2007 · horror · found-footage
Paranormal Activity
Directed by Oren Peli1h 26m2007
After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.
Our read: Paranormal Activity (2007) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · found-footage entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / found-footage, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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