Paranormal Activity

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Calamity Jane

like madden, but doggy style

Kuribo's Shoe

that's the best thing I've ever heard about a game

Riggs Blitzkrieg

It was pretty good, but if you don't really buy into the real footage type movies you probably won't like it very much.

Milquetoast Thug

I'm told that this is a movie that builds up slowly. I would like to see it, since for all it's possible faults, it seems like a welcome change from the all the violence-porn "horror" movies that have been popular recently.

Also, who's seen the trailer for the fourth kind yet?

Muse Among Men

I laugh during a lot of horror, but I really can't stand gore. Videogames are the only things that really scare me.

Also unexpected chihuahua barks.

T. J. Nutty Nub

bark!

Muse Among Men

Zoel

i have no friends and i dislike this movie

this message was brought to you by the committee for people who have no friends and hate movies.

Bedlam

I kind of want to see this.

How bad is the shakey cam? I watched Blair Witch with no problems but couldnt stand cloverfeild.

Lockout

Mr. Buttons wrote: »

almost the whole fucking film was on a hand held camcorder to "make it real" and therefore motion-sickness inducing except the night scenes which were stationary and therefore the best part.

The movie was good for a horror, especially one on a budget that small. There were a lot of screams in the theater I saw it at, and decent amount of people seemed freaked the fuck out when it was over.

Shaky-cam sucks though, and I think that most of us know that these "real home horror movies" are fake and the movie makers should give us some credit. Instead of "OMG there's some creepy stuff in houses, lets get 1 camera and film everything because we're real people and this is what real people would do" maybe the film makers could do something more like "OMG there's some creepy stuff in houses, because I can use technology I have installed several stationary small cameras (i.e. webcam) throughout the house to ensure that we don't miss anything and will have a clear picture of whatever happens

promise me Trent.. if you ever make a Blair Witch type movie.... make me the promise that you will maximize the use of a stationary camera

man, compared to Cloverfield or even District 9, this movie had very very little shakey cam. the worst was in the beginning, when he goes to see his girlfriend pulling up in the driveway. other than that, it was pretty damn steady

but yeah, I enjoyed this movie, the end freaked me out. but I'm not that well versed in scary movies, so

Mr. Buttons

I saw it on a screen that seemed to only be a foot smaller than an imax and we were seated unfortunately close to the screen, which only made the shaky-cam worse for me. I never had a problem with Cloverfield and I don't think I have an inner ear problem....

... maybe the motion-sickness was actually fear

e: no, it wasn't fear, I just don't like watching handicam movies on big screens

Robos A Go Go

Plots points I'd like to have cleared up for me.

What was the point of the message that was spelled on the Ouija board. I know that leads the male lead to that website, but going to that website didn't seem to affect the rest of the story very much. I'd have expected a last minute swerve to come from that (obviously the demon would benefit somehow), but I didn't detect anything. Did it perhaps not spell out Diane?

Also, what was the deal with the cross the female lead holds at the end. Was that shown before in the film? Was she clutching it for protection? Did burning it somehow allow the demon to come inside her?

Lockout

I thought that the Ouija board message was basically the demon saying, "Look, this girl got an exorcist, didn't turn out so well for her. Aight?"

As for the crucifix, I took it as that she was clutching it for protection, but the demon possessed her anyway. Which caused the cross to hurt her I guess? Pretty sure that was when she was possessed anyway, cause shortly after was the scene where she says everything was going to be alright now.

Him burning it was just dumb and sort of pointless. Just trying to show his, "I'm a man and this is my house and I'm going to fuckin fix this" mindset or whatever

Robos A Go Go

Lockout wrote: »

I thought that the Ouija board message was basically the demon saying, "Look, this girl got an exorcist, didn't turn out so well for her. Aight?"

As for the crucifix, I took it as that she was clutching it for protection, but the demon possessed her anyway. Which caused the cross to hurt her I guess? Pretty sure that was when she was possessed anyway, cause shortly after was the scene where she says everything was going to be alright now.

Him burning it was just dumb and sort of pointless. Just trying to show his, "I'm a man and this is my house and I'm going to fuckin fix this" mindset or whatever

They already weren't going to get an exorcist, though, and shortly afterward they decide to contact the demonologist anyway. Basically, I wonder if that whole plotline couldn't have just been cut. The ouija board lighting on fire was kind of hokey. Unless there was greater significance to the message than meets the eye, I don't see the purpose.

Mr. Buttons

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Lockout wrote: »

I thought that the Ouija board message was basically the demon saying, "Look, this girl got an exorcist, didn't turn out so well for her. Aight?"

