Mini Review #23: Paranormal Activity (Patreon)

Another one of the Godfathers of found footage horror, one which I feel revitalized the genre after the years of The Blair Witch Project. Really cool how the movie is set up to feel like a real event with the film thanking the police department. It then goes on to use the actors real names as the characters names and then has zero credits which makes the whole thing feel very believable. The found footage aspect is also really well done with some great interaction of handheld cam and tripod stable cam. It is especially nice to see that the stable cam shots were where most of the scares were making them even more terrifying because you could actually see what was scary.

Overall a fun, albeit a little tedious at times, movie and I can see why it revitalized a whole genre of horror!