Filmmaker reacts to Paranormal Activity (2007) for the FIRST TIME!
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All I’m going to say is that watching this in the “hood” movie theater with the sticky floors and that crowd was a surprisingly golden experience 😂
Same with GET OUT. Damn great crowd for that one hahaha
I had the same experience, it was a blast. I usually hate having people talking through a movie, but the genuine terror and exclamations of "Lawd Jezus" of the woman down front really made my day.
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@@ghostdivision2021 and another classic… “Oh Sh*t!!!!” Lol
I had an experience like this for Freddy vs Jason. Only showing I've ever been too where people where sitting on the floor and stairs lol
My favorite part of this movie is the paranormal expert guy who shows up again once everything has gone sideways and goes "Nope. This is beyond me, good luck guys" and peaces out. I really identified with that guy lol
totally lol he was the smartest character in the movie
Once he pulled out that ouija board, I would've left and never came back. Nope. Not me.
@@AbsoluteApril he died...
my favorite part of the francise is how in 5th movie it comes full circle
Ok? He was like HELL NO!
As much as it's become a parody of itself, I will forever argue that the first movie is incredible. The fact that they played on the random sounds and happenings that creep you out when you're home alone is subtle and perfect, and they actually rely on tension nearly exclusively. I totally understand why some may not have gotten anything out of it, but I personally think it was a shining example of "Horror is the buildup to the scare, not the scare itself."
The best part is how it plays with the camera and night/day. At the start we feel safe during the day and at night we feel ok as long as the clock speeds up then later even in daylight activity happens 😀
This is also why the ending really doesn't work for me at all. Having him blow through the door and her crawling around and then morphing her face, they went way too far and "couldn't keep it in their pants" so to speak. The movie was so much more effective before that point, when everything was subtle.
The second film when they put the camera on an oscillating fan was masterful.
@@SkeleTonHammer if they cut it just after the footsteps i think it wouldve been so perfect.
also you have to consider the time that it showed, 2007 found footage wasn't as popular as it is today so it really was terrifying back then
My favorite part of this movie is the epic use of silence. It’s more effective than any kind of gore or effects they could have used.
I remember when this came out everyone was talking about seeing it in theater. The promos were all theater cams of people reacting to it to prove how terrifying it is. I personally have a soft spot for found footage films because its so rare that they are done well, but this movie showed how perfect the sytle is for horror. Not just telling a scary story, but showing it's "real" and could happen to anybody, including you. That makes it so much more terrifying. Definitely watch 2 and 3 at least.
Same. I think my most watched genre is found footage, there are some wonderful gems hidden in there. Love em.
This movie was TERRIFYING when it first came out 😭😂 I felt like something unseen was following me for weeks after watching this in 2007 lol
Yeah I can imagine that feeling especially fresh form theaters!
back then almost no cinema was showing the movie in my country so we weren't aware of it, until we found this gem in a dvd rental place
only added to the found footage creepiness tbh
I’m from England and we never ever clap a movie, but when this ended the whole cinema gave it a standing ovation
I mean we absolutely do, I've been to many films where there have been applause at the end but I get the sentiment.
No they did'nt
Paranormal Activity was definitely a cut above the rest of the "found footage" genre of movies of its day. They had practically no money and a camera and they made it work.
There pretty much was no other found footage movies back then right ? It was like Blair Witch, then nothing, then PA comes around and is a massive commercial hit compared to budget. And then we got the wave of bad ff that plagued the 2010s.
And imo even PA 2,3,4 were ok.
@@DerkleineTrojaner It really made you appreciate the early before 2010's found footage movies. Even if it can be a bit grandiose such as Cloverfield or sometimes silly, like REC.
@@scottjameson5358 REC was cool, at least the first 2 were great
@@iago110 Yeah, although (spoiler alert)
Such a weird plot how it started off like a zombie infection and ended becoming demon possessions. 😅
@@scottjameson5358
REC was about demon possession from the first movie. I didn't watch 3 and 4, but the first 2 movies were never about zombies, it was explained in the later half of REC 1
The part where she’s just standing next to the bed as like 3 hours passes…. HAUNTS my nightmares to this day😳🤣
That’s true love right there lmfao
None for me, thanks! Lol
This and the second one are both really interesting in terms of cinematography and making it "homemade" and the whole series has some cool lore
I think you may really enjoy [Rec] -- it's the original Spanish film that inspired the American remake Quarantine. Sure, the American one executed some of the scenes a little better, BUT the last moment really sets them apart: [Rec] I didn't want to get off the couch for a while, and with Quarantine I laughed so hard.
