There’s no doubt you’ve heard all about this movie by now. If you haven’t seen it, everyone you know has seen it and they’re probably divided into two extreme camps on whether it’s good or not. I’ve heard many people say how gloriously terrifying this movie is and I’ve heard others say how ridiculously stupid it is. What do I think? Well, I’m uncomfortably straddling the fence between the two and I could fall either way depending on how much trouble I have falling asleep tonight. On the one hand, I have a real strong dislike for most movies shot in the first-person, home video style (Cloverfield, Quarantine, Home Movie, etc.) and having to sit through 90 minutes of that kind of shaky nonsense does not make me happy. On the other hand, I really dig any kind of horror movie that delivers simple, legitimate, honest, bare bones chills, and Paranormal Activity does exactly that.

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