gunsmoke on 9/10/2009 at 09:35
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/paranormal_activity/) 93 on Rotten Tomatoes
It is a limited release indy horror film. Supposed to be about a house possessed by a poltergeist that mostly spooks the owners when they sleep, Said owners buy/install CC TV, and the movie is presented from the P.O.V. of the CC cameras. Sounds interesting, and since it is playing in my area, I am going to see it tonight.
Has anyone seen it, or plan to?
Gingerbread Man on 9/10/2009 at 17:23
The parts I've seen of it are fucking terror.
But I liked Blair Witch a lot and I just like these sort of pseudo-doc / low-key reality-horror things to start with. So, grain of salt if you don't share my tastes, obviously.
But what I've seen is exactly the sort of movie that makes me pee on theatre seats.
Maybe don't go with anyone you'd be embarrassed to have hear you shriek.
Renzatic on 9/10/2009 at 20:04
I'm agreeing with GBM here. I love movies like this, and found myself being one of the few who enjoyed Blair Witch for its low budget college kid documentary feel. Paranormal Activity looks tailor made for me, and I'd love to see it first chance I get.
Shame it isn't playing anywhere near. :(
the_grip on 9/10/2009 at 22:56
Man... almost makes me willing to drive three hours to Austin to see it.
Stitch on 9/10/2009 at 23:17
Quote Posted by Gingerbread Man
But what I've seen is exactly the sort of movie that makes me pee on theatre seats.
This.
Tocky on 10/10/2009 at 03:08
I laughed at Blair Witch. Limbs breaking in the woods at night phhht. Yyyyeah.
Maybe I shouldn't see this one given my history.
Hell, you know I want to.
edit; Just saw the bed scene so I don't guess it matters. Room 47 of the Riverhouse Lodge, Gatlinburg. Wife comes to bed ice cold from being on the balcony I guess and snuggles against my back. Damn woman. Skin like ice. I realize she is spooned to my FRONT and warm. Struggle out of sleep and look around. Nothing. Consider sleeping the other direction. NO. Not a good idea. Get back to sleep finally. Wake freezing. Cover is gone. Off the bed and on the floor at the foot. WTF? Cover us. Sleep. Wake freezing. Cover, and I mean everything, sheets and comforter, off again and on the floor a couple of feet from the end of the bed. Fix bed tucking us good. Sleep till morning. Tell wife. Creeps her out. She calls down for breakfast and they say nobody is in room 47. WE are. She looks at me all twilight zoney. Scouts honor.
Real Place. Real story. I got some pics if anyone wants to see. Gone to seed a bit but still a nice room. Renz is close enough to go spend the night. Wasn't bad, about $130 for a room with a balcony overlooking the Pigeon river and a fireplace. Do it and you tell me.
frozenman on 10/10/2009 at 04:26
This definitely looks interesting. I think the whole scary movie paradigm is so played out that you need different approaches, i.e. documentary-style-scary-movies to scratch the surface nowadays.
And there's some wierd extremely fine line when it comes to watching the trailer- I feel like I've already seen too much and some has been ruined, but if you don't give these little morsels no one will want to see it. I remember when Blair Witch came out and it was seriously hitting new levels of hype, hearing a RADIO commercial for it one morning in the shower and it was by far more effective than any television advertisements. ...
Also, thought- I wonder what sort of things could be done to horror/scary movies with the fully 3D-style cinematography ala Avatar? If prolonged darkness doesn't deprecate the effect, I imagine 3D scenes could make horror movies extremely immersive, and less reliant on QUICK JUMP CUTS and BLOOD SPURTS.
Maybe
Gingerbread Man on 10/10/2009 at 15:05
Yeah, there are miles of possibilities now. I was just afraid for a while that we were going into a solid decade of torture-porn / Rob Zombie Remakes / sepia-toned HRDI anamorphic bullshit / desperate attempts to breathe some sort of life back into a franchise that should have died halfway through the first film.
AR Master on 10/10/2009 at 15:48
I'm glad to see a horror movie depart from the modern day depravity of torture porn that seems to be popular. People who see those movies are, I believe, sick, either of moral, soul or mind. People who take pleasure in torture are barbaric and uncivilized and honestly lower than animals- even they don't get off on seeing brethren torn apart and ripped asunder for sick glee. People who torture, sanction or get off to watching other people do it shouldn't be allowed to benefit from our civilization.
To call such a genre "horror" and market it to teenagers is little more than profiting from snuff
However I would like to see a trailer for this movie that doesn't tell me how scared I should be by showing me audience reactions.
Another positive is that it looks to be a definite "cinema experience" type movie, where it's 100x better seeing it with your girl in a packed theatre rather than at home or whatever. I remember seeing "The Hills Have Eyes" and while it was an awful, awful movie I saw it with my girlfriend and the theatre was standing room only and the audience experience really made it. haha most people were clapping and cheering when the protagonist impaled the one guy with the US Flag like a total badass
