Budget: $15k

I too was kinda disappointed that there weren’t enough asplosions and they didn’t do enough flashing colors. I was hopping the sequels would have a car chase of two but nope, just more boring spooky shit.
nobody even had any superpowers, pretty frickin gay if you ass me

and for future reference don’t type in all caps or you lose automatically.
watch, I’ll demonstrate:

>being this mad

see, that’s how it works. now I’ve won without lifting a finger.

It was heavily shilled, like hardcore shilling

Good marketing.

Also - people are hungry for Horror films. They were hungry then, they are hungry now. Hollywood insists on starving us, only throwing us a bone once every two years or a shitty yearly remake.

They're also hungry for REAL Horror films. Once with an actual ghost, demon, creature design, or monster theme. Not some "MANKIND/THEIR FEELINGS WERE THE REAL MONSTER AFTER ALL" crap we get way too often, these days.

well said and accurate.
sometimes people just want to be spooked and they don’t want it to be something super deep or artsy.

plus PA was innovative in the horror genre to an equal magnitude as Blair Witch Project.
some people don’t like the low budget found footage style (most people sadly) but when it’s done well, it can be very effective. it does need to have somewhat of a budget, the really low budget stuff is usually terrible (although I’ve been known to enjoy it if I’m in the right mood) but if it’s spent in the right way, like hiring decent actors or skimping on everything else just to make sure the fx are good, then it can produce some real gems.

how so?

Fuck you Based Wan is a national treasure and a distiller of kino

>Saw
>The Conjuring
>Insidious
I didn’t know his name but if he wrote and directed these 3, he’s okay in my book.
are any of his other movies worth checking out?

I was in 7th grade when this came out and I remember how talked about this movie was, the hype around the possibility of it being real found footage was crazy. Then you go and see the movie and it’s just bedroom hijinks and unrealistic reaction to paranormal shit going on. Despite the bad CGI, Conjuring 2 has the most relatable reaction to crazy shit going on in the house. Once the parