Paranormal Activity

[LordSimen]

Really? The people paid to "protect and serve" would be the last people you would contact if you were being haunted by a ghost or a demon? You would rather contact the Sous chef at The Fat Duck or bring in the London Underground shoeshine man with the squint that says "I am looking for you and looking at you, muddafucka", or even my gran with the artificial hip and what is probably syphillis before you would contact the police force and all of its available resources?

Really, Lord Simen, you have a way with hyperbole that makes the sun shine.

Film was fucking shit and worse to watch than my arse. That, at least, only has one gaping hole.

Sorry, Reigh, but a Sous chef or a Shoeshine man could do more for you than the police could during a haunted or a possession. But hey, if you want to spend your days in a padded room because you're a danger to society, go ahead. Contact the police. Make a pointless, stupid move, see if I care. . :rolleyes:

[Reigh Kaufman]

Sorry, Reigh, but a Sous chef or a Shoeshine man could do more for you than the police could during a haunted or a possession. But hey, if you want to spend your days in a padded room because you're a danger to society, go ahead. Contact the police. Make a pointless, stupid move, see if I care. . :rolleyes:

You realise this is a film, right?

[LordSimen]

You realise this is a film, right?

Yeah, a perfect film. :D

[Reigh Kaufman]

Yeah, a perfect film that people like you want to ruin with your really dumb additions. :mad:

You will get your revenge when I call the cops and they do jackshit against the demon haunting my wife...

That'll teach me not to phone motherfuckin' Ghostbusters.

[Tweek]

Yeah, a perfect film that people like you want to ruin with your really dumb additions. :mad:

Do I really have to remind you?


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[SteeleDude]

Wouldn't you show the footage to someone else? He's not saying the police would be able to do anything, but if you were being haunted, I doubt you would sit in the fucking bed all day.

I'm not disputing the reasons why they stayed in the house, but SteeleDude had a valid point.

It's getting a bit ridiculous with the attacking of anyone who doesn't like the film. It seems like everyone who disagrees with the idea that PA is the scariest film of the decade is being dismissed as a "hater" or and idiot. Give me a break. I thought the film sucked. Am I not entitled to that opinion? When I discussed what I disliked about it, nobody responded or explained why they were bad reasons to dislike it, but instead kept up the petty arguing.

Thanks, I'm glad someone gets what I'm saying. I actually loved the movie, but I can understand why people were pissed off by a number of things in the film. I was able to suspend disbelief to finish the movie, but if it jerked you out then the effect was probably ruined.

And of course it doesn't have to be the police. I mean you have to call someone though. People won't just stay in their house and take it after you get physically assaulted by something you can't see. Whether or not an exorcist was bad for someone else I'd imagine you might still call one. And was this movie in LA? Why do I feel like there might be more than one Demonologist in town?

In retrospect that was the most disappointing aspect of the film--that the couple failed to reach out. Because it is a human thing to do, when things get unnaturally weird, to reach out to others to ground them back in reality.

So I see it as a completely valid argument against a movie I loved. Horror movies have to quit taking lazy shortcuts like this. One of my other favorite films had lazy shortcuts like this throughout (28 Weeks Later) and though I still love it thematically, it also causes the film to draw a lot of criticism.

It wouldn't be hard to work out this problem without really changing anything in Paranormal Activity.

[LordSimen]

Do I really have to remind you?


1) You do not disrespect, insult or put down your fellow movie fan on our board. Civil debates only.


3) Think before posting!


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What? I'm not insulting the other members, just their additions. :confused: But whatever, I'll edit my post for you if you truly feel they're insulting.

[Tweek]

It was more along the lines of the 'disrespect' part. Just do as Conan O'Brien says, "Keep cool, my babies." ;)

[zombievictim]

What? I'm not insulting the other members, just their additions. :confused: But whatever, I'll edit my post for you if you truly feel they're insulting.

You're insulting their opinions! Exactly! You're insulting them for being different than your own. You fail to realize that just because you think one thing, doesn't make it true.

[Jig Saw 123]

After seeing the film last weekend I have to conclude that it is an overrated film that offers more laughs than scares; no scares at all for me, but I can agree with the people who thought Micah was just a character to further the plot. None of his actions really made sense from the very beginning, but with the inclusion of the Ouija board, you see that his character is dumber as the movie progresses. This is definitely not the Blair Witch Project of 2009.

5/10

[adamjohnson]

I have to agree that this scared the fuck out of me.

I might have to consider a 10/10. A first for me.

