Paranormal Activity
What happens when you sleep?
What happens when you sleep?
Horror, Mystery
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2007
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After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.
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Runtime:
86 min
Release date:
14 Sep 2007
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$15,000
Revenue:
$193,355,800
Awards:
3 wins & 12 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The climax is deliciously scary, and Peli gets considerable mileage from the simple matter of lights inexplicably going on in another room.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
15 Dec 2009
fresh:
It illustrates one of my favorite points, that silence and waiting can be more entertaining than frantic fast-cutting and berserk f/x. For extended periods here, nothing at all is happening, and believe me, you won't be bored.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
15 Dec 2009
fresh:
It's this feeling of vulnerability that Peli's slow-burning supernatural chiller so effectively exploits, fashioning heart-stopping scares out of almost nothing.
– Nigel Floyd,
Time Out,
27 Nov 2009
fresh:
Though it never poses a question more abstract than "Where's that scratching sound coming from?" Paranormal Activity is all about spiritual and ethical debts coming due.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
30 Oct 2009
fresh:
Peli is to be congratulated for pulling off such an audacious project, but he needs a sharper sense of timing: The film's pacing is uneven, which weakens the suspense.
– Tirdad Derakhshani,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
22 Oct 2009