There are two “scary” films out at the moment, Paranormal Activity and The Descent 2. Paranormal Activity has been billed as the film that is super scary and will create messes in the audience’s underwear, and stop them sleeping. The Descent 2 is, as the name implies rather overtly, the sequel to The Descent. So both films should make me very worried, and should not be attempted in the same week. I ignored that, and have seen them both within the last seven days, and will throw them together in one review for you all.
Firstly Paranormal Activity. It is, as you probably already know, a low-budget film indie from debut director Oren Peli. It’s presented as a “found footage” horror, a la Blair Witch, and follows a young couple, Micah and Katie, one of whom, Katie, claims to have been haunted since she was young. She believes that this presence has followed her an d Micah to their new home, so Micah goes out and buys a video camera to film the happenings. We are treated to gradually increasing events from this demon leading to an ending with a title card implying that perhaps there is a truth in this story.
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