Rec is a must!!
Rec is bloody fantastic. Best found footage film imo. 😨
Please watch the other endings. This was the theatrical ending, there is also the original and the alternative. Every ending is very disturbing in their own way.
When I first saw this movie, I saw it with the "Original" ending first.
We all know why Paramount changed it, money so they could make sequels.
Honestly, I prefer that original ending as it does closeout the story. It does make the ending more f'd up as the demon that possessed Katie gets 1 final screw you and gets her killed when the cops shoot her.
how do i find the other endings?
@@nallebun
Here...
ruclips.net/video/qeRzM0NdshA/видео.html
@@nallebun ruclips.net/video/qeRzM0NdshA/видео.html
I absolutely adore this movie. It's a prime example of "Less is More" in horror. The pacing is perfect, the exponential ramping up of activity until the conclusion is awesome. So many movies lose you in the 3rd act when they just go on for too long and all the suspense is lost. PA ends right when it's supposed to and keeps the horror alive by leaving so many questions unanswered. I'm glad you picked up on the sound design as well, the bassy rumbling audio cue for the demonic activity was so good, it's almost subliminal, I was barely aware of it until halfway through the first time I saw the movie. Very unsettling.
IMO this movie is a masterclass of suspense. Complete with different endings! The ones that came after never held up as well.
I genuinely was spooked several times haha
One thing I love about the original "based on a true story"-type ghost movies from like, the 70's and early 80's is that when the supernatural was proven to the characters, they ran the hell away and did not go back. It was Poltergeist (the original) and Entity that changed this.
Interesting....
I believe this film was the last true Social Phenomenon cinematic experience.
I saw this movie (not film) in a packed theater with some people standing in the back on a Friday night.
The young folks packed the first few rows and in absolutely synced hysterical reaction, they went off like firecrackers the SECOND the door slammed, when she slept walk and went motionless and the clock began running fast...just amazing social contagion leaping from person to person, aisle to aisle.
We were all virgins in that theater and left smiling in fear, our collective certainties shaken, flipped and twisted -- but never broken.
My house would be glowing from the amount of lights I’d be leaving on.
I've only seen the prequel to this. "Normal Activity" and it happens at my house everyday.
if someone told me that they had been hunted by a demon since they were a kid, i would have ended the relationship in that instant. good luck in your endeavors, i'm not dying.
Thanks to this movie, the thought of hearing a light switch flip off/on in another room in the middle of the night is terrifying to me!
Yes!
This movie had an alternate version that was released online before the theatrical release. It's pretty much identical except the ending is different (they swapped it for something more sequelable) One of the eeriest experiences was lying in my modern bed, in my modern bedroom, alone, in the dark, after the final frame and realising that I was in the same place they were.
Finally someone that watched that version lol
Seriously, I prefer the original ending with just her sitting on the floor until the cops appear. No modified voices, no weird faces, just her cover in blood sitting there and we knew what happened. That freaked the fuck out of me.
good to find out I'm not crazy. I recently watched this again and swore it ended differently.
I need to find this version immediately 😭
Highly recommend you checking out 2 and 3 if you enjoyed this one so much man!
After that the series starts to go down hill, but The Marked Ones (the 5th I think?) is a solid movie that brings some elements of the first three back which was really cool.
99% of horror movies and horror make me more laugh then anything else, i see jumpscares a mile away... But this movie.... This ending.... Still got the horrid chills eezus it was good!!
The first trilogy of Paranormal Activity is one of the best horror trilogy of all time. The first film is an introduction, while the second film expanding the history of the demon and Katie's history and the third one is a prequel that connect everything. The fourth, Marked one and Ghost Dimension were considered as good spin-off because the spin-off trilogy focus on the demon and the cult.
