Movie "Paranormal Activity"

That's what they said about 'The Blair Witch Project'. And that was skanking.
See your photos are still up there, L. Where's that angel at?

 

Hi Laura ( "skanking" rubbish crap )
Anyway what is it that your asking us to look at there's no link or anything there well not on my pc !
P.S now then JOTS aven't heard from you for a while where ya been m8 !

 

Ah ! got it now the movies called Paranormal Activity, half asleep there ! Sorry Laura ! :-o

 

Not good, bogging, stinking, honking, putrid. All these words describe The Blair Witch Project perfectly.

I nearly choked on my breakfast laughing when I read 'What angel?' That would be the pic where you wrote 'an angel to watch over us.' But I read that it is at the Hoover Dam. And it is a real work of architecture. There's something about it that stirs something in me. Not sure what. My new favourite.
It's great to be back........:-D

 

I personally dont want to see the movie. Iam annoyed by the amount of advertising they have of it on the internet. You watch a movie..each commercial was the thing for that movie.

 

I think I'm going to see it this weekend, hoping tomorrow. I have to drive about an hour to get to a theatre (a little Queens English for you) carrying it.

 

Well, the movie trailers didn't thrill me much at all, so I'd say I'll give it a miss. Made in a weekend on a $14K budget - and it shows rolleyes.

Agreed on The Blair Witch Project being crud, too.

 

I don't mind low-budget. I've even watched Plan 9 From Outer SpaceLOL. I just get put off when the whole movie looks as though it was done on somebody's cellphone.

Cloverfield was another I looked forward to, but was disappointed. Don't mind the Documentary style 'feel', but it kind of spoils it when it's over done, i.m.o.

 

I never got the idea of horror movies, you go to see something that will scare you? sign me up for that! :-D

last horror I remember seeing was scream, it just seemed so random

 

Sums it up lol

http://www.IsParanormalActivityATrueStory.com

 

Paranormal activity = X-Files?

Oh, I thought he meant your profile picture...

 

I saw Darg me to Hell Tuesday when it came out on DVD. I thought it was a good movie, but I thought the last 5 minutes where like... Well guys, the movie's great, lets not worry about the graphics anymore..

Personally, I saw the video of that baby that was in the stroller that fell on to the train tracks & got run over by the train. The reaction of that poor woman watching her kid get run down was worse than any scary movie I've ever seen. If I wasn't on my PS3, I'd go looking for the video and post it. It's got to be on youtube.

Nevermind, I think I figured out how to do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDqiIkgktMg

 

Well, as shocking as it is, if the mother was paying attention to her baby's safety instead of her all important cellphone conversation, which for some strange reason required two hands, then none of that would have happened rolleyes. Glad baby came out of it with only a knock on the head. Yet another reason why I refuse to carry cellphones around with me, unless I really have to.

 

Baby=1 Train=0 I think all horror movies suck in general:-D

I saw on called 'trick r treat' lately and it was pretty good the monsters face is really weird and it was worth watching just to see that,good movie for Halloween.

trick r treat
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0862856/

But I enjoyed Blair witch project,doubt I'll be watching 'paranormal activity'.

I'm prolly skipping 'Orphan' and 'The haunting in Connecticut' too,I'll post them for horror fans to look up.

Orphan

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1148204/

The Haunting in Connecticut

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492044/

 

I saw Paranormal Activity tonight. It was good. it wouild have been better if it never came close enough for me to watch, and all I did was hear stories about it. I expected too much. I think I jumped two times.

To be fair, I don't jump at anything. I've spun a vehicle at speed on the interstate, downshifted and never came to a stop before. I think if you were the jumpy type, you'd either love, or freaking hate this movie. People were screaming and jumping all over the place.

There was also a bit of comedy, like when they had this psychic come look at the house and he told them that it was enhanced by negative energy the guy told his girlfriend, "we're going to have to stop having your mother over." LOL

I'd see it again, with the right people.. Not in the theater, I'll wait for the DVD now. But, for all the hype, it's worth the money.. Just to say you watched it. It's not a total let down or anything, there's just better movies.. but hey... People still go watch the Pirates play ball, right?

