Paramount Pictures
Katie Featherston, Gabriel Liotta, Sprague Grayden, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Micah Sloat
Well, this is sort of a prequel to the first Paranormal Activity. This is a bit better in many ways than the first for several reasons. First, the couple decide to install permanent video surveillance equipment, so we don’t have to look at near as much stomach churning shaky camera movement. Nice touch. This movie is creepy and it hit big time, but really, like the first one, it’s mostly just the use of quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet, HUGE NOISE. That’s a pretty cheesy way of “scaring” somebody. On the other hand, there are tons of horror night attractions all over the country where they just shake a can of coins, or bang and on the wall, and people pay huge prices to be startled over and over again. But a benefit of this film is that we know what’s coming, and there are so many little touches to let you know there is a huge noise around the corner. Then sometimes nothing happens which disquiets you even move. It’s a very simple formula.
So there’s not much need to write a huge review. You’re going to get exactly what you expect. There are lots of loud sounds and creepy happenings. Sound systems are good these days, and you can do a lot with simple things if you play with people’s minds a little bit. The ending is a bit abrupt, but that’s kind of normal for the kind of film it is. So I rate it right down the middle. I certainly enjoyed being frightened and I feel I got my money’s worth in that respect, but it’s not a great story, is it? Just a simple one. So if you decide to go out and see it depends on whether you like this kind of film.
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