Demons are just Twitter users. I had a deep, profound chuckle at this. Glad to see you tackle this one, James. I saw this in theaters in NYC back when it was hitting theaters based on request. People were in the aisles. It was LOUD in there. Good memories.
when the footsteps ran down the hall i got chills
I was a senior in high school and couldn't sleep. It wasn't that it was scary more than the fact that I could relate to a lot of these events. Except for the growling and ending, I grew up with these strange occurrences. Me and my family were the only house surrounded by empty ranch land about 1/4 mile from an abandoned church/cemetery. This movie was just unnerving as hell.
Also: Hats off for watching this with the headphones on.
I watched this Soo many times as a kid and tried to make my own paranormal movies with fishing wire tied to stuff.
But honestly the best thing about it to me was having so many shots of empty space behind her like when she is brushing her teeth in the beginning, because when you rewatch it you start to think “wait, did I see something in the hallway?”
People lost their minds when this came out. It was WILD to see in a full theater.
I think something that makes the horror so effective here is undirected it FEELS, in the sense that with most horror movies the music, camera movement, and shot composition tell us a lot about what to expect, to the point where I can usually even tell whether the tension is ramping up to an actual scare, or a fake out. But with this movie, the directing choices are so subtle most of the time that we don't feel like we are being told what to look at. We don't know if something will happen, when it will happen, where on the screen it will happen, and how spooky it will be, so instead we are just left with our imaginations running wild as we scan every shadow with hypervigilance.
There is like 3 differant endings too so no matter how many times you watch this movie you never know which ending you'll see (like if your friend had the dvd ect) . I love that
5:38
me sleeping with my door open, thin sheet, and my feet uncovered 😂😂😂
I loved that ominous bass tone in the theaters, it rumbled down your spine haha
This movie proves what can be done on less than a shoestring budget, using just your friends and your own house to film in. And it brought something a little unique to the table as well. I think it's the 3rd film, but it introduces a camera angle that had me on the edge of my seat every time they used it. Appreciate all the unique ways they found to place cameras. The audio in theater was insane, sound from all around. And the film is unbelievably restrained to the point that it almost fits into Cosmic Horror... you never really see the thing. I think the locked off tripod shot is so terrifying because it FORCES you to look. You're a captive audience and you can't look away. You try to, but you can't.
Seeing this in the theater was an absolute blast. You could practically feel everyone else squirming each time it was back to the bedroom at night. When Mica decided to go up into the attic it was silent enough to hear a pin drop until one lady just full on yelled, "oh HELL no" and we all started laughing. I slept with a light on for 3 days lol
I am a horror freak and I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!! It totally captured me into this universe and I've seen every sequel in the theaters. Knowing this is just a movie, this was REALLY well done as well as the sequels. I'm EXTREMELY onboard for anything this franchise has to offer in the future. Can't wait for your reaction to the sequels. I'm with you all the way dude!!!!!
This first one is so good. The use of silence that built into that scream is incredible
Now that you’ve seen paranormal activity, it’s time to watch a haunted house
Ive seen this movie countless times but I need to rewatch it with headphones on. Watching this video I heard all these little noises that I missed.
“They’re just Twitter users honestly”
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Somebody hire this man I can’t breathe👏👏👏
I went to this movie in theaters blind because I had it confused with another movie and I was so terrified the whole time I couldn’t sleep for a week! 😂
Tell me you didn’t have it confused with a lighthearted happy movie lol
@@maxxandubar503 It was an action movie!
If I'm remembering right they made the movie for only like 15k before optioning it to paramount who fronted them 200k to shoot the ending. Director used his own house as the set.
Possessed Katie watching micah sleep is subtle but creepy. Thats one of my worst fears, being watched while i sleep.
I think Paranormal Activity 3 is my favorite one, just because of how much I like where the 3rd act goes.
“Now is not the time to be the Macho Man Randy Savage that you aren’t”. Line of the entire video right there.
I know that many people aren’t a fan of this film, but I really enjoy it. I think it’s a fun, decently well-made, low-budget horror film. I’m a sucker for found footage so I love this one! Paranormal Activity 3 is also a super fun ride IMO
Had a fun ride on this one myself!
The first one is very enjoyable imo, the rest I can do without.
Love found footage. Not sure if this one counts but The Taking of Deborah Logan is pretty good
@@smokeyverton7981 I second The Taking of Deborah Logan being good. I really liked that one.
