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Excerpt: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY – REVIEW 9.5 out of 10 Ten years ago, a low budget, independent, horror movie stormed theatres and scared the living daylights out of audiences everywhere, making a huge pile of cash and becoming a cultural phenomenon in the process. You may remember this little movie; The Blair Witch Project. A decade later, a new, low budget, independent, horror movie is following in Witch’s footsteps. Paranormal Activity, made for less than $15,000, is the perfect example of low budget filmmaking at its best. Packed with scares, chills, thrills and plenty of laughs, this little film about a suburban couple being haunted by malevolent spirits is well on its way to becoming a cultural phenomenon in its own right. Micah (Micah Sloat) and Katie (Katie Featherston), a young couple who have recently moved in together (Micah says they are engaged to be engaged) have been hearing strange noises at night. Micah decides to set up a video camera to capture any strange occurrences that may be happening while they are sleeping. Of course the strange happenings become worse and worse as the movie progresses and in turn, so does the suspense quotient of the film. Much like Blair Witch, the film is shot mockumentary style, consisting entirely of these home videos and it is truly a brilliant exercise in minimalistic filmmaking. Watching a door slowly close and then open by itself while the couple is…
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