There is a new trailer out for the upcoming horror film “Paranormal Activity“. All I can say at the moment is this: If the movie is half a scary as the trailer, you’ve got a winner of a horror film on your hands. I’ve never been freaked out by a trailer before… until now. It’s no wonder some of the major horror movie websites on the net are calling it “one of the scariest movies of all time”.
Holy crap this looks freaky as hell. I’m not even sure I want to see it. :P
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Great movie but it does leave alot of questions unanswered…. i wonder if it is infact based on a true story…
I saw this film last night ( after waiting in line for 3 hours) and it scared the hell out of me, not all of it just one part. I LOVE scary movies, but I think this movie ruined me.. I was almost crying…
Funny
IsParanormalActivityATrueStory.com
I’m a sucker for all horror movies so I’ll watch any of them but at what point was that trailer supposed to be at all scary?
That was supposed to be scary? OK…I hope the movie is better.
I’m going to a screening of this next Thursday. I’ll let you know what I think.
From what I’ve read, it’s fuzzy.
This movie now has three endings. All of which are negative (in a good way). The studio had them film a new one, a more classical “Hollywood” horror ending – we get the big reveal; the two other climaxes left you wondering what had happened.
The first version gave you a big shock (choppy choppy); like a jumping cat, only MUCH better. The second involved the police coming into the house. The third goes all out evil (if this the one they’re using, theater goers are going to mess their pants – who’s looking at whom?).
Not sure which one I prefer. Each has their own merits; 1) Surprise, 2) Sorrow, 3) Tenure. I just hope they have all the ending on the DVD. Better yet, through seamless branching, let you watch the movie with ending A, B or C.
Hell, I’m still waiting for the deluxe edition of “The Blair Witch Project”, they shot A LOT more footage that never made it into the movie. Different endings as well. You would think that this year; the ten year anniversary that something would’ve been done. Nope. Squat.
As for the effectiveness; all depends on what you believe or your level of paranoia. Some will take it as joke and boring. Sure fine, for the rest of us we KNOW better. And some of us better than others.
They should call the ghostbusters
bland trailer, it was like watching one of those ghost hunting shows.
Nothing looks worthy of the alltime tag in this film.
Even Supernatural is more scarier than this!
I think it looks great. And it looks scary for the same reason The Blair Witch Project was scary–it has the illusion of reality. When you film the whole thing with a amateur camera, it all the sudden takes on a whole new level of creepiness because it looks like someone actually filmed it. We all know that it’s just a movie and that there’s a whole crew of people behind the camera, but we allow ourselves to ignore that and pretend like we’ve just been given the exclusive view of real footage shot by the people in the film. If you used a regular, professional camera and shot the same scenes, you would lose much of the creepiness factor. Again, that’s why Blair Witch worked and Blair Witch 2 failed–you take away that element of realism, and the house of cards crashes to the ground.
Take, for example, the scene from this trailer with the bed sheet. Shot on a Hollywood camera, it may look a little weird, but it probably wouldn’t freak anyone out. But now, shot with a home video camera, the scene is creepy as all get out.
I for one can’t wait to see this.
not scary at all, hmm…
Yay! This is the first of “viral marketing” I’ve seen about this movie. Yay!
I’m just stoked to see small filmmakers succeed in a big way.
Can’t say what I’ll think of the movie itself, but I don’t get how that trailer is scary. Maybe if they showed a bit more of the movie and less of the crowd, it might have had a different affect.
jesus christ listen to all you moaners!!!
i have seen this film. I am a huge horror guy and I tell you know It is a very good horror film. very creepy and a lot of “fun”
Keep your expectations in check and you will enjoy. don’t go in with any “scariest movie of all time” expectations and you won’t be disappointed.
Wow. I love camcorder movies, and I love horror, this is like a dream come true.
And it actually looks scary, I can’t even remember the last time I saw an actually scary movie in a theater.