Paranormal Activity 3 is my favorite one in the series
The trailers for this movie were so good. It was just peoples terrified reactions to watching the movie so anyone who went to watch it had no idea what they were going to get lmao. I watched one of them in theatres and I remember screaming so much. The 3rd one is phenomenal!!
I saw this in a packed theater when it came out and people were actually terrified. As the movie went on the screams and swearing every time it cut to the next night got louder and louder. The two dudes next to me nearly pissed their pants at the ending lol
I remember this movie was making the rounds in the film festivals before hitting the big screen. It was getting a lot of buzz, and rightfully so.
Yeah I'll take a motel to go please.
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are this headset audiotecnicas?
I love these movies!
@@thesevendeadlysins578 dude...what brand of headphones you using
@@wellnesportstore9519 Hm? None right now. Why do you ask?
@@thesevendeadlysins578 i dont know if you ve noticed but in the video you were wearing some headphones and you said that they sound good thats why im asking....you know....cause you said they sound.......good
I didn't see this in theatre. I saw it alone late at night in my house with an alarmingly similar layout to the bedroom.
I slept poorly.
For my money this and the original spanish [rec], which I think I enjoy ever so slightly more, are the absolute apex of found footage. Amazingly they could barely be further apart in style.
I like that in the later movies they loop back around and you see parts of what happened in this one from a different visual perspective, like down stairs.
First time I watched this movie the ending terrified me! Excited to see your reaction to this one James!
Hahaha yeah that body coming at the camera was out of nowhere 😭
This one got me. I was frustrated with Micah and her. I was frightened of the entity. Together, it made for an emotionally heightened situation.
"Has he been following you since you've been eight years old?"
And that's where 2 comes in.
Me and my best friend saw this in theaters at the midnight premier when it came out. After that, we made it a tradition to see the following movies in the series at their midnight premiere as well. This went on up until 6th movie I think. I forget exactly, but we did it for years until we got tired of the series altogether.
Appreciate the instant replay!😂😂😂
Dude, you are in for a hell of a ride with this franchise....
I remember being in the theater to see this one. Each time there was that text popup and the bedroom surveillance shot, the whole audience went "ooooooooh." We were all TERRIFIED for what was gonna happen haha
One of the great comedies of all time
The version I watched had a different ending, it was more of a closed ending so I suspect they did this one to open the door for sequels. In the one I watched, Katie kills Micah, then comes to their bedroom and sits in front of the camera in a fetal position rocking for like 2 days straight, and somewhere in those 2 days, we hear a friend come to check on them and seems to see Micah's body downstairs (or something else creepy, who knows) and runs away to call the police. The police come and as they shine a flashlight on Katie (who still had a knife in her hand) she seems to snap out of the possession and gets up to ask them where Micah is, they keep telling her to drop the knife and put her hands up but she seems too in shock to do that and they end up shooting her cause she was coming at them with a knife. Like I said, it's a closed everybody-dies kind of ending, so they must have done the one where Katie lives to keep a potential for sequels.
The only film ever to have kept me awake after watching. Couldn’t shake it that night.
That’s all I’ll say.
Goddamn you are without a doubt the most entertaining film reactor I have seen, consistently hilarious and entertaining and nothing but positive vibes. I'm happy to say this video did have a positive affect on my day as they always do, hope your day is blessed and keep on keepin on!
I went to the movies to see this movie and the fact that there were no opening and closing credits made me feel like this was real footage. Paranormal Activity was promoted as a real lost footage film and they had me convinced lol
First time me and my wife watched this, we couldn't go to bed. I warned her if I woke up and she was standing above me, I'd... well... it wouldn't be good. lol But yeah, we were both disturbed by the movie, we love it! It takes a LOT to freak me out in a movie. This movie did it.
this and blair witch project are considered the most successful movies ever made because they made them on a 5,000-15,000 dollar budgets and they ended up making millions at the box office and DVD sales
I remember seeing this in the theater at a midnight showing. Everyone I went with was like "yeah I don't want go home yet" after we left.
It really shows once again that string of lame jump scares is no substitute for more subtle and psychological horror.
