DOES ANYONE HAVE THE NUMBER FOR THE NEAREST GHOST BUSTER? By: SASHA SLAUGHTER

Well hey there substance abusing sheepies!! How are things?? Things are grey and dreary in my part of world and it makes me wanna sleep. But alas, I can't sleep... I must entertain you, our faithful blog stalkers. And since it's still random, do whatever you want time here at DEH, I'll be giving you a little review of Paranormal Activity. Ever hear of it? No? Where the hell have you been?? I figured since Paranormal Activity 3 came to theatres  recently, I'd give you a little rundown of 1 and 2 (which I'll be doing tomorrow).  

Paranormal Activity was written and directed by Oren Peli and produced by Steven Schneider and Jason Blum. It was first seen at the Screamfest Film Festival on October 14, 2007 and then it hit select theatres on September 25, 2009. And finally Paranormal Activity came to theatres worldwide on October 16, 2009. Let me tell you more about it.

Paranormal Activity is a 2007 supernatural horror film. It centers around young couple Micah and Katie, who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. It's presented in the style of "found footage" (Think Blair Witch Project), from a camera set up by the couple in an attempt to capture footage of what is haunting them. Katie and Micha had recently moved into a two story house in suburban California and Katie believes that an "Evil" presence that has haunted her since childhood has followed her to their new home. 

Each night, Micah mounts a video camera on a tripod in their bedroom to try and catch any activity that may happen while they are asleep. The first night all they catch is footsteps. Katie calls a psychic named Dr. Fredrichs, who tells her that she isn't being haunted by a ghost, but by a demon. He tells her that the demon feeds off of negative energy, and that it's intent is to haunt and torture Katie no matter where she goes.

The psychic advises them not to taunt or attempt communication with the demon, and to contact a demonologist right away. Katie seems interested and desperate for help, Micah doesn't take the information seriously. Over the next several nights the camera captures supernatural phenomena that is minor at first. As time goes on the activity gets more intense. On night 5 Katie wakes up from a terrible nightmare and it is revealed that something was whispering to her in her sleep. 

Micah decides to go against the psychics warning and begins tauting the demon. That's when the activity goes from bad to worse. On night 13 they are awoken by a screech and a loud thud. When they go downstairs to investigate they see the chandelier moving by itself. Two days later, on night 15, Katie wakes up and stands by the bed and stares at Micah for hours while he sleeps and then goes to the backyard and sits in the swing. Micah awakens and tries to convince her to come inside but she refuses.

Katie, who is already irritated by Micah's dismissal of the psychics warning, becomes irate when Micah decides to bring in a Ouija board, despite what they were told about taunting the demon. They leave the house that same evening and while they are gone the planchette on the board spins out of control and a small fire erupts on the board but goes out before they get home. They return to find an unrecognizable and unreadable message on the board. 

After that the activity gets more intense and Micah decides to put talcum powder in the hallway to see if anything happens. The couple wakes up to find non-human footprints leading from the bedroom to the attic. Micah then goes to the attic and finds an old picture of a young Katie, which was thought to have been destroyed in a house fire. The activity only worsens from there, and begins to become physical and eventually deadly.

I ain't afraid of no ghost! Ok, yes I am. Eeek! I liked this film when it came out. It freaked me out hardcore. I wasn't like, crying or hiding my eyes or anything, but I will admit that I did jump a few times. The thing that freaked me out the most was the footprints in the powder. Ohh and her getting dragged out of bed, that was freaky deaky too! This movie sort of reminded me of the Blair Witch Project and Quarantine in the way that it was filmed. Movies like that are ok, but sometimes they're a bit overdone. 

And speaking of overdone, Paranormal Activity now has a prequel which is Paranormal Activity 2 and then a third installment obviously titled Paranormal Activity 3 that was released in theatres on October 21, 2011. COME ON MAN! That's just overkill. And in horror, overkill is good, but I'm talking death scenes, not sequels to movies, ya dig?

And I heard that they are planning a Paranormal Activity 4...REALLY?? Stop the madness! This is kinda like the Saw series. The first 1 or 2 were good...and the next 5 were overkill. I'd give Paranormal Activity a 3.5 out of 5. It creeped me out and the acting was pretty decent. If it weren't for the footprints and the chick getting dragged out of bed, and the random, loud scary noises, I'd probably give it a 2.5. It's a decent film to watch if you feel like getting spooked. Well, that's that, how about you hop on over and see what Zane's doing? I think he may be planning to go old school on your candy asses!