Paranormal Activity (Movie)

[youngchew]

One word: mind****

This. Instant classic. Considered one of the top 10 greatest mind**** movies of all time.

I recently watched Mulholland Drive....holy cow

[skinsfan07]

Cabin in the Woods was a REALLY good recent horror movie. Starts off as your typical "hot girl, dumb jock, nerd, shy girl" movie, but oh my does it quickly change. So cool.

[youngchew]

Cabin in the Woods was a REALLY good recent horror movie. Starts off as your typical "hot girl, dumb jock, nerd, shy girl" movie, but oh my does it quickly change. So cool.

Agreed. The first 45 minutes in, I was like "really?" But then....it got real.

[Botched]

I just watched Cabin in the Woods the other night. It was good, but shouldn't have been classified as a horror at all. It was waaay more comedy than anything else.

[Destino]

Cabin in the Woods was a REALLY good recent horror movie. Starts off as your typical "hot girl, dumb jock, nerd, shy girl" movie, but oh my does it quickly change. So cool.

I just watched Cabin in the Woods the other night. It was good, but shouldn't have been classified as a horror at all. It was waaay more comedy than anything else.

It's a spoof/commentary on the standard horror movie: The monsters are all interchangeable prepackaged creations, literally. The characters have to fit ridiculous stereotypes... that in this movie requires drugs to force upon people that don't fit the standard two dimensional mold. Ever wonder why a main character would simply drop a weapon, well it's not accident in this movie! Yet despite all of this stuff that could have lead it down the "not another teen movie" path, cabin in the woods is pretty good. Certainly isn't a classic movie... but that scene when the elevators open and all the cool things rush out may be one of my favorite horror movie scenes of all time.

[skinsfan07]

It's a spoof/commentary on the standard horror movie: The monsters are all interchangeable prepackaged creations, literally. The characters have to fit ridiculous stereotypes... that in this movie requires drugs to force upon people that don't fit the standard two dimensional mold. Ever wonder why a main character would simply drop a weapon, well it's not accident in this movie! Yet despite all of this stuff that could have lead it down the "not another teen movie" path, cabin in the woods is pretty good. Certainly isn't a classic movie... but that scene when the elevators open and all the cool things rush out may be one of my favorite horror movie scenes of all time.

Very well said summary. Better than I could have put it. It really is a solid movie and that scene was epic!

[HSW]

Very well said summary. Better than I could have put it. It really is a solid movie and that scene was epic!

I did not care for it at all. Felt like a movie episode of Buffy the Vampire...kind of cheesy horror spoof.

[Mr. Sinister]

You think the same way that I do. I've never been a fan of the "gross out/teen slasher gore flicks" either. A lot of the "horror" movies that have come out in the last 7=8 years have been more comedic than anything. I need suspense, movies that convey a sense of foreboding, terror, sheer helplessness/intense psychological distress to the audience.

I saw Paranormal Activity online before the hype machine started up, and I thought it was brilliant. Naturally, as more and more people heard of it, it sort of developed a cult-like following, and it became more than it was intended to be. I went to see it with my girlfriend (at the time) about two weeks later, and it wasn't as good as it was the first time. I never even bothered to watch PA 2 because I figured that because of the hype that 1 received, the directors would stray as far as possible from what made the first film successful.

Finally got around to watching it a few months ago. Had I not been so hopped up on caffeine, I'd have fallen asleep after the first 30 minutes. I really can't believe they made a 3rd one, and they should probably be jailed for making the 4th one. Seriously, "Found footage/alternative" horror films aren't meant to be whored out like this.

*A freaking direct-to-video flick called "Seven Nights Of Darkness" was about 5x better than that, and if it wasn't for some borderline cheesy cinematics, it would've rivaled the 1st Paranormal Activity.

[Skinz4Life12]

This. Instant classic. Considered one of the top 10 greatest mind**** movies of all time.

I recently watched Mulholland Drive....holy cow

I just watched Mulholland Drive last weekend. That movie was crazy. I liked it a lot. My fiance...not so much. The sex scenes were nice though

---------- Post added September-27th-2012 at 01:33 PM ----------

Cabin in the Woods was a REALLY good recent horror movie. Starts off as your typical "hot girl, dumb jock, nerd, shy girl" movie, but oh my does it quickly change. So cool.

yea this movie kicked ass. i watched it last friday too

[youngchew]

Very well said summary. Better than I could have put it. It really is a solid movie and that scene was epic!

Agreed, he did a nice job summarizing the film. I also really enjoyed the movie. That was a great twist they threw in there.

I think what really worked well for Cabin in the Woods is that it didn't take itself seriously. Thought it had a serious tone to it, it was more of a spoof than anything, but still had an interesting and original plot. I'm looking forward to seeing it again when it comes out on DVD or Netflix.

[skinsfan07]

I just watched Mulholland Drive last weekend. That movie was crazy. I liked it a lot. My fiance...not so much. The sex scenes were nice though

---------- Post added September-27th-2012 at 01:33 PM ----------



yea this movie kicked ass. i watched it last friday too

Is it out on DVD yet? I need to download the torrent if it is.

[S.T.real,lights,out]

Watched VHS last night....dont waste your time with it...thought it was really bad

[pjfootballer]

I watch V/H/S the other night. I don't usually watch horror flicks, but this one caught my eye. Weird, very weird.