~*~MAJOR SPOILERS FOR PARANORMAL ACTIVITY~*~
Paranormal Activity 1 was great. It didn't seem "real" at any point, but I've never felt that that's what horror or slasher films are about. The characters were interesting enough and they acted quite well. I wouldn't call the movie scary at any point, but I was still quite invested in the plot and I was always excited to see what would happen during the night. The boyfriend was a real class A dick, and I thought that was a nice change from what you're used to seeing in the sub-genre. Although I understand there had to be a character there to "anger" the demon, it got pretty ridiculous about halfway through the movie when he was basically trying to chase the demon out or corner him or whatever. I mean the demon proved it was invisible on the first goddamn night what was the dude expecting to do? Punch it to death? He took the tough guy thing a little too far, but it definitely set up a nice reason for why the exorcist wasn't a huge part of the film. My biggest complaint would have to be the last 5 seconds or so of the movie. The chick crawling up to the camera was so ****ing stupid. It honestly would have been a high-tier horror movie for me if it didn't include that last 5 seconds. The part where the demon convinces the boyfriend to just stay one more night was the perfect amount of subtlety to show that it wasn't really her anymore. I mean yeah, it was obviously not her, but that little smile at the end was just great. That's all the movie needed, nothing more after the screams and silence at the end.
Anyways... I'll watch the second movie either today or tonight.
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