This movie is not nearly as bad as other's say it is. You can't compare this movie to big-budget blockbuster movies. It's simply just not on that scale or level. In saying that, and what they had to work with in creating this movie, it was actually fairly good.The acting was decent. Yes, it did come off as a little dry and boring but considering the psychology of the individuals that are experiencing something they were, it was probably fairly on point. My issue was perhaps with the casting. And you see this over and over in cheaper movies. The actress playing the daughter was I'm sure much older than the character was intended to be. She had a couple nude scenes, so this is probably the reason for this. Speaking of the nude scenes, I thought this was very powerful. It made the scenes very real and intimate, especially with her brother finding her in this state.I'm fairly sure that this movie came out after, "Paranormal Activity", a film that is very similar in context and narrative. Paranormal Activity was obviously substantially more widespread and successful. However, this movie, Paranormal Entity addressed one key issue that people were confused with after viewing Paranormal Activity. The main issue with P. Activity was why the couple living in the home simply would not just leave the home after all the crazy activity going on. In "P. Entity" it was made known that leaving the house would not necessarily resolve the issue and perhaps would only make things worse. The Entity followed the daughter and mother to the Motel which in-turn quickly forced them to return to their home in terror.I also thought there was a lot of creativity in the way the writers presented the demon entity without ever actually showing the demon. The footprints on the ceiling from the ash of the deceased father and the use of the simple bells on a string to signal the demon passing by them were quite effective and scary.In no way am I saying this movie is incredible or worthy of numerous awards and honors, I am simply saying that this movie is nowhere near as bad as people say it is. It's actually quite entertaining and fairly good for what the production team was working with. I recommend seeing this movie. And if you do, don't spend the entire movie analyzing everything that is wrong with it. You obviously won't like it if you do that. I recommend watching this movie at night in the dark, by yourself or a friend, and allow yourself to get immersed in the narrative and idea of having a demon entity tormenting your family and household.

Paranormal Entity starts as Thomas Finley (writer & director Shane Van Dyke) makes a frantic call to 911, he claims that his mother & sister are both dead & have been murdered. What follows is real footage leading up to the death of his sister Samantha (Erin Marie Hogan) which proves conclusively that no living being could have been responsible & that Thomas is innocent of the horrible crime, released against the wishes of the authorities the families of those involved wanted the footage released so the truth can come out...Written, directed & starring Shane Van Dyke who also lists the classic Titanic II (2010) in his directing résumé this is yet another rip-off 'Mockbuster' from the very untalented folk at The Asylum & your not going to win any prizes for guessing Paranormal Entity was made to cash-in on the huge success of Paranormal Activity (2007) & as expected it's total crap that I found painful to endure, I don't watch films like Paranoraml Entity I endure them. Sitting through Paranormal Entity is a real double edged sword for me since I hate this kind of 'found footage' horror film & usually despise anything that The Asylum makes so I pretty much knew that the chances were I was going to dislike it even though I was willing to give it a chance & boy I wasn't proved wrong in the slightest. The whole idea that this is real is just ridiculous, there's one huge continuity goof that is unmissable as during Thomas's opening phone-call he clearly says that his mother & sister are both dead & that it killed them but some text at the end states that the mother committed suicide in hospital which is a massive contradiction. As has already been said Paranormal Entity should get it's fake facts right before claiming to be real. I found the whole film so boring it took me about four attempts to make it to the end, this really is dullest & most boring film I have seen in a while. Nothing of any note happens, sure there are some feeble attempts at cheap scares & something happens to Samantha at the end (off-screen, by the way) but otherwise it's like watching paint dry. There isn't even anything here to laugh at as the script takes itself extremely seriously, I just didn't care enough about anyone or anything to be interested or want to carry on watching it. At almost 90 solid minutes of this crap I am amazed I managed to sit though it all.Paranormal Entity is one of the most basic & minimalist films ever made, there are only four people in it & one of those is in it for about five minutes at the end while I will admit the makers got the whole amateur home made camcorder vibe spot on. Whether this was deliberate is probably up for debate as it could just have easily have been down to ineptness but whatever the reason Paranormal Entity is a chore to watch with long scenes & shots where nothing happens or where the action takes place just off-screen & the camcorder is totally static. There's some night vision & plenty of shaky cam too just to add to the cheap do-it-yourself feel. I really dislike this style of filmmaking & I found the look & feel of Paranormal Entity utterly horrible. Forget about any blood or gore or special effects as there aren't any but Samantha is seen topless for a few seconds if that's any sort of recommendation.Filmed in about three or four rooms in some house Paranormal Entity never leaves this location, surely this didn't cost more than a few hundred dollars. I mean there's no special effects, no outside locations, no music score, only four people in the entire thing & it looks like it was shot on hand-held camcorder. The acting is maybe a little better than I expected but no-one is going to win any awards.Paranormal Entity is a film that I hated, maybe not liking 'found footage' films & films made by The Asylum means I am biased a bit but I really can't the average person getting anything out of this crap film where next to nothing actually happens. Definitely one to avoid & if you do see it don't say you weren't warned.

The first time I tried to watch this movie I turned it off within the first 5 min of it. I decided to watch it again and through the whole thing this time. This movie not only was uninteresting it was stupid. It was so horrible it was laughable! This is not only like PA it is just as funny. Though it being so horrible I don't think it doesn't even deserve a rating. Other than me typing this only one thought crosses through my mind when watching this is YAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't even think of enough lines to actually be able to post this review. If you wish to watch this movie my say on this is DON'T! I'd rather hit my head on the wall then watch this movie. Also if this gets posted I am surprised since I'm sure it's so negative that it won't.

Wow they ripped off the plot of paranormal activity so much I am amazed they were not sued! I would guess they got away with it because this "version" is so poorly acted and boring that no one would want to watch it. What a piece of crap movie, super generic and super boring. The acting and effects are terrible. Do not waste your time with this movie. Terrible, just terrible. For those that rated it high, you must have really low standards. How anyone could think this is worth watching is beyond me. Awful, just awful.Paranormal boring. Paranormal poor acting. Paranormal piece o crap. No one should have to suffer through this trash.