PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

 

Name: Evelyn Gabriela Ramírez Medina                                      Date: October 26th, 2012.

 

 

 

Movie Report

 

Title of the movie: Paranormal Activity.

Director: Oren Peli.

 

Producer:  DreamWorks, Jason Blum.

 

Setting

 

In September 2006, a young couple Katie and Micah have recently moved to the suburbs. Katie claims that an "evil" presence has haunted her periodically since childhood and believes that it is still following her. Each night, Micah mounts a video camera on a tripod in their bedroom to record any activity that occurs while they sleep. The first night, the camera records running footstep noises. Katie hires psychic Dr. Fredrichs, who assesses that she is being haunted not by a ghost but by a demon. He says the demon feeds off negative energy and its intent is to torment Katie no matter where she goes. He advises them not to taunt or communicate with the demon and to contact demonologist Dr. Johann Abrams for help. Though Katie seems interested in the situation, Micah does not take it seriously.

Main Characters:

 

1.- Katie Featherston 

Katie Featherston, a native Texan, was born on October 20, 1982. She has a younger brother and a younger sister back home along with a family to whom she is very close. Katie attended Southern Methodist University where she majored in acting. After graduating with a BFA in 2005, she moved to Los Angeles. 

2.- Micah Sloat 

Sloat was born in Westport, Connecticut as the oldest of six siblings. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Skidmore College in 2004. 

Summary:

 

A haunted house makes no secret of the fact it's not pleased with its new tenants in this independent tale of supernatural horror. Katie and Micah are a twenty-something couple who've just moved into a new home in San Diego, CA. Katie has an interest in the paranormal and believes that malevolent spirits have been following her since childhood, though Micah is not so easily convinced. However, after several nights of loud noises and strange happenings, Micah starts to agree with Katie that some sort of ghost may have followed them to the new home. After a paranormal researcher tells the couple he can't help them, Micah decides to take control of the situation and sets up a battery of video cameras so that if a spirit manifests itself, he can capture its behavior on tape. Once the surveillance cameras are in place, Katie and Micah bring in a Ouija board in an effort to talk to the spirits, a move that deeply offends the ghosts.

 

How did the story ends?

 

In the last night Katie gets out of bed and stands beside it staring at Micah for approximately two hours and then walks downstairs. After a moment of silence, Katie screams Micah's name, waking Micah who rushes to her. The camera records Katie screaming incessantly. Then Katie's screaming stops and a brief silence is followed by the sound of heavy footsteps coming up the stairs. After another brief silence, Micah's body is violently hurled at the camera, knocking it over sideways and revealing Katie standing in the doorway. She then slowly walks into the room, her clothing soaked with blood. Crouching over his body, she sniffs Micah's body and then slowly looks up at the camera with a sly smile. As she lunges toward the camera, her face takes on a demonic appearance just as the scene cuts to black. An epilogue text states that Micah's body was discovered by the police on October 11, 2006, and that Katie's whereabouts remain unknown.

 

 

Did you like the movie? Why or Why not?

 

A little bit, it is not too scary as other scary movies but it’s entertaining some parts of the movie because it has parts where are scary but some others are funny the way they’ve made it. 

 

On a scale of 1 (worst) to 10 (best) where would you rate this movie?

 

I give them a 4 because it is not too scary as they say.