 

I don't think I've seen three that have stuck with me as scary laura. I jump at some movies, just because of how things are presented in it.

Hmm... I'll have to think about it and let you know. This wouldn't be top three though. I've only seen your number one.. It was corny I thought. But I'm from the new school in special effects & didn't see it at an early age. Unsolved Mysteries (when they did ghost things) use to keep me up at night as a kid though. LOL

 

Don't usually do scary movies unless they are coupled with a sci-fi theme .

But..... as far as scary is concerned, I prefer the real scary topics like the serial killer that lives next door and you never realize it or even scarier are the ones that portray such events as biological infections such as that one with Dustin Hoffman in it (can't think of the name right now). What makes those scary to me is the fact that they could turn out to be true in real life.

 

I think it's a matter of time until someone shoots a movie like this one, home video style & hits the nail on the head. When something like that happens, it will change the world. This one was just a bit off. I think it had too Hollywood of an ending.

 

I think it's funny, watching old movies. I don't care how long it's been since Deliverance was filmed, I will never, ever watch the whole movie. My best friends mom bugged me for months and months to rent that. As soon as they started mimicking farm animal sounds, I was done. LOL

Most older movies, I won't watch. They're painful. Like "Teen Wolf" as soon as that show starts, and the title is shaking on the screen, I change it. Thank goodness for technology advances. :cool

Laura, just because you were learning how to drive while I was mastering using the toilet, doesn't mean we can't get along... LOL You know I'm kidding, but I also know you got the email without this part in it. eek!

 

Speaking of epidemics and all, Will Smith's 'I am Legend' was soso though I really liked the '71 version 'The Omega Man' with Charlton Heston, much better IMO. It might have to do with me having an issue with Will Smith.uke :-D

As to The Excorsist, I saw that when I was 20 and dabbling in the occult amongst other things back in the day.:innocent Scared the bejesus out of me for weeks to come!:-D I still get chills watching Linda Blair do a 360!!!!:eek

Anyways, Hollywood seems to have run out of fresh ideas to 'shock and awe' us. They're just going after gore and the teenage market who haven't seen nor would have patience with watching a real suspenseful movie. The expectation of horror to come was always better than seeing the deed happen.

 

Aliens the second in the series was the most scared in any movie but I was only 9 or so,a movie hasn't scared me since,I'm with wraith unless they have a sci-fi theme I'm not usually into horror movies.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/

Written and directed by James Cameron who also wrote and directed what I think is one of the greatest movies ever made Terminator 2.

The problem is with ghost type movies the writers can just go anywhere with them,they have to find out what the ghost wants while people are splattered everywhere then they have to find out how put the soul or curse to to rest,its just BS.

The Final destination series is what I consider the worst of those type of movies.

Deliverance is awesome,I've seen it three or so times now,the infamous scene in it is the kind of stuff I love watching it cracks me up :-D Like that scene in casino when they put that guys head in a vice and popped his eye out:-D

 

Well let's take this on a more theological bent if you don't mind. I loved Omen and Omen 2 (Damian). Not to mention that being a Christian (as I am) the Left Behind series was tremendously scary to me.

 

oh and speaking of ghost movies, they just don't scare me much. I personally feel that IF ghosts exist (and I'm not saying that they either do or don't) those entities do not have any means of harming people......

 

I agree Exorcist really scared me when I was a kid had nightmare for weeks. I was busy groking Robert Heinlein- loved Sci-Fi and the old meta-physicians. I really like the new TV show Fringe.

Yes, Silence of the Lambs was very scary in parts. Drag me to Hell was interesting , I hated Blair Witch and I saw the movie Trick or Treat last week and found it very interesting because so much of it was unpredictable same as Scream!

 

I'll wait to see it on DVD. I don't often go to the movies unless the kids or the wife drag me out of the house.

Some good scary movies?

1) "The Changeling" with George C. Scott, circa 1980 or so.

2) "Ghost Story" with Fred Astaire, circa 1981

-some honorable mentions:

3) "Don't be afraid of the Dark" - a made for TV movie from the 70's.

4) "Don't Go to Sleep" - another TV movie, this one from 1982. Ending scene still gives me goosebumps :-D