Last weekend, I dragged my husband, not a scary movie afficianado, to see Paranormal Activity. There were quite a few people in the theater, though it was not full. The lights went down and the movie started. At first I thought, "not scary. Come on, pick up the pace". By the middle of the movie, I was holding my husband's hand...tightly. By the end, my heart was racing, I was sweating, burying my face in my husband's chest and screaming. This movie scared the s#@* out of me! Congrats to the filmakers and the actors for scoring big with this scary movie fan. More please!

I had heard a little of the buzz about a San Diego homegrown horror movie from the KPBS (the local NPR affiliate) movie maven Beth Accamondo late Sept, so when I found out they were doing a midnight showing at the AMC 20 Mission Valley, I bought a ticket online.

I showed up at 11:30 but there had been people lined up for hours. A similarly long line was already forming for a hastily added 1:45am screening.

It is not a great movie. It might not even be a good movie. We laughed, we groaned at much of the banality of this dickwad daytrader and his college-going girlfriend in their ticky-tacky suburban home (hello, Poltergist?) But by the end, pretty much the whole audience was silent in terror. A good chunk of the audience--myself included--sat there dumbstruck long after the two-line credit rolled and the reel ran out.

I kind of wished we could have seen one of the original endings (I've read rumors of 3 different endings) but the one they used for the wide release probably gives the most payoff while thematically staying true.

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Thank you, Ms. Williams, for that very interesting article....and for the genuinely funny line about the man's becoming "the Susan Boyle of demonic episodes".

I'll be remembering that line of yours.

Sincerely,

David Terry

nuff said

There were three scenes that raised my hair, but The Blair Witch Project did a much better job of creating suspense and developing a story around the paranormal.

Hype sells, but not worth full ticket price.

I went in rooting for this movie to succeed. The premise was good, and the device of the fixed camera is used effectively. The end carries a genuine jolt. But, somewhat like 'Cloverfield' (admittedly a much more calculated project, with a higher budget), the writers forgot to create interesting, compelling characters. The couple are one-note characters who re-hash the same issues over and over. They're so annoying that by the end we can't wait for them to be killed off. Though the movie has a few nice touches, its low budget is no excuse for such a poor script.

A friend of mine and I were coming out of a movie last Friday, and saw a long line of people queued up as though for a sneak preview, or 12:01 showing. I checked it out because I couldn't think of anything that was opening that would generate such interest, and was very surprised to discover that it was for a horror movie that I, a life-time horror movie fan, had never heard of.

I wonder how much of a role the movie being completely off the radar of a lot of people plays in its appeal to the people who do know about it.

I feel protective of this little movie that scared me as much as it did. But get ready for the backlash that will complain about the so-called "hype" surrounding its success. If that bothers you, think about this: the typical Hollywood blockbuster spends $30 million or more on promotion, saturates the media for months, and nobody blinks an eye. Then comes a no-budget effort like "Paranormal Activity," with its viral marketing campaign (authentic or not; who cares?) and people complain about hype! We need to get some perspective on this. Anything that will get people to see something other than the big-budget crap spewed out by Hollywood every Friday is OK by me.

My teenage son came home on Saturday night after seeing this movie and asked if he could sleep on my bedroom floor that night! I went to see it the next day and, I have to admit, I was delightfully terrified! Great job! Definately one for my movie collection...

Is ignorant self-centered americans who think entertainment is the reason for living ...... of course it does make them forget about their ignorant self-centered existence.

I know this may be slightly off tangent, but why is this country so obsessed with horror movies. And it is becoming more and more so as far as I can tell.

Most of the horror flicks that are churned out are nasty, and I have to question what it does to a person's psyche because all the analysis is about how frightening the ending was, or how gory the deaths were. What are we becoming as human beings? How is this entertainment?

For me, the last 15 seconds of the film completely and totally drained it of any power. I watched dumbfounded as the movie dropped its pants and grotesquely winked at the audience as if to say, "don't worry folks, it's all just a joke! Happy Halloween!" What had been a rather creepy exercise in suspense, something genuine and sincere, lost all its integrity, pissed away for a silly thrill.

Certainly, there is no lingering panic like one experiences after the deeply disturbing finale of Blair Witch Project. When that movie ended, I wasn't sure I could deal with walking back to the car. Meanwhile, the entire theater, filled with half-drunk collegians, groaned and guffawed in disgust at the end of "Activity," with at least one voice shouting for his money back as the credits rolled.

I'm not surprised it was a late addition, or that Spielberg, the old showman, was involved.

Oh well.