Paranormal Activity

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  • Opened September 25, 2009 (special screenings on Thurs., 10/21, prior to midnight screenings of 'Paranormal Activity 2')
  • 1 hr 26 min
  • R | for language.
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • 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 the haunting on film, Katie and Micah set up video cameras in their home, but they are not prepared for the terrifying occurrences which follow. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer
  • Director: Oren Peli
  • Genres: Horror

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Paranormal Activity Movie Review

by Spencer27057

50 out of 100 Don't take this personally, even though I found this movie very entertaining its too scary for me....

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by Asianfreak

42 out of 100 The only scares are in the last 15 minutes....

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Movie moves kinda slow and nothing really happens until the very very end. It was pretty boring until the last few minutes. Nothing great....

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Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

With its this-is-really-happening vibe, Paranormal Activity scrapes away 30 years of encrusted nightmare clichés. The fear is real, all right, because the fear is really in you. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

An ingenious little horror film, so well made it's truly scary. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

With a $15,000 budget too puny to empty a petty-cash drawer, the no-frills Paranormal Activity comes packed with thrills. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Peter Hartlaub

Succeeds in its modest goals of building tension slowly and generating a handful of legitimate scares. A few people in the audience were laughing during the first half of the film. No one was laughing during the long walk out of the theater. Read full review

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A scene from "Paranormal Activity."