If I can handle a rewatch, I',l do it before i make my rating.
Honestly, Im shaking. Of course, I watched it alone in the dark, but what can I say, I didnt expect it to be ACTUALLY scary.

[adamjohnson]

The best parts of this movie is the nighttime bedroom footage with the demon. They were really well done and I loved how the attacks got more severe as time went on, my favorite scenes were when Micah put powder down and there were three toed footprints and the part where Micah wakes up as the footsteps sound like they come into the room followed by the sound of it hauling ass out out slamming the door.


[/SPOILER]

If anyone has seen the alternate ending answer this for me.
Before the cops arrive in the room we see the light down the hall turn on, was that the demon returning to the attic?


Wait thats the ending I saw. The demon definitely went into the hall.

Was there another ending?


Ok, so is the only other ending where she slits her own throat?? I cant find a video of it.

Im told its scary because its like the Demon is watching you.

[NuclearMisfit]

I tell you what I watched this movie in the middle of the night (probably my favorite time to watch horror films) and it gave me the kind of scare where your hairs stand up and you get goosebumps.

There are 3 endings

The ending with the cops and the demon going down the hallway back into the attic and she kills Micah downstairs

The 2nd ending Micah runs downstairs to save Katie and is thrown into the camera, a bloody Katie comes in and smiles at the camera with a quick flash of a demons face

The 3rd is not really much of an ending with an added picture of Katie and Micah saying In Loving Memory or something like that nature.

[SatansPuppet]

I thought, all together there were about 12 endings in total which is why they're making the DVD/Blu an interactive experience... select the ending you want, yatta yatta yatta

[NuclearMisfit]

I thought, all together there were about 12 endings in total which is why they're making the DVD/Blu an interactive experience... select the ending you want, yatta yatta yatta

really? that would be a great dvd.

[dellamorte dellamore]

I want the ending where the police get trapped in the room after discovering Katie sitting by the bed

[ScaryFreak1827]

Well I finally got a chance to see this, after weeks of hype and seeing dozens of previews, and I have to say that I absolutely loved it! This movie, much like the Blair Witch, scared the living hell out of me. I liked the lead characters (Micah had me laughing at many parts; loved the Monty Python reference btw) and their performances felt genuine. The scares were slowly built up and the tension never let up, even during the daytime scenes. With the last fifteen minutes I have to admit that I was probably most scared I have ever been during a movie. Things start to get more rough towards the end and the last shot was chilling. I'm glad they kept this original end (although as we walked out one of my friends said *minor spoiler* she wished there had seen cops somehow involved in the ending. She had no idea of the alt. ending. *end of minor spoiler*) Anyway great movie and VERY creepy.

10/10

[Zorro9]

I loved this film. It was simple- it creeped me out- it creeped the other theater goers out. It shows the imagination that only a low budget can give you. Not relying on special effects- big sets- big name actors. This is also the kind of film that people like to tear apart after the fact. If you want the two hour bludgeoning of Inside (and I often do) then this is not the film for you.


Even if the film wasn't a cinematical masterpiece it delivered a lot for what it cost to make. You can spend 50 million or more on a piece of complete shlock and not do half as well as what PA delivered. Whether or not these super low-budget releases will be a new trend is another story altogether, of course. There is an interesting article on that aspect of the PA phenomenon on www.indiemoviemania.com.

[thinkjam]

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[BoxManShoes]

Blair Witch Project wasn't scary.

Paranormal Activity wasn't scary.

Cannibal Holocaust was just fucking retarded.

Moral of the story, is that hand-held cam movies suck and people should stop making them. I mean, it's a genre of gimmick movies. Cam movies by their very nature are stupid and unbelievable just because they feature characters whose top priority is capturing the event on camera instead of trying to stay alive or ensure their friends stay alive. Rec did this right and because of that was more plausible, but I guess that's the rare exception of the bunch.

[Johnni G]

Seeing it today. Can't wait

[Johnni G]

Damn this movie was creepy. The ending was a bit supernatural and ruined a lot for me, but what a movie! 9/10

[Johnni G]

really? that would be a great dvd.

Was thinking the same. Im getting that.

[AngryDrunkenLeprachaun]

I caught PA a while ago while the hype around the movie was possibly at its fever pitch and while I did enjoy it, it certainly let me down a lot. I appreciate that they went subtle with the scares and had long stretches of nothing to help maximize the effect when something DOES happen its usually so low key that honestly I wasn't scared by it. The big scare pieces of the movie did rattle me a bit, but they were so few and far between it really hurt the movie. I'd liken it to watching one of those shows like "Ghost Hunters" where you sit in night vision and watch loads and loads of nothing, and then some small thing occurs and your supposed to be all up in arms horrified of the door that opened slightly.. but really your just thinking to yourself "really? thats it? ooh scary door."