I’m a huge horror movies fan. From the age of 13-14 to the present day (33), even it was hard, very hard ’cause all the crap they keep filming :(
I couldn’t say from the trailer, but it looks like a more shocking “it could be a true story” kind of filmed movie, but I don’t think it will be something good. They’re only trying to make a hype of it, like blairwitch, or cloverfield, or whatever…This are hard times for the horror fans, glad that Raimi filmed something, even for a mediocre film (for his standards) like drag me to hell – expected ending, too much “jumping in front of the lens scenes” to make the people jump in their seats. That isn’t horror…but at least is better than all the unnecessary remakes they keep doing…waiting for REC 2, and hoping that it will be good as the first..sorry for the digression from the main theme, but I had to complain to somebody a little ;)
No way in hell will I watch that in theatres. No way. It is too scary.
I will watch it on dvd alongwith my gf with all the lights turned off.
i find it less scary watching it in the cinema myself
My girl friend cried with fear , watching it at the house.
bleh!
I agree, the trailer doesn’t look particularly awe (fear?) inspiring, but before bashing it how about having a quick look at imdb and rotten tomatoes – so far it’s being praised from all corners for being genuinely entertaining and freaky-as-hell.
I wanted to see this movie but now so much hype ruined it. I don’t believe any of the people in the audience! Bad actors or people who only watch soup operas and get scared by anything! Ohhhhhhh it’s creepy…ohhhhhhhhhh it’s scary….
Go watch Antichrist instead!
The Fourth Kind looks a little better. i actually believe that all that is good is not all that they present in that trailer; unlike this one.
This looks mediocre scary and horribly everything else. That girl is just another girl that all the baddies are after for no apparent reason whatsoever or at least one that never pertained to her life before until a sring of stupid and idiotic (irony, right?) events leave her remembering something important (to her) about ehr childhood or what not that will have everything but the kitchen sink wanting to slay her. No thanks, I’ve seen it a hundred times already.
But this may be a little different…
Goddamn movie ‘fans’ are such jaded fucking assholes.
This movie is shot the way it is because it’s the crux of the story. It’s the whole point. It looks fun, it has a good sense of dread. Everybody that hasn’t seen it drops the same uneducated shit ‘looks like the blair witch’, ‘boring’, ‘I don’t like anything’… those that have seen it, including one of my friends said it’s the scariest thing he’s seen in years. He’s 40 years old and is a giant horror movie fan.
I’ll reserve judgement until I see it. Goddamn you bitter motherfuckers.
We love you to! /hug
Hmmm, the trailer really didn’t do much for me. I will deff see it in theaters though. Ghostly haunting movies like this freak the shit out of me.
the exorcist crossed with blair witch. looks lame and the acting looked crap.
I remember when they did this kind of trailer for the first final destination, with everyone jumping out of their seats. Admittedly, i did shit myself when the girl gets hit by a bus, but they must have replied that audience reaction 10 times in the trailer. This movie will suck. Remember “My little Eye” anyone??
im down for a freak out.
theres also a trailer out there without the audience participation and its way better imo.
I love spooky movies, so this one I definitely want to check out! I can’t actually remember the last time I’ve been scared because of a movie…it’d be cool if this one does actually scare me.
I’m a hard person to scare, especially with horror films. It looks like it has an intense atmosphere, and pretty interesting camera angles, but I didn’t really get that scared. Except for the part with the bed sheet and when she looks all possessed in the camera for about a millisecond. I’d give it a shot though. It looks like an independently made film.
Wow – there are a lot of jaded people here in the comments section. I bet if Poltergeist came out today, and it had a smiliar trailer, about half of you would knock it. Pathetic.
Agreed.
Alfred Hitchcock anyone?
Didn’t think so.
I agree.
These comments seem to be in vein, like they are all too scared to see it.
good comment i hate paranormal activity but love poltergeist dont know what my reaction would b if it had a trailer like dat
Is everyone serious? People think this looks scary? OMG A SHEET MOVING! SCREAM!!! I’ll pass. This trailer does nothing or shows nothing new that we haven’t already seen before. Just let some co-workers watch it and got a few chuckles. IMO “The Fourth Kind” looks more interesting than this.
