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Paranormal Activity

2009Movie1 h 26 minR

HorrorMystery
67
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.3Letterboxd2.9/5Metacritic686.4Rotten Tomatoes82%57%
67
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.3Letterboxd2.9/5Metacritic686.4Rotten Tomatoes82%57%

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

Skip it if

  • You need an uplifting mood
  • You scare easily

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Scares you.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Gets under your skin.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Keeps you guessing.

Not for warmth, uplift or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Story BreadcrumbsRare · in 12 titlesThe over-arcing story is told in this fashion. Each movie reveals a little bit more and the only way you get any idea of what's going on is the watch them all.Alternate Reality Gamein 71 titlesSometime after the film came out a YouTube account controlled by a man named Jacob Degloshi showed clips of him and his daughter being haunted by the demon as he reviewed clips from a VHS showing par…All 231 tropes

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The Paranormal Activity series

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