Kermode Uncut: Paranormal Activity

From: Kermode Uncut, www.bbc.co.uk/markkermode.

Besides being one of the most financially successful movies in history, this year's Paranormal Activity has also picked up a reputation for being one of the scariest. The reactions of some people have been compared to the effect of The Exorcist on audiences way back in 1973. So what am I missing?

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[woodyrulesok]

Looking back after it had finished I realised it wasn't that scary (although I probably wouldn't sit and watch it by myself to be fair) but at the time I was shitting myself.

[ndgreenaway]

hit the nail on the head..i feel exactly the same...and had a sence of frustration when people said they were scarred with this movie..i kinda found it a little dull

[ogfunk187]

YO KERMODE REVIEW THE THIRD FILM!!!!

[horgandavid]

reasons its scary: 1. be interfered with while asleep and totally defenseless. 2. scary to a man living with a woman who has dangerous baggage. 3. sudden loud noises

[UnworthyFun]

this video is scarier than paranormal activity.

[etocadet]

paranormal activity was a film constructed on 15000 dollars and pulled a lot out of the box, however it is scary to those who aren't horror fans. I do think its a shame that it got released as an A grade film because that ruined it, if it was a viral film that got posted about on download sites it would have had a legacy and mystery surrounding it, as it stands its just over hyped crap when it could have been a film to ween people onto horror films, before showing them event horizon

[richardhealy]

Those really are massive hands...

[SandBarAndYou]

@terrycharnley Don't make me laugh. None of what you said is true. And I did not get the impression that the "monster" was in her all along. I got into her at the end for the most comical seen in a horror movie ever. Any creepiness is obliterated by the fact that the actors were as good as any two random people chosen on the Earth.

[leviterande]

anybody loves kermodes silent insane comedy

[Samplelord]

This movie was a tired, boring, possesion mixed with Blair itch......

And it felt realy, realy weak.....

[mrbain123]

I really liked Paranormal Activity 1. Although it wasn't "scary" (I watched it in a dark room at midnight and slept like a baby afterwards) it was certainly "creepy", well-done and kept my attention. The same was true with The Exorcist (sorry Mark).

Theres a difference between being "disturbed" by something and being "gripped" by it. Ultimately with PA (like most horror films), you know its not real. I'm much more likely to be "disturbed" by something Ive seen on Crimewatch.

[fieldingmellish44]

It's not as good as Ghostwatch.