After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to. Paranormal Activity has it's moments and it's definitely way better than most found footage films but unfortunately not good enough either and the creepiest moment was probably the ending but other than that? I found it pretty boring to say the least and it's kinda sad. (5.0/10)

More information but a lot more questions raised here in the prequel to the tremendously successful and popular original.One of the best moments here is when Randy experiences first hand the power of the unwelcome entity- he goes from enthusiastic and interested to 'I'm-off!' in seconds.Also earning thumbs up is the scene where, instead of the lazy jump scare; the tension grows along with the sound and the shadow as it intensifies. Not that there aren't jump scares too - that kitchen moment is brill.

One thing one immediate notices when watching this movie is that it is just a lot of random "home movie" sh** that is completely uninteresting to watch and not scary at all. In addition to that the "home movie" people are ridiculously unsympathetic, so that one would rather watch other random home movie material. When the scary stuff starts, one sees nothing and cannot possibly care. And still the random home movie stuff goes on and on, with random, unedited dialogue one cannot possibly care about. That's all.

Convinced that paranormal things occur in her bedroom at night, a young woman asks her boyfriend to video record her while she sleeps, which leads to some surprising revelations in this found footage style horror movie. While very few of the jump scares and off-screen sound effects are unsettling, 'Paranormal Activity' certainly has some creepy moments as the young woman wakes up in the middle of the night and stands in a trance besides her bed for minutes on end. The film also successfully plays up the unpredictability of the scenario with a slowing down time lapse counter eerily indicating that something weird is about to occur. Promising as all this might sound, 'Paranormal Activity' is a total miss in its non-nighttime scenes. Neither main character is particularly interesting with the film varying between slow-moving and simply dull as the couple discuss what to do for minutes on end and as the boyfriend often seems to be having more fun experimenting with his cameras and getting out a Ouija board than anything else. A surprise hit when first released though, 'Paranormal Activity' may, however, benefit from being watched with limited preconceptions.