Film Review: Paranormal Activity 4

With Halloween around the corner, it looks like it is time for another entry into the Paranormal Activity franchise.  Yep. [Read more...]

Open Thread – Games: A Scarier Format Than Film?

condemnedLauren: With Halloween coming up just around the corner, now is the time to up your yearly dose of horror infused entertainment.  Personally I love the genre, but films are one thing, while video games are something else.  They are the killer sharpening his blade in my closet while he softly, albeit menacingly, whispers my name in a promise that the covers I hide under provide no protection from what is to come.  That may seem like quite the elaboration on the terror level provided by games, but anyone who has played these games can tell you that there is just something about them that will haunt you hours after you have set the controller down. [Read more...]

Now Playing Review – Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity may not be the scariest movie ever, but it will haunt you long after the final scene ends (and in large part because of it).

In hopes of figuring out what has been going bump in the night, Micah (Micah Sloat) decides to use a video camera to catch these random occurrences, which have been plaguing his girlfriend Katie (Katie Featherston) since she was a child. At first, some slightly disturbing things happen, from minor door movements to the sound of footsteps on the stairs outside their bedroom. All creepy events in their own right, sure, but nothing to contact the local exorcist about. However, as the slow build continues and the nights progress, this entity seems to want more, moving from the realm of “Hey! Notice me!” to “I am going to use your blood to paint a mural on the wall! Wanna see?” Now it’s time to start panicking.

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