Paranormal Activity (2007)

Director:

Oren Peli

Writer:

Oren Peli (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 October 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

What Happens When You Sleep?

Plot:

After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.

Plot Keywords:

House | Night | Demon | Handheld Camera | Torn Photograph

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Katie Featherston	...	Katie
Micah Sloat	...	Micah
Mark Fredrichs	...	The Psychic
Ashley Palmer	...	Diane
Amber Armstrong	...	Amber
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Randy McDowell	...	Lt. Randy Hudson
Tim Piper	...	Richard

Also Known As:

Actividad paranormal (Argentina) (Peru) [es]
Паранормальное явление (Russia) [ru]
Atividade Paranormal (Brazil) [pt]
Metafysiki drastiriotita (Greece) [el]
Paranormal Activity (Japan: English title) [en]
Paranormal Activity - Actividade Paranormal (Portugal) [pt]
Paranormalno (Slovenia) [sl]

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

86 min | 99 min (extended version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45634) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:15A | Australia:M (2009) | Singapore:NC-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/12 | Brazil:14 | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

San Diego, California, USA

Company:

Blumhouse Productions

Trivia:

Although released by Paramount, this film is unique in that the studio's logo does not appear, nor do credits, except for one establishing copyright.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Katie is speaking Spanish and tries to say "I want to be a teacher" she says "Yo quiero estar una maestra", which is wrong. She should have said "Quiero ser una maestra". It seems that Micah didn't know how to speak Spanish neither because he tells her that she did well. What's strange is how she became a "graduate student".

Quotes:

Micah: I'm pretty sure what we did was illegal in 20 states. She's a Freak!

Movie Connections:

References The Omen (1976)

garbage, if you want real horror then avoid at all costs

what a piece of junk, this movie has to be most hyped and overrated movie of the year, there is nothing NOTHING scary in this, just a bunch of noises and some effects so cheap that this director must have studied at the ed wood university, don't believe that stupid trailer where they showed us how "scary" the audience was because now i can tell you that either they were paid or they were watching some horror movie from Asia.the movie takes a lot of references from other movies but fails in the only important point, to be scary. I don't understand why people keeps watching this "horror-documentary" kind of movies because all of them are always garbage, the only one that did a great job was rec, and the on from Spain because the American version was garbage too the only scary thing about this is if you paid to watch it, don't waste your money.