Paranormal activity!
God am getting goosies even while taking the name of this movie. From many months/may be an year or two I wanted to watch this movie but somehow as they say when its time its time and to me it was such a bad time that Paranormal activity 2 got telecasted in HBO on a Friday noon when I was all alone at home, sitting idle and this movie was the only best option I had to spend my noon. I preferred it over the routine boring soaps and many other movies which I watched “n” number of times. So I switched on the TV and wasn’t scared much till the hidden security cameras were installed all over their place(who ever watched the movie will understand it.)Director Tod William’s Screen play/cinematography/story/editing’s brilliance is worth applause! I never got so scared by watching any horror movie so much! Before watching this I got only scared by watching “The Orphanage” and “The Grudge” at times but this movie really scared the shit out of me MAN!! The start was very slow, calm and silent but there lies the beauty of the movie. It proved that its not needed to show grotesque and gory demonic faces sucking blood from innocents to scare the viewers. The silence is more horrifying and the “found footage” technique used in movie where Kristie and Daniel get security cameras installed at home make the movie more effective when compared to normally shot horror movies.
A shot from the movie[I coudnt browse many images too :-( ]
I think the director all the
while was just holding a handy cam or just mounted the camera on tripod(as per Wiki) and
shot few scenes! It makes you feel as if you are there , live in all
those scenes! I shouted loud when Kristie is having tea in kitchen and all the
cup boards and kitchen drawers open by themselves with a loud bang. I just couldn’t watch beyond it. I closed my
eyes and peeped through the gaps as I didn’t want to miss what all is happening
on the screen! We always use spooky/ gory/ horrifying to describe a good horror
movie , but this one stands apart as it made me feel “Am being watched” and as
if I was standing infront of camera and
watching Kristie, Daniel, Hunter closely. I was scared by myself L . It was a quite afternoon with none at
home! I literally wanted company and updated my FB status that watching it all
alone is an add on to the effect. It didn’t help me as my friends scared me
more by saying to switch on all the lights as sun sets/ lock the doors/ don’t go
in to kitchen/ opem the fridge etc etc!!! L How am I going to make my dinner? Was the
biggest question I had at that moment. With me the thing is if am involved am
totally involved and if I cant get involved no one can try and make me
concentrate.
Here I was involved so much that I got startled as soon as my
phone rang when I was watching the movie.
I reduced the volume and took the call only to find out that its some
automated customer call asking me to select a dialer tone. Don’t know why but
every thing was adding to my fears! I was
getting scared beyond limits but I didn’t change the channel. My
curiosity increased when Kristie is dragged by some invisible demonic force in
to basement and she is possessed. Every scene from that point was so natural as
if you are watching it live and I just held my breath to see whats gonna happen
to hunter. I couldn’t resist my curiosity and read in wiki , the whole story . I was astounded to find a blurry figure of
Katie in the background who is possessed by the end of the movie and she kills
Daniel and next gives such a hard punch to Kristie that she is lifted upwards
and falls back with all force. She takes hunter (the baby boy) from Kristie and
goes away, Hunter’s initial cries turning to laughter.
To know more go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_Activity_2
. Ali comes back from school picnic and finds them both killed and Katie and
Hunters where abouts remain a mystery!
Phew the movie
was over. I let out a sigh of relief but
didn’t change channel or switch off the Tv.
I WAS disturbed even by the background score of camera getting adjusted
during the titles after movie ended. Irritated by the sound I changed the
channel but god the images were so clear in my mind and I was continuously remembering the scenes
from the movie. I switched on all the lights and also the light at stair case
and veranda. I prayed and took a bath, all the while trying to forget it but
the movie came back with all force in to my creepy mind which was all set to
bring even all other horror memories on to surface. I cursed myself for
watching it alone and made some tea for myself to feel better. Oh god
, the lonely feeling was haunting me L
I called up my husband and asked him to
come back soon as he had to return by 11 that night and even our owners who
live down stairs left for U.S.A. recently !He scolded me for watching it in
wrong time if I was so scared and
promised to come back soon. Then I
browsed through some blogs and got engrossed in reading and when my stomach was
roaring I realized I hadn’t eaten any thing and the time was 09:45 in night. Shit man!why did I delay my
dinner?:( Now I had to go in to kitchen all
alone. I switched on the TV. Put some music channel on full volume and
then made rotis and had the fastest dinner ever and came back to my original
position, a chair with laptop on my lap. I was counting minutes now for him to
return who told he is almost done and finally returned at about 11. Even when
he knocked I double checked before I opened the doorL
Phew such was the
scary experience I had after watching the movie. Silence and calmness is more
haunting seriously! I am very eager to watch 1st and 3rd
parts too but am not able to pick enough courage peopleL but I have decided I will never watch
paranormal activity to that matter not even any silly horror story alone. Mind
plays merciless games with me! I don’t know
if any of you had similar experiences. If yes do share and give me ideas to be gutsy
enough to watch other two parts too as I really loved the movie. Kudos to the
people who ever got the idea of making a
movie like this. A round of applause to Tod
Williams, Michael Perry and all others who played a major role in making this
one of the most horrific watches
PS: I hope to get
teeny weeny amount of guts back after writing this
Chao!
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Good one !!
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