- TitleParanormal Activity (Original)
- ArticlesArticles held in BFI Reuben LibraryIn: Music, sound, and the moving image v9 n2 Autumn 2015, pp. 131-144
voiceless acousmêtre: Paranormal Activity's digital surround sound demon / Nessa Johnston
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Analyses the use of sound to convey a demonic presence in Oren Peli's 'found footage' horror film 'Paranormal Activity' (2007), focusing on the way that digital surround sound allows the 'demonic' sound to move beyond the screen into the exhibition space, and relates it to Michael Chion's concept of the 'acousmêtre', an unseen character with an audible voice.In: Science Fiction Film and Television v6 n2 Summer 2013, pp. 153-175
Digital anxiety and the new verité horror and sf film / Barry Keith GRANT
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Discusses a sub-genre of horror and science fiction cinema which purports to include footage of actual events, including titles such as 'The Blair Witch Project' (1999), 'Paranormal Activity' (2009), 'Trolljegeren' (2010) and '[REC]' (2007). Considers the links between these films and the cinema verité documentary tradition, and their relationship with postmodern anxieties about the truthfulness of the image in the digital age.In: Sight and Sound v20 n1 January 2010, pp. 72
Reviews: Paranormal Activity / Nicolas RAPOLD
Credits, Review, Synopsis - EnglishIn: Positif n587 January 2010, pp. 48-49
Actualité: De A à Z notes sur les films / Philippe ROUYER
Review - FrenchIn: Screen International n1709 13 Nov 2009, pp. 39
Reviews: Paranormal Activity / Brent SIMON
Review - English - illustrationsIn: Empire n246 December 2009, pp. 60
In cinemas: Paranormal Activity / Simon CROOK
Review - English - illustrationsIn: Empire n246 December 2009, pp. 80-82,84
It gave Steven Spielberg the willies... / Chris NEWITT
Article, Interview, Prod. Details - English - illustrations
Filmmaker Oren Peli discusses how his low-budget horror film PARANORMAL ACTIVITY became a huge critical and box-office success.