Paranormal Activity (Original title)
Date: 2009 (Copyright)Country: USA[Director]: Oren Peli
Synopsis: Supernatural horror, presented as 'found footage'. A young couple, Katie and Micah, are troubled by inexplicable nocturnal disturbances. Micah starts leaving his video camera on, determined to catch footage of whatever is causing the trouble. It begins to appear that a disembodied malevolent spirit has an unhealthy interest in Katie's past, and that Micah should never have brought a ouija board into the house.
Genre: Horror
Subjects: Unexplained phenomena, Ghosts
Releases
Date: 25 September 2009Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 86 mins Language: English
Title: voiceless acousmêtre: Paranormal Activity's digital surround sound demonAuthor: Johnston, NessaArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: 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 Pages: 153-175
Title: Digital anxiety and the new verité horror and sf filmAuthor: GRANT, Barry Keith Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: 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 Page: 72
Title: Reviews: Paranormal ActivityAuthor: RAPOLD, Nicolas Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Positif n587 January 2010 Pages: 48-49
Title: Actualité: De A à Z notes sur les filmsAuthor: ROUYER, Philippe Article type: ReviewLanguage: French
In: Screen International n1709 13 Nov 2009 Page: 39
Title: Reviews: Paranormal ActivityAuthor: SIMON, Brent Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n246 December 2009 Page: 60
Title: In cinemas: Paranormal ActivityAuthor: CROOK, Simon Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n246 December 2009 Pages: 80-82,84
Title: It gave Steven Spielberg the willies...Author: NEWITT, Chris Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Filmmaker Oren Peli discusses how his low-budget horror film PARANORMAL ACTIVITY became a huge critical and box-office success.
In: Variety 12 Oct 2009 Page: 3132
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: HARVEY, Dennis Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Author: Sayad, Cecilia Pages: 155 pages
Title: Indefinite visions: cinema and the attractions of uncertainty
Author: BEUGNET, Martine Pages: xv, 363 pages
Title: Embodiment and horror cinema
Author: Dudenhoeffer, Larrie Pages: 293 pages
Title: Technology, monstrosity, and reproduction in twenty-first century horror
Author: Jackson, Kimberly Pages: 175 pages
Title: great recession in fiction, film, and television: twenty-first-century bust culutre
Author: Boyle, Kirk Pages: xxvi, 269 pages
Date: 2009 (Copyright)Country: USA[Director]: Oren Peli
Synopsis: Supernatural horror, presented as 'found footage'. A young couple, Katie and Micah, are troubled by inexplicable nocturnal disturbances. Micah starts leaving his video camera on, determined to catch footage of whatever is causing the trouble. It begins to appear that a disembodied malevolent spirit has an unhealthy interest in Katie's past, and that Micah should never have brought a ouija board into the house.
Genre: Horror
Subjects: Unexplained phenomena, Ghosts
Releases
Date: 25 September 2009Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 86 mins Language: English
Credits
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©: Oren Peli d.b.a. Solana Films, [Production Company]: Blumhouse Productions, [Presents]: Paramount Pictures, [Executive Producer]: Steven Schneider, [Produced by]: Oren Peli, [Producer]: Jason Blum, [Co-producer]: Toni Taylor, Amir Zbeda, [Casting]: Ricki G. Maslar, [Written by]: Oren Peli, [Edited by]: Oren Peli, [Special Effects Make-up]: Crystal Cartwright, [Music Cue]: Micah Sloat, [Sound Design]: Mark Binder, [Sound Re-recording Mixer]: Jim Fitzpatrick, [Sound Effects Editor]: David Barbee
Cast
(5)
Katie Featherston ([Katie]), Micah Sloat ([Micah]), Mark Fredrichs ([Dr Fredrichs, psychic]), Amber Armstrong ([Amber, neighbour]), Ashley Palmer ([Diane Mercer, girl on internet])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(8)
In: Music, sound, and the moving image v9 n2 Autumn 2015 Pages: 131-144Title: voiceless acousmêtre: Paranormal Activity's digital surround sound demonAuthor: Johnston, NessaArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: 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 Pages: 153-175
Title: Digital anxiety and the new verité horror and sf filmAuthor: GRANT, Barry Keith Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: 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 Page: 72
Title: Reviews: Paranormal ActivityAuthor: RAPOLD, Nicolas Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Positif n587 January 2010 Pages: 48-49
Title: Actualité: De A à Z notes sur les filmsAuthor: ROUYER, Philippe Article type: ReviewLanguage: French
In: Screen International n1709 13 Nov 2009 Page: 39
Title: Reviews: Paranormal ActivityAuthor: SIMON, Brent Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n246 December 2009 Page: 60
Title: In cinemas: Paranormal ActivityAuthor: CROOK, Simon Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n246 December 2009 Pages: 80-82,84
Title: It gave Steven Spielberg the willies...Author: NEWITT, Chris Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Filmmaker Oren Peli discusses how his low-budget horror film PARANORMAL ACTIVITY became a huge critical and box-office success.
In: Variety 12 Oct 2009 Page: 3132
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: HARVEY, Dennis Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
Title: ghost in the image: technology and reality in the horror genreAuthor: Sayad, Cecilia Pages: 155 pages
Title: Indefinite visions: cinema and the attractions of uncertainty
Author: BEUGNET, Martine Pages: xv, 363 pages
Title: Embodiment and horror cinema
Author: Dudenhoeffer, Larrie Pages: 293 pages
Title: Technology, monstrosity, and reproduction in twenty-first century horror
Author: Jackson, Kimberly Pages: 175 pages
Title: great recession in fiction, film, and television: twenty-first-century bust culutre
Author: Boyle, Kirk Pages: xxvi, 269 pages