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American independentfound footagesupernaturalhorror film written, co- produced, photographed, edited, and directed by Oren Peli. It is the first (chronologically, the third) entry into the Paranormal Activity film series. The film centers on a young couple, Katie and Micah, who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. It is presented in the style of . It was given a limited U.
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S. The film earned nearly $1. U. S. The success of the first two films would spawn additional films in the series: the prequel. Paranormal Activity 3, released on October 2. Paranormal Activity 4, released on October 1. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones released on January 3, 2. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension released on October 2. Young couple Katie and Micah move to a new house in San Diego.
Katie claims an evil presence has been haunting her since she was a child, so Micah sets up a camera in their bedroom to record any paranormal activity that occurs while they sleep. Katie hires psychic Dr. Fredrichs, who reveals that Katie is being haunted by a demon that feeds off of negative energy and is intent on tormenting Katie. He advises them not to communicate with the demon and to contact demonologist Dr. Johann Averies if needed. Katie seems interested, but Micah does not take this seriously.
The third installment of the film franchise about unexplained poltergeists and ghostly activity. Recent bizarre surveillance footage from a local high school shows some unexplained activity haunting the halls of Pocatello High School.
The camera manages to capture many strange occurrences, which are minor at first, such as noises, flickering lights, and doors moving on their own. On the thirteenth night they were awoken at the sound of a screeching demon downstairs. During the fifteenth night, Katie, in an apparent trance, stands beside the bed and stares at Micah for two hours before going outside.
Micah tries to convince Katie to go back inside, but she refuses and appears to remember none of it the next day. One day Micah brings home a Ouija board, which infuriates Katie. When they leave the house, the camera records an unseen force moving the planchette to form an unknown message on the Ouija board, which then spontaneously catches fire. Katie sees the video and pleads with Micah to contact the demonologist, but again he refuses.
During the seventeenth night, Micah sprinkles baby powder in the hallway and bedroom. The couple are awakened by creaks, and find non- human footprints leading to the attic, where Micah finds a burnt photograph of a young Katie, previously thought to have been destroyed in an unexplained house fire. Katie finally calls the demonologist, Dr. Averies, but he is occupied. They eventually call Dr.
Fredrichs back to the house, but he is overwhelmed by the demonic energy upon entering. He apologetically leaves despite their pleas, stating that his presence only makes the demon angrier. During the twentieth night, Katie is pulled out of the bedroom by an unseen force, and when Micah rushes to help her, the door is slammed shut on him by the demon. Micah eventually rescues her but feels the demon's presence still lurking upstairs, so they head downstairs to sleep on the couch. The following morning Micah discovers bite marks on Katie's back. Later, Micah finds a catatonic Katie sitting in the hallway, gripping a cross so tightly that it bloodies her palm.
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He angrily burns the cross and photograph in the fireplace, and packs to head for a motel. Just as they are set to leave, Katie, seemingly out of touch with reality, insists they will be okay now. The following night, Katie gets out of bed and stares at Micah for two hours before going downstairs.
After a moment of silence, Katie screams for Micah, seemingly being attacked by the demonic presence; he abruptly rushes to help her. Suddenly, Micah exclaims in pain, Katie stops screaming, and then heavy footsteps are heard coming upstairs. Micah's body is violently hurled at the camera, which is knocked off the tripod, revealing Katie, now a demonic human, standing in the doorway. She slowly walks into the room, stained with blood. She crawls to Micah's body and then looks up at the camera with a grin. As she lunges toward the camera, her face takes on a demonic appearance just as the scene cuts to black.
Epilogue text states that Micah's body was discovered by the police on October 1. Katie's whereabouts remain unknown. Alternate endings. She sits beside the bed, holding the knife and rocking herself for hours. The next day, her friend Amber calls and leaves a message, expressing concern.
That night, Katie is still sitting and rocking by the bed, and Amber can be heard entering the house. During this short period, Katie stops rocking, but when Amber screams (presumably after finding Micah's body) and runs out of the house, she resumes her motion. Half an hour later, police enter the home and discover Micah's body as well. They find Katie and call to her. She wakes from her catatonic state and seems confused. As she approaches them with the knife in hand, they ask her to drop the weapon, but then a nearby door slams shut, startling one of the policemen, who shoots and kills Katie. The police investigate the area and find nothing but the camera, still running.
The screen fades to black, as a dedication to the deceased Katie and Micah is given. Paramount alternate ending. After three hours, she goes downstairs and screams, waking Micah, who runs downstairs. The same screams and heavy footsteps are heard. After a moment of silence, Katie re- enters the room covered in blood with a kitchen knife. After closing and locking the bedroom door, she approaches the camera and promptly slits her own throat, before collapsing dead. The scene then fades to black.
Unfilmed alternate ending. This version was deemed too complicated and too brutal to shoot. In deciding on a more raw and stationary format (the camera was almost always sitting on a tripod or something else) and eliminating the need for a camera crew, a . Instead, the actors were given outlines of the story and situations to improvise, a technique known as . He originally auditioned them individually and later called them back to audition together.
Peli was impressed with the chemistry between the actors, saying, . Featherston noted they were originally paid $5. The film was shot out of sequence due to Peli's self- imposed seven- day shooting schedule. Sloat, who controlled the camera for a good deal of the film, was a former cameraman at his university's TV station. Attempting to find a distributor for the film and/or directing work for Peli, the agency sent out DVDs of the movie to as many people in the industry as they could, and it was eventually seen by Miramax Films Senior Executive Jason Blum, who thought it had potential. He worked with Peli to re- edit the film and submitted it to the Sundance Film Festival, but it was rejected. The DVD also impressed Dream.
Works executives Adam Goodman, Stacey Snider, and finally Steven Spielberg, who cut a deal with Blum and Peli. He then realized a remake was unwise. Some scenes were cut, others added, and the original ending was scrapped, with two new endings being shot. Meanwhile, a screening for international buyers resulted in the sale of international rights in 5. The venues included Ann Arbor, MI; Baton Rouge, LA; Boulder, CO; Columbus, OH; Durham, NC; Lincoln, NE; Madison, WI; Orlando, FL; Santa Cruz, CA; Seattle, WA; State College, PA; and Tucson, AZ. A day later, Paramount announced that the film would have a full limited release in 4. On October 6, Paramount announced that the movie would be released nationwide if the film received one million .
The full limited release of the film started on October 9. The home release includes an alternate ending to the theatrical version.
Based on 1. 90 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an overall approval rating from critics of 8. For extended periods here, nothing at all is happening, and believe me, you won't be bored. It doesn't sound very scary, but Peli manages to make it terrifying. If you aren't white- knuckling your armrest at least once or twice while watching it, you probably don't have a pulse. Michael Carter of The Breeze summed up the film as . We've seen it all before.
It had more success when it opened to 3. October 1, 2. 00. It went on to gross $7,9. Over the weekend, the film reached the week's highest per- theater average of $4. Couples Retreat, Zombieland, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Over the weekend of October 1.
Paranormal Activity expanded to 6. On the weekend of October 2. Paranormal Activity rose to first, beating out Saw VI, earning $2. Saw VI. The film has grossed $1. Also in 2. 01. 0, mockbuster group The Asylum created their take on the film, titled Paranormal Entity, which would later spawn a series of its own.
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