Paranormal Activity

[If you haven't seen Paranormal Activity but intend to, you might not want to read this because it contains some spoilers.]

Paranormal Activity is a movie I went to theaters to see a week or two ago, and ever since then, I can't get it out of my mind. This review says that this movie is almost as funny as it is scary. I have to agree. While the movie is very tense and it scares you even by presenting insignificant moments--such as a door opening and closing, or a shadow on the door, or foot prints by the bed--it is also pretty funny, with the stupidity of the male character. He constantly eggs on the apparition while his girlfriend practically begs him to quit.

The small scares and tense atmosphere is what makes this movie so great. The is not much plot to the film and the story they do give is in very brief segments. The only things you see are what the couple are filming. The viewer only sees a small portion of the couples everyday life, but it is a portion that effects them, especially the girl, greatly.

Something I noticed about the film is an underlying love story. The girl seems to be stuck in a bizarre love triangle between her, her boyfriend, and the "demon." The reason I believe this is because the hauntings didn't get bad until her boyfriend started trying to get rid of the demon. Then he breaks the frame of the couple right over where the boyfriends face is. There's more but if you saw then you know.

Overall I would say this is one of the scariest movies I have ever seen and I don't normally get scared by movies. If you like movies like this or perhaps want a Halloween scare, you should go see Paranormal Activity.