As for the crucifix, I took it as that she was clutching it for protection, but the demon possessed her anyway. Which caused the cross to hurt her I guess? Pretty sure that was when she was possessed anyway, cause shortly after was the scene where she says everything was going to be alright now.

Him burning it was just dumb and sort of pointless. Just trying to show his, "I'm a man and this is my house and I'm going to fuckin fix this" mindset or whatever

They already weren't going to get an exorcist, though, and shortly afterward they decide to contact the demonologist anyway. Basically, I wonder if that whole plotline couldn't have just been cut. The ouija board lighting on fire was kind of hokey. Unless there was greater significance to the message than meets the eye, I don't see the purpose.

Demonologist/exorcist I think the two titles could be interchangeable for the purpose of the film. I think the purpose of the Ouija board was two-fold... one simply was that it was a special effect they could do that would make people jump and two was that it was their way of having the demon telling them that he was a super demon and they were totally fucked

I think she was holding the cross for protection.. why it was making her bleed I don't know.. but there were a lot of things in this movie that I didn't get... like how the male lead maintained being such a douchebag the entire time, as opposed to doing something useful like calling a priest or something. "Oh no, the demonologist won't be home for 3 days.. let's put some powder on the floor instead of doing something useful"

The unspoilered part of this will be where I recommend watching an awful movie called "The Evil Woods", it's available on Hulu and is rated R for bad language and rude titties

Zoel

the end was the least scary part of this movie

I mean

They already told you both characters are dead in frame 1 of the movie when Paramount thanks the families for letting them use the film. It's not like something terrible was happening to the guy once Micah ran downstairs and suddenly everything went silent; he was dead for like 45 seconds and you're just waiting for the shoe to drop-- staring at a empty room for added effect, and before that scene you already knew katie was possessed as all fuck.

Robos A Go Go

Zoel wrote: »

the end was the least scary part of this movie

I mean

They already told you both characters are dead in frame 1 of the movie when Paramount thanks the families for letting them use the film. It's not like something terrible was happening to the guy once Micah ran downstairs and suddenly everything went silent; he was dead for like 45 seconds and you're just waiting for the shoe to drop-- staring at a empty room for added effect, and before that scene you already knew katie was possessed as all fuck.

Yeah, I wasn't surprised to find out that that scene was added in at the request of the studio or whatever.

Lockout

Zoel wrote: »

the end was the least scary part of this movie

I mean

They already told you both characters are dead in frame 1 of the movie when Paramount thanks the families for letting them use the film. It's not like something terrible was happening to the guy once Micah ran downstairs and suddenly everything went silent; he was dead for like 45 seconds and you're just waiting for the shoe to drop-- staring at a empty room for added effect, and before that scene you already knew katie was possessed as all fuck.

I wasn't paying a lot of attention to that bit, but I thought it said thanks to the families of police officers? It said something about a police department, I'm positive.

Also I just saw a commercial for the movie today, it shows him flying into the camera in it. Lame.

Lockout

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Zoel wrote: »

the end was the least scary part of this movie

I mean

They already told you both characters are dead in frame 1 of the movie when Paramount thanks the families for letting them use the film. It's not like something terrible was happening to the guy once Micah ran downstairs and suddenly everything went silent; he was dead for like 45 seconds and you're just waiting for the shoe to drop-- staring at a empty room for added effect, and before that scene you already knew katie was possessed as all fuck.

Yeah, I wasn't surprised to find out that that scene was added in at the request of the studio or whatever.

Steven Spielberg, apparently.

Monkeyfeet

I just watched Trick r' Treat. It wasn't exactly scary but it was a good movie

Robos A Go Go

Monkeyfeet wrote: »

I just watched Trick r' Treat. It wasn't exactly scary but it was a good movie

Those werewolves were hot and I like the guy who played the principal, but I mostly didn't care about what was going on at all.

Personally, i consider Thirst to be the best horror film of the year.

Monkeyfeet

I had to look it up. I'm guessing the synopsis for it on netflix doesn't give it justice

When the smoke clears from a failed experiment to find a cure for a fatal disease, a devout priest finds himself forever changed. Specifically, he's a vampire -- but that isn't the only thing that's different. Now he's also willing to commit adultery with the wife of his childhood friend

Zoel

I guess the thing that really gets my goat

Is that there are 30,000 things they could have done to save this movie and make it interesting. There aren't any surprises in it beyond "BOO!"

- It could have been an awesome comedy:

Katie: Well if we move it'll just follow me.

Micah: WELL It's not like he's flying in the fucking concord or something, it took him eight years to catch up with you, lets move down the street it'll take him at least a week to figure out whats up."

And that psychic? Man has untapped comedic talents. Perfect timing.

- Katie could have been possessed all along and that would have been ok
- They could have explored why the fuck Micah is so stubborn as opposed to just being stubborn oh well
- They could have added some sort of motive to the demon as opposed to lol demons possess people that's just sort of their BUDDAH NATURE
- They could have had Katie's family be dead as opposed to just absent so that there would be a logical reasoning for why she wouldn't be like hey mom dad what the fuck did you guys do about that demon 'cuz you did something I guess?

Robos A Go Go

Monkeyfeet wrote: »

I had to look it up. I'm guessing the synopsis for it on netflix doesn't give it justice

When the smoke clears from a failed experiment to find a cure for a fatal disease, a devout priest finds himself forever changed. Specifically, he's a vampire -- but that isn't the only thing that's different. Now he's also willing to commit adultery with the wife of his childhood friend

Oh yeah, the fact that it was done by the director of Old Boy and Sympathy of for Mr. Vengeance tells you a lot more about the film's quality than a synopsis would. Even the trailer doesn't tell you enough since it mostly just shows vampire shit and passionate lovemaking, both of which are just starting points for the film.

Anyway, I like it because it subverts expectations in a lot of interesting ways (you'd expect the film to end at a certain point, for instance, but it continues on to show consequences that other films wouldn't consider) and poses a lot of really interesting questions about what it means to be a monster.

Monkeyfeet

Oh Old Boy ehh I'm sold

Lockout

My instinct the whole movie was get out of the house, go somewhere bright and public

I can't imagine someone waking up to

being dragged down the hall/their girlfriend being dragged down the hall

and their first reaction not being, alright let's go somewhere else for a while

Mr. Buttons

Lockout wrote: »

My instinct the whole movie was get out of the house, go somewhere bright and public

I can't imagine someone waking up to

being dragged down the hall/their girlfriend being dragged down the hall

and their first reaction not being, alright let's go somewhere else for a while

I think that scene was the one where my wife screamed

Robos A Go Go

Zoel wrote: »

I guess the thing that really gets my goat

- They could have added some sort of motive to the demon as opposed to lol demons possess people that's just sort of their BUDDAH NATURE
- They could have had Katie's family be dead as opposed to just absent so that there would be a logical reasoning for why she wouldn't be like hey mom dad what the fuck did you guys do about that demon 'cuz you did something I guess?

-It was pretty clear to me that the demon wanted Katie. I don't know what the nature of this desire was, but I'd say there was an implied sexual element given how it responded to Micah.

-They never did anything. Their house burned down and Katie spent the rest of her life being haunted, apparently, with brief lulls here and there. I did think their absence was conspicuous, though, as was her sister's. You'd think someone would have visited Katie during the latter portion of the film when she was on the verge of a breakdown.

Zoel

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Zoel wrote: »

I guess the thing that really gets my goat

- They could have added some sort of motive to the demon as opposed to lol demons possess people that's just sort of their BUDDAH NATURE
- They could have had Katie's family be dead as opposed to just absent so that there would be a logical reasoning for why she wouldn't be like hey mom dad what the fuck did you guys do about that demon 'cuz you did something I guess?

-It was pretty clear to me that the demon wanted Katie. I don't know what the nature of this desire was, but I'd say there was an implied sexual element given how it responded to Micah.

-They never did anything. Their house burned down and Katie spent the rest of her life being haunted, apparently, with brief lulls here and there. I did think their absence was conspicuous, though, as was her sister's. You'd think someone would have visited Katie during the latter portion of the film when she was on the verge of a breakdown.

I disagree. I think you would know by the time you were 23 if there was a sexual element to the whole thing, and if you were bothered in that way by demons until you were 23 I think it's doubtful you would move in with a guy who had any sort of sex drive

Robos A Go Go

Zoel wrote: »

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Zoel wrote: »

I guess the thing that really gets my goat

- They could have added some sort of motive to the demon as opposed to lol demons possess people that's just sort of their BUDDAH NATURE
- They could have had Katie's family be dead as opposed to just absent so that there would be a logical reasoning for why she wouldn't be like hey mom dad what the fuck did you guys do about that demon 'cuz you did something I guess?

-It was pretty clear to me that the demon wanted Katie. I don't know what the nature of this desire was, but I'd say there was an implied sexual element given how it responded to Micah.

-They never did anything. Their house burned down and Katie spent the rest of her life being haunted, apparently, with brief lulls here and there. I did think their absence was conspicuous, though, as was her sister's. You'd think someone would have visited Katie during the latter portion of the film when she was on the verge of a breakdown.

I disagree. I think you would know by the time you were 23 if there was a sexual element to the whole thing, and if you were bothered in that way by demons until you were 23 I think it's doubtful you would move in with a guy who had any sort of sex drive

How would she know? The demon couldn't touch her until the end and it never communicated with her. All she knew is that it would loom over her while she slept.

In any case, regardless of why he wanted Katie, it's explicitly stated that the demon's motive is a desire for her.

Zoel

ok look i don't know how women can tell when you are trying to "tap that"

but they can tell ok?

Mr. Buttons

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Zoel wrote: »

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Zoel wrote: »

I guess the thing that really gets my goat

- They could have added some sort of motive to the demon as opposed to lol demons possess people that's just sort of their BUDDAH NATURE
- They could have had Katie's family be dead as opposed to just absent so that there would be a logical reasoning for why she wouldn't be like hey mom dad what the fuck did you guys do about that demon 'cuz you did something I guess?

-It was pretty clear to me that the demon wanted Katie. I don't know what the nature of this desire was, but I'd say there was an implied sexual element given how it responded to Micah.

-They never did anything. Their house burned down and Katie spent the rest of her life being haunted, apparently, with brief lulls here and there. I did think their absence was conspicuous, though, as was her sister's. You'd think someone would have visited Katie during the latter portion of the film when she was on the verge of a breakdown.

I disagree. I think you would know by the time you were 23 if there was a sexual element to the whole thing, and if you were bothered in that way by demons until you were 23 I think it's doubtful you would move in with a guy who had any sort of sex drive

How would she know? The demon couldn't touch her until the end and it never communicated with her. All she knew is that it would loom over her while she slept.

In any case, regardless of why he wanted Katie, it's explicitly stated that the demon's motive is a desire for her.

That reminds me of my favorite part of the film where she's all

"I can feel it! it's right in front of me" and then her hair is blown.

I thought it was funny atleast

Robos A Go Go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A5VNsEeAMY&feature=player_embedded

Have any of you seen this? Is it good?

trentsteel

I thought Trick r' Treat was a pretty solid little movie. I loves stuff with more than one story that tie into each other in little ways.

<3

Lockout wrote: »

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Zoel wrote: »

the end was the least scary part of this movie

I mean

They already told you both characters are dead in frame 1 of the movie when Paramount thanks the families for letting them use the film. It's not like something terrible was happening to the guy once Micah ran downstairs and suddenly everything went silent; he was dead for like 45 seconds and you're just waiting for the shoe to drop-- staring at a empty room for added effect, and before that scene you already knew katie was possessed as all fuck.

Yeah, I wasn't surprised to find out that that scene was added in at the request of the studio or whatever.

Steven Spielberg, apparently.

You know that the story is not real right?

Bedigunz

Grey Ghost wrote: »

People who actually get sick during movies like this and Cloverfield are babies

What if I was hungover while watching it in theaters?

Not that I did get sick, but I was damn close during some points. My friend had to step out of the theater for 10 minutes before vomiting all over us

Fencingsax

Bedigunz wrote: »

Grey Ghost wrote: »

People who actually get sick during movies like this and Cloverfield are babies

What if I was hungover while watching it in theaters?

Not that I did get sick, but I was damn close during some points. My friend had to step out of the theater for 10 minutes before vomiting all over us

I didn't get sick, but I did get bored.

Adus

I liked aspects of the movie the same way I liked aspects of The Blair Witch Project. The latter was creepy just because I'd really hate to be lost in the woods at all, then to have strange shit start happening. I honestly don't know how I'd handle it.

This movie was obviously a bit different, but it had a similar premise. I liked the actors; They felt pretty real. The camera was much more tolerable than Cloverfield, and hell, even the Bourne movies. Slow buildup and no cheesy "boo" scares are definitely thumbs up. However... It wasn't scary at all, really. I felt... excited, for lack of a better term, for a lot of the movie. I just really wanted to know what happened next.

Some stuff delivered. Finding the photo in the attic. The footprints. The dragging. The scream at the end. Micah getting thrown into the camera would have been one of the things if they didn't show it in the damn trailers. Overall though, like Blair Witch, it was too slow a buildup for no real payoff. If you were to ask me what a better payoff would be, I guess I wouldn't be able to answer you. I read about some of the alternate endings and whether or not they were real, a couple sounded better to me. Maybe the DVD will shed some light on that.

I guess I just wish it hadn't taken an hour for things to finally start happening. Plus watching this with an audience sucks. Watching it in a dark room alone or with a couple friends might be a better atmosphere.

Sanius

I loved this movie ya'll

it creeped me out

I did the whole covering my mouth thing and screaming OMG twice.