The actors did a great job with the script they had. However, like many people have said I feel it fails at the realism angle with Micah and his instigating of the demon. I get that he thinks its cool at first and wants to tape it, I think many of us would be the same way at first but as the events get more violent and out of control he just keeps instigating it further to the point of literally calling it out, despite the fact Katie is horrified to tears and getting violently attacked at certain points. And then rather than even TRYING to leave if only out of desperation, they decide to stay in the house as the attacks on Katie and the hauntings become more violent and dangerous.. nobody would do that. I know the demon is after Katie herself and moving wouldn't help, but I would think the fight or flight response would kick in with this characters and they would at least try to get the hell outta dodge. It just sorta hurts the credibility of the story IMO.

It was well acted and SOME of the scares worked well, but its script fails at giving the 'reality' that it seeks and its 'less is more' approach causes too many stretches where we are watching nothing more than two people in a bed with a night vision camera and if I wanted to see that I'd go and watch One Night In Paris..

[Spice]

I really loved this movie - of course there were sections where I thought Micah was a total arse BUT the thing here is that despite all the problems with his actions (not calling the demon chap and then the Ouji board issue), I think you need to realise that if this ever happened to any of us we would of course act differently! Some of us, (as written) would go to the police, some of us would leave the house and run, I myself would head off to the nearest church. It doesn't matter if it sounds silly..different people would act in different ways, you can't say 'nobody would do that' how do you know??

This film plays on the fact that we are, whether we admit it (Katie) or not (Micah) deep down scared stiff of stuff like this. Paranormal Activity is a film which is uncomfortable because we have no rational control - we can't really solve what we can't understand. Plus, unlike the Blair Witch this is set in a place where we are meant to be safe - The House - and plays on the moment we are most vunerable - when we are asleep.

I think that during the so-called 'long stretches of nothing happening' this was when everything was happening, (agitation levels, terrible choices, lack of 'sensible' action). This raised the tension which became so uncomfortable that when the 'bedroom scenes' came back round I felt vunerable. These scenes did their job perfectly.

I was wary of another film made in this way and almost didn't bother with it, but I am so glad I did. Personally I lost myself in it and it did what it was meant to do.

[thewolf]

“Scariest movie since The Exorcist”. No I don’t think so. That was the movie’s tagline, yet it has no right even pretending to be in the same tier with that movie.

I was extremely disappointed. Yeah there was a moment or 2 that I liked in it, but those quick moments we not enough to save this movie for me.

The acting was definitely not on par with what they were trying to sell, and the boyfriend ended up annoying the hell out of me way too much to focus on anything else. The psychic was a waste of a plot device and movie time as well.

In the end, I was glad that I didn’t pay to see it.


one thing that really bothered me:
After you watch your girlfriend being dragged down the hallway by an unseen force as she screams at the top of her lungs (the 1 scene of the movie that I liked), and you stop her before the demon can drag her into the attic (the attic door was open, and it looked like that’s where she was heading according to them), WHY in hell would you go up there? Seriously? That’s probably the dumbest thing you can do! WTF?!

[LordSimen]

After you watch your girlfriend being dragged down the hallway by an unseen force as she screams at the top of her lungs (the 1 scene of the movie that I liked), and you stop her before the demon can drag her into the attic (the attic door was open, and it looked like that’s where she was heading according to them), WHY in hell would you go up there? Seriously? That’s probably the dumbest thing you can do! WTF?!

... Wow. Uhh, I hate to break this to you, but...

The dragging down the hallway happened after Micah went up into the attic.

[Shinigami]

911 operator
"I heard footsteps in my house!"
Ma'am, did somebody break into your house?
"No."
Did you see anybody in your house?
"No. I heard footsteps at night."
Has your house been broken into?
"No it hasn't been broken into."
Has anything been stolen?
"No."
Are you sure somebody was in your house?
"Something is haunting my house."
Excuse me?
"Something is haunting my house. My husband laid down powder to catch its trail and we have video of it making footprints into our bedroom. They're shaped like the prints of an enormous chicken."
*click*