Just because there is no gushing blood or cheesy death contraption, this film is truly scary.By the way, this is nothing like”Blair Witch.”
I’ll probably check it out because i love scary movies but i’m reminded of this
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0200659/
Some UK readers may remember it, scared the hell outta me as a kid :)
Yeah I remember that, got a bit silly towatds the end if I recall. But at 12 I thought it was real as hell!
lol i remember that now thanks for the blast from the past
They are relying on people being scared before even entering the theatre. The Brain will release chemicals into the body if the brain thinks that is suppose to. This is all about hype and not actual film making. Thus not interested. It’s a fun psychological experiment I suppose, but not interested.
Hype has ran empty in the horror industry.
BORING
Bring on raw talent.
I ve put this trailer 2,5 years ago on my own Horrorsite and it made a hit of a horrorshocker. John , This is real horror.
Was this around 2, 5 years ago?
AMEN
It looks freaky as hell…not playing in Westminster? DAMN LIMITED RELEASE!
Is that one of the test audiences or an actual audience?
American audience reactions are funny. It really is a night and day difference between the way Brits and Yanks react in theatres.
I don’t enjoy being scared while watching a movie, and avoid it at all costs. I won’t be seeing this.
Looks like it might be well done for the kind of movie it is though.
The idea is intriguing. Personally, I’m getting tired of the reality camera crap though. I’ll check it out on FEARnet
Yay! Scary Movie 5 is coming out!!!
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In all seriousness, this looks great and I’m exciteddd.
I think a lot of people are just falling for a (very effective) hype machine. The trailer was totally yawn worthy to me. mind you, I’m a huge horror, so I’m a bit more used to scares than some other people, but even so.
Now, mind you, I have my tickets to see the film next week, and I truly hope to be scared. However, right now, it looks kind of boring to me.
*huge horror fan* Christ, I need to start sleeping more :P.
Seriously? Reactions of the crowd does not scare, im pretty sure this may be a comedy.
i personally cant wait to see this, i read a dew reviews after seeing the trailer, seems like a good time
Looks kind of like an episode of that lame Paranormal State show.
It could easily be as bad as White Noise…
I don’t see anything special here whatsoever……freaked out by a trailer, dam lol, your kidding right?
Precisely what i was thinking, lol. There’s nothing at all outstanding about this trailer that i can see.
I dunno, maybe to the average movie goer it might be thrilling, but horror being my fav film genre, I’ve seen so many horror flicks that I’m more jaded than a Chinese dragon.
Then, this film is what you have been waiting for.
dude, that was pretty creepy.
almost as creepy as The Fourth Kind movie trailer i recently saw.
http://thefourthkind.net
now that’s some freaky stuff!
Watch this movie with a open mind and i guarantee you will be sucked in. This one will give you nightmares like when you were a kid.
I heard about this film last year when it was going arounf festivals. A lot of reviewers talked about it being incredibly scary, thanks to it’s reliance on excellently and masterfully building dread and suspense instead of relying on shock. Looking forward to it.
And I’m glad Paramount decided to not re-make the film, which was their plan when they bought it.
Don’t waste your money! Enjoy the trailers for that is the only thing that makes the movie..and that sucks your interest in. Ends very STUPID!! Nothing here to look forward to. Wait til its on DVD, it’s only worth a few bucks worth seeing. Just my thoughts!!
i think the same thing i mean which part is scary any money all these people scared of the movie r americans:P
You wont be disappointed.
Its worth the ticket.
They would have ruined it.
Ok it made ya get goosebumps but it wasnt that bad. And it is just a movie. BUT in saying that i’d shit my pants if it happend for real haha.
The Trailers are all there is to this movie!! It is slow moving and the constant movie of the video camera makes you get a headache, nausea and I almost fell asleep. The ending is DUMB!! If you were disappointed in Blair Witch..then I can tell you this will too. It was the worst movie this year that I’ve seen. Some scenes were cool..only the trailer ones. But I too got goose bumps watching the trailer..I would seek help if one is experiencing these kinds of hauntings!I’m not into crapping my pants!