i guess it's time for a movie review

its that time of year again, all the scary movies coming out right before halloween (or the movie Saw, that comes out every halloween). i saw a movie that made me lose sleep two nights in a row, paranormal activity. The movie takes place in san diego, california where a young couple easily in their twenties, recently started noticing strange things happening in their home. to be sure that it was paranormal they rented a camera to catch these strange things. what they found was something beyond freaky.

paranormal activity is not your everyday scary story. it's taken from the angle of the rented camera, so it looks like a "mockumentary" ala blair witch project. the story starts off slow only to build up to an amazing scary ending. there are not a lot of characters that have a lot of lines but the couple they show us and the visual effects (if used at all) were not obvious. to be honest, the raw and realness of the video made me think this was actual footage of someone's house.

because of the direction, storyline, acting, the the incredible amount of fear i got from it, i give this movie an A.


my advice for those who want to see it:
1. please go into the movie with ZERO expectations, if you listened to the hype just wait for the DVD.
2. i strongly advise not to see this movie alone, this is actually a very good date movie, i saw a lot of girls holding on to their significant others throughout the movie.
3. whatever you do NOT see this movie at night, i know a lot of people who did this and they stayed awake the entire night.
4. the movie is rated R for a reason, it is SCARY, so please use your common sense and don't bring children under 17 to it.

well thats it.

i'll probably write my review for law abiding citizen later