I'm just glad the movie didn't spend a needless twenty minutes going through the horror movie motions of the characters contacting the police and having everyone roll their eyes and accuse them of being crazy or pranksters, which is always what happens in both film and real life. We've seen it hundreds of times on late night shows making fun of bogus 911 calls and we've watched its process hundreds more in all sorts of horror movies.
The footage looked no different from the dozens of reported hauntings posted on youtube by 15 year old aspiring directors with good editing software. Nobody was injured. There were no signs of entry. Nothing was stolen. Katie had strange red marks on her, but I had red marks on my stomach once too after a particularly potent nightmare probably had my grabbing myself or something. The whole film was set up around events that can be excused as commonplace occurrences so they could get under our skin because everyone in the audience has experienced these things. We've all heard sounds at night we mistook for footsteps. We've probably all awoken with odd marks on our bodies at one time or another. For most of the movie Katie is a sleepwalker and they're hearing things that aren't there. At the very end there seems to be something fishy going on, but by then it's too late.

I've still yet to read any grounded explanation for why contacting the police would not only help the situation, but why these fictional people would actually think of doing that in the first place.

[thewolf]

... Wow. Uhh, I hate to break this to you, but...

The dragging down the hallway happened after Micah went up into the attic.

my bad then, i watched it about a month or go or so, and got the sequence mixed up

[LordSimen]

my bad then, i watched it about a month or go or so, and got the sequence mixed up

No problem, sir. :D

[dellamorte dellamore]

911 operator
"I heard footsteps in my house!"
Ma'am, did somebody break into your house?
"No."
Did you see anybody in your house?
"No. I heard footsteps at night."
Has your house been broken into?
"No it hasn't been broken into."
Has anything been stolen?
"No."
Are you sure somebody was in your house?
"Something is haunting my house."
Excuse me?
"Something is haunting my house. My husband laid down powder to catch its trail and we have video of it making footprints into our bedroom. They're shaped like the prints of an enormous chicken."
*click*

I'm just glad the movie didn't spend a needless twenty minutes going through the horror movie motions of the characters contacting the police and having everyone roll their eyes and accuse them of being crazy or pranksters, which is always what happens in both film and real life. We've seen it hundreds of times on late night shows making fun of bogus 911 calls and we've watched its process hundreds more in all sorts of horror movies.
The footage looked no different from the dozens of reported hauntings posted on youtube by 15 year old aspiring directors with good editing software. Nobody was injured. There were no signs of entry. Nothing was stolen. Katie had strange red marks on her, but I had red marks on my stomach once too after a particularly potent nightmare probably had my grabbing myself or something. The whole film was set up around events that can be excused as commonplace occurrences so they could get under our skin because everyone in the audience has experienced these things. We've all heard sounds at night we mistook for footsteps. We've probably all awoken with odd marks on our bodies at one time or another. For most of the movie Katie is a sleepwalker and they're hearing things that aren't there. At the very end there seems to be something fishy going on, but by then it's too late.

I've still yet to read any grounded explanation for why contacting the police would not only help the situation, but why these fictional people would actually think of doing that in the first place.

PA, the poor man's Blair Witch, all pseudo substance, almost non existent style.

a porn without the sex, a horror movie without the horror, an extended ghost/screamer video with a cheap adobe after effects ending, it's simply brilliant.

i don't care if i ever see it again, but i do want to see Blair again. the chilling atmosphere in Blair was earned, it was raw, almost feral in it's realism, PA was, is a fake , phoney fraud.

i still recommend it though

[hYPE]

This movie was a good flick. It had me freaking out some nights, just thinking about some of the scenes in this film. Good movie!

[cristane]

Do you guys know if the DVD/BluRay will contain the list we had to sign up for a while back, in order to get our name on the credits?
I liked the film, however not as much as to buy it. But if my name's in there, I'll get it :)

[Tweek]

Moving this to General as it's out on DVD today! YEA!

[otter]

Yeah, it just happened to me too.
I also felt like my something was tugging at my leg.
So, since I couldn't sleep anymore, I decided to go to roam around here on this site instead.
And to be honest, as I type these words, I've begun to feel that tugging sensation on my leg again.
It's frustrating because, I know that it's not real, that it's all really just in my mi

Who hit the submit button? :D

[Johnni G]

Who hit the submit button? :D

The nerdy ghost

[Ayestrain]

What a piece of crap. I even like stuff like this (though I watch stuff like Ghost Hunters for laughs). This movie I thought had an interesting premise and it was engrossing enough for the first half or so, but just had such a ridiculously dumb ending(s).

