Halloween Movie Month 2 [Paranormal Activity 2]

So I'll admit it, I enjoy the Paranormal Activity series for whatever reason. The fourth movie which I got home from earlier will be posted after this is. I watched this earlier today partly to be familiar with the events leading up to the fourth, but also to review it as I've done one and three. I thought maybe I'd finally come around to liking it more than seeing Katie in her bikini.

Paranormal Activity 2 is a sequel set before the events of the first movie. In 2006 the Ray's home is "burglarized" where the only thing taken is Kristi's (Sprague Grayden), who just had a baby, necklace that was given to her by her sister Katie (Katie Featherston). Dan (Brian Boland) installs cameras around the house to make the family feel safer. Their maid, Martinez (Vivis Cortez), who now thinks the house has an evil spirit in it burns sage while the parents are out on a date, they come home and Dan is uncomfortable with what she is doing and fires her.  Their daughter, Ali (Molly Ephriam), begins to investigate strange goings on in the house and gets locked out one night investigating a loud bump she heard. Ali also learns that demons can make deals with humans by sacrificing their first-born son and realizes Hunter, the newborn, is the first newborn male in the family. These paranormal acts begin to increase in severity and the Ray family is tormented by an unseen force that seemingly wants them. 

This movie is still the weak-link for me for whatever reason. It improves upon the story and lore of the PA universe. Te acting is solid enough, the characters are relateable, and the scares work like with the rest of the movies. I can just never get into it. I will agree though that the end of the movie is good. Like with the rest of the series, everything fires up near the end in the movie and its well worth trudging through the slow pace of it all. 

This is a short review cause I don't have much to say about this. If you like the series you're gonna watch this. As I said it improved upon everything established in one, even if I can never get into it. The series, even at this point, is in a groove and really doesn't break new ground. It's a solid sequel to a good modern horror movie. Plus you know, Katie in a bikini.

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Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #1: Halloween II

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #2: The Devil's Rejects

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #3: Friday the 13th Part II

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #4: Scream 2

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #5: Evil Dead 2: Dead Before Dawn

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #6: Trick 'r Treat

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #7: Planet Terror

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #8: SAW III

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #9: The Cabin in the Woods

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #10: Barricade

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #11: The Collector

Halloween  Movie Month 2! Movie #12: Hostel

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #13: Silent Hill

Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #14: SAW IV

Halloween Movie Month 2! TV Shows #15: Community
Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #16: Scream 3
Halloween Movie Month 2! Movie #17: Sinister
Halloween Movie Month 2! TV Show #18: American Horror Story

Halloween Movie Month [Paranormal Activity]

Now as much as I make fun of this movie and rag on the series, when I first saw it I actually liked it. Paranormal Activity follows the story of Micah and Katie. They're a couple and they've been together for three years. Recently, in their house, strange things have started to happen. Footsteps, whispers, etc. They call in a psychic who deals with ghosts, but it turns out they have a much bigger problem. A demon. I'd usually start by talking about the music here. But there is none. Unless you count the shitty guitar playing or the TV running at the beginning. But I understand, it's mockumentary horror and it's not really needed. The scares are very heavily relying on you getting into the little things and then when the big things starts you're already freak out. It does a good job of this. Oh look keys on the floor. Oh look, the door moved an inch. Oh shit twenty minutes before it's over stuff finally starts and you're pissing. The acting is what it was. Micah (Micah Sloat) is the immature unbelieving jock-like partner of the Katie (Katie Featherston) who has had the demon following her her whole life. I was hesitant to write a review (like this) cause I thought it'd turn into me ragging on the film. While, for me it's pace is to fucking slow (too much unneeded talking and a couple of very cut-able scenes), and (all three) endings are bad/predictable, it's undeniable that people love these flicks. It also helps that I live Tweeted and made fun of it as I went. Now that I've seen it four times and all three endings, it's still only okay. I'd REALLY like it more if it were stand-alone and Paranormal Activity 2 wasn't a shit-fest. But give it a try. I'm not saying it's total garbage, but it's definitely not one I even imagined myself watching four times by now. Oh, by the way, in Paranormal Activity 2 (I'm not reviewing this month), Katie is in a bikini. 'Nuff said.

Halloween Movie Month! Movies #1/2: How To Be A Serial Killer and Red State

Halloween Movie Month! Movie #3: The Evil Dead
Halloween Movie Month! Movie #4: The Shining
Halloween Movie Month! {Bonus}: American Horror Story
Halloween Movie Month! Movies #5/6: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Psycho