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. Followed by five terrifying installments in the franchise, this is the original found-footage shocker that started it all.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
86 min
Release date:
14 Sep 2007
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$215,000
Revenue:
$194,183,034
Awards:
3 wins & 12 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
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
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:
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:
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:
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