Manipulative and shallow fiction was all this was. Not worth the hype, barely worth a viewing. I did like Katie's big tittays, though. ;)

4/10

[kobe8byrant]

Has anyone bothered to think about the demon's motives? It seemed to me that the demon was jealous to see Katie with people around her.

[Cop No. 633]

Good point, Kobe. The movie did feel a bit reminiscent of a Jerry Springer episode.

You could almost hear the demon screaming, "That's my woman, mother fucker! She's going to be my baby's mama!"

[poopontheshoes7]

I just don't see it. I really don't. I gave it a re-watch on DVD and I think I disliked it even more then in theaters.
Nothing about it felt real or genuine. For a movie thats supposed to be stripped down and organic everything about seems forced and unnatural. The leads shared absolutely NO chemistry what so ever. I didn't believe they were married for one second. If you're gonna make a movie that basically follows two people in one setting for 90 minutes you better make sure it comes off believable and likable. I'm of the camp that absolutely hated Micah. He really is a breathing plot device. One of the stupidest horror character EVER. Yes, EVER. He's up there with every idiot in a F13 flick that walks 20 miles in the pitch black woods to take a piss.
The whole thing felt like a high school video project. I realize thats the point with these movies. But Cloverfield, a movie with more "Hollywood" looking leads and a giant CGI monster made me believe in what I was seeing more then PA did.
Not to mention the tacked on twist instantly drained the bit of believability the movie had going for it. Completely useless.

4/10

[the clever guy]

I just had the pleasure of watching this last night.

First and foremost, I myself am a paranormal investigator (go ahead, laugh it up if you must), and a lot of the "thrills" were mostly just that...thrills. Sure, when the lights go off, you can't help but wonder what the fuck is going on or is going to happen, but to me, it felt too forced on the audience. There really wasn't much shock value to it in the way of "holy fuck! I wasn't expecting that!" Because, once the lights went off, you knew something was gonna happen. There wasn't that "out of nowhere" scare. As someone else pointed out, I didn't feel any relationship between the two leads. Sure, the intensity was there with the female lead, but Micah was just bland and fucking useless - espeically without the camera - which was almost never. I will give the movie credit for it's cheap thrills and "scares." The shadows were cool, and some of the effects looked pretty good. When Katie (?) got dragged off the bed, that was pretty cool looking. It looked like it might have hurt. A lot. Then the ouija board thing was cool too, but it didn't really have a "scare factor" with me, just more of a "wtf?! That's kinda cool, I guess." I guess really the creepy parts to me were when Katie was possessed and standing over Micah like a fucking weirdo. Especially at the end, when she was literally standing right over him.

The ending had Blair Witch written all over it. With the aforementioned creepiness of Katie standing over Micah and then leaving, that started to work into something good. Then she walks downstairs and begins screaming and banging around. Again, kinda fucked up. Micah goes down, more screaming ensues...and then nothing. Then you see Micah being thrown towards the camera (lame!), then camera falling with someone standing in the background (Katie - possessed and covered in blood). Then she crawls over to him, sniffs (??) him, peers into the camera for one final scare. Sorry, but that ending, while it began to have potential during the start of it, just fell on it's fat, hairy, wart-covered ass.

Would I watch it again? I don't know. Maybe if a bunch of friends wanted to get drunk and watch it or something. I don't know. Maybe if some lucky lady wanted to watch it for the first time. I don't know.

[LordSimen]

I'll never understand people's problem with the theatrical ending. Having seen the alternate ones, I think they made the right choice. It's the most satisfying ending of all of them.

[ScaryFreak1827]

I'll never understand people's problem with the theatrical ending. Having seen the alternate ones, I think they made the right choice. It's the most satisfying ending of all of them.

Agreed. The theatrical ending was the best and by far the most chilling. The other endings didn't hold a candle.

[Mr.HyDe807]

I like the theatrical ending the most as well. Even being aware of a certain scene, I still jumped at it due to the effective way it was handled.

[kobe8byrant]

I liked all three endings but for the film, I think the theatrical one was the best.

[God of War]

There's 3 endings? Wtf? I saw this movie and actually enjoyed it. I dunno which ending I saw, if it's the best. I guess I can YT them.

[BadCoverVersion]

I finally got to see to see this last night. I'll be honest, this was a half good film. There were parts that worked and were interesting, mostly the night terror moments. But then all of that work the director builds up is mostly lost because of the character Michah. He's the boyfriend with a weird name who is written as an annoying douchebag boyfriend, which is typical in horror movies. He is so condescending to his girlfriend (of three years no less) and he does every stupid thing you could do in a ghost movie that it took me out of the movie and made me laugh at his stupidity.

There's literally moments where he challenges the spirit as if he's in a bar fight: "Come on, you fuck!" I was groaning at the movie. Was the director really that lazy that he had to resort to dumb cliches to get the plot rolling? Say it ain't so. I thought this film was all about keeping it real. I was rooting for Micah to get his ass handed to him because of the cliches that sprang up. He literally got a Ouija board to talk to the damn thing after being told not to... Oy!

I recommend it becauseI have a feeling people won't be as annoyed with Micah. I simply hated the character. I kept thinking, "What a dick" at almost everything he did.

I couldn't have put it better. Micah is such a motherfucking numbskull and useless boyfriend that this movie left me with a very red forehead. It was unfortunate that he also had a face I'd never tire of slapping.

I think your original point about them getting away from it all makes perfect sense too…if not to escape the ‘demon’, then to be in a place that didn’t constantly remind them of their awful predicament. I was actually hoping for a smaller change of scenery…like them sleeping somewhere apart from in the master bedroom. Their decision to bed down in there night after night didn’t ring true to me.

The moment Katie started getting up in the night and staring for endless hours is the moment most people would start to think about GETTING THE FUCK OUT of that particular room...you know, the one place which even the psychic claimed to be a hub of negative energy and activity.

All I wanted was one of the dumb fuckers to say “hey, those footsteps are creeping me out just a tad…what’s say we cuddle up on the living room couch tonight and leave a light on for a change?”…it obviously wouldn’t have changed the course of events but the characters would undoubtedly have seemed more realistic and human and it would have also added much needed variation to the father repetitive format.

I also agree that their failure to reach out to family and friends was another glaring oversight. Did they have like that one fucking dippy pal or something? I liked how they show her the footage of their very own demon haunting and she barely bats an eyelid....was she off her tits on meow meow or something?

I’m glad films like Paranormal Activity are being made, but I’m afraid I just didn’t find it remotely scary and the plot holes and poorly conceived actions of the characters bothered me to the point of no return.

5/10

Pssst...
Can somebody just clarify for me the difference between the original/theatrical ending and the alternative ending…because right now I’m actually unsure of which one I watched and I seem to be going round in circles confusing myself.

[adamjohnson]

I just had the pleasure of watching this last night.

First and foremost, I myself am a paranormal investigator (go ahead, laugh it up if you must), and a lot of the "thrills" were mostly just that...thrills. Sure, when the lights go off, you can't help but wonder what the fuck is going on or is going to happen, but to me, it felt too forced on the audience. There really wasn't much shock value to it in the way of "holy fuck! I wasn't expecting that!" Because, once the lights went off, you knew something was gonna happen. There wasn't that "out of nowhere" scare. As someone else pointed out, I didn't feel any relationship between the two leads. Sure, the intensity was there with the female lead, but Micah was just bland and fucking useless - espeically without the camera - which was almost never. I will give the movie credit for it's cheap thrills and "scares." The shadows were cool, and some of the effects looked pretty good. When Katie (?) got dragged off the bed, that was pretty cool looking. It looked like it might have hurt. A lot. Then the ouija board thing was cool too, but it didn't really have a "scare factor" with me, just more of a "wtf?! That's kinda cool, I guess." I guess really the creepy parts to me were when Katie was possessed and standing over Micah like a fucking weirdo. Especially at the end, when she was literally standing right over him.

The ending had Blair Witch written all over it. With the aforementioned creepiness of Katie standing over Micah and then leaving, that started to work into something good. Then she walks downstairs and begins screaming and banging around. Again, kinda fucked up. Micah goes down, more screaming ensues...and then nothing. Then you see Micah being thrown towards the camera (lame!), then camera falling with someone standing in the background (Katie - possessed and covered in blood). Then she crawls over to him, sniffs (??) him, peers into the camera for one final scare. Sorry, but that ending, while it began to have potential during the start of it, just fell on it's fat, hairy, wart-covered ass.

Would I watch it again? I don't know. Maybe if a bunch of friends wanted to get drunk and watch it or something. I don't know. Maybe if some lucky lady wanted to watch it for the first time. I don't know.

The one I saw started with her going downstairs, then they scuffle and she kills him offscreen. She comes back up covered in blood and rocks back and forth for more than a day. The cops eventually come and shoot her, she still has the weapon in her hand.

You can make cases for several endings. In some ways, the onset of violence is too abrubt for amovie without any violence. In other ways, it could bne considered "saving' the violence for the end.