for the terrifying events that follow.

Director: Oren Peli
Producer: Jason Blum, Oren Peli
Screenwriter: Oren Peli
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Blumhouse
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 16, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $107.9M
Runtime: 1h 26m

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