That last scene gets me everytime, and I don’t know why because I’ve seen it 15+ times😂
Yeah I jumped a few here myself 😭
In a packed theater no one moved a muscle or said anything when the movie finished. Every single one of us just sat there in silence until the theater lights turned on
Terms of Endearment. The Word According to Garp. Fatal Attraction. Dangerous Liaisons. The Bridges of Madison County. Witness. Working Girl. Silkwood. Something Wild.
The only film I'm in the credits. I was one of the thousands of people that helped fund it through a Kickstarter type of campaign.
Hey James ! Great reaction as always! Cheers fam
The 3rd on of these was my favorite. They are pretty effect as a horror series.
You should try The Strangers, I think you'd be creeped out by that one too
The way the future films play into this story as well is mind bending
This one was so amazing in the theater. Great tension and jump scares
Love this film. The only thing I didn't care for was the "morph demon" face at the end. It seemed a bit cheesy...but I hear you about being freaked out by the sound. It's crucial. Everyone has had a moment in their lives where they heard something off in the distance at home and didn't know what it was and your imagination starts running wild with the possibilities. Being afraid of what you can't see is a primal fear that doesn't always get used very well. A lot of horror films show too much too soon. The second one is good too! I recommend that one. As a person who's witnessed some very questionable things in their home (not nearly as violent as the house shaking up or being thrown in a bedroom lol) I can say that this was handled really well. It felt pretty authentic.
@ 17:16 ...Jordan Peele's first film......those two words that a ghost told black family to easily convince them to leave their house. (Eddie Murphy)
So fun fact...this is the 2009 theatrical release version. The original 2007 cut had a completely different ending.
I've seen it, I didn't expect that much, and it really scared me so there you go. I'm a horror movie vet, I was surprised it got me so good.
These scared the hell out of me when I was younger, but Haunted House helped me get over it. 😄
No matter now many times I watch this it still gets me!!!
Please react to number 2
i think i first watched this film at 11 years of age and i couldn’t physically watch the ending properly for years after that. it’s seared into my memory, or fears, but i really think this film is extremely good. it does the job of immersing you into the haunting and makes you feel like you’re right there with them. it’s good scaring and brilliant horror
i saw the second one in the theater and it messed me up for days! hahah i look forward to you reacting to that one at some point.
2 and 3 are both really good too
18:44 Oh when he said that, i would've been like “Oh say less! Easier said than done! Babe, We Out! To heck with this house!” 🤣🤣
Man, I love a good found footage movie. When it's done right, it's one of my favorite types of horror movies. My personal favorites are (in no order): Lake Mungo, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, Host, Noroi: The Curse, Grave Encounters, Final Prayer (Borderlands) and The McPherson Tape.
Hysterical - "This is not the time to be Macho Man Randy Savage (mini-pause) that you are not!"
“…this dude has a Ouija board.. it’s over.. I can see why they have six more movies 🤣🤣 this bro gets it! Once you open that door it stays open!
Fun fact: this movie had a budget of 15K, and made 194 million at the box office. The biggest return on costs of any movie
Speaking of found footage type of movies, "Exists"(2014) is a very underrated, very well depiction of Bigfoot. You should react to it
I invented a whole new style of "Letterboxing" when I saw this in the theater when it first came out. I watched the entire film between the fingers of the hands that covered my face. lol.
This film is perfect to watch alone in the dark.
awesome reaction my man!
I'm gaining a whole new appreciation for this movie from your reaction. In the right mood, and on a first viewing, it actually seems to be very effective.
Seeing this in a local theater before it became famous was a top 3 movie experience. When she attacked the camera and it stayed dark, the theater did not turn the lights on until it was over. Two drunk grown men were hollering about the lights staying off they were so freaked out 🤣 I remember that experience vividly
you're a legend mate!
love from aus
My friend and I went to see this in theaters and luckily we got the better ending than the alternative one that I heard other people saw. I don't get scared from movies but it was a little creepy walking down my friend's dark hallway to the bathroom that night. 😂 I feel like it had something to do with the infrasound added in to make people uneasy. Love that it brought life back to the found footage genre too. 💕
Why drove me nuts initially ( and still does) was Micha’s refusal to take the “entity” seriously. In my opinion it’s what ended up getting him killed.
I love James' energy, bro - 11:27 - if I ever have to confront a demon or ghost, I'm manifesting James' energy bro for real hah