Paranormal Activity Blu-ray Release Discussion Thread (12/29/2009)

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

ya know I'm always interested when I hear comments like this-- I haven't seen the movie yet so I can't comment but I;ve seen plenty of movies that I thought were scary only to see posts with people saying "it's lame", "it's
laughable" etc etc

Name a few films that actually scared you

OK...fair enough. Before I would like to post that I heard the exact same comment from my nephew the day I went to see it. He even said to me: "I hear that some people were so scared they had to walk out of the theater". This movie had an incredible marketing campaign that included a lot of propaganda. Yeah, some people took a liking to its "dark horse" / cult status and ran with it. Nothing wrong with that either, I like to see entrepreneurs get rewarded for their ingenuity (marketing in this case). The theater I went to see it was packed to the max...all of possible demographics were represented. Did I hear one scream? No, not till the very last 5 seconds of the movie. Did hear plenty of laughter the entire time. Movies that scared me and I will be 100% honest ( I was a teenager when I saw some of these): The Exorcist, The original B&W Day of the Living Dead, Storm of the Century, Phantasm, The Omen (original), Misery, Halloween (original), Psycho, Seven, Saw, Hellraiser, Silence of the Lambs, Nightbreed, Jaws, The Omega Man (Vincent Price), and The Shinning. Two more: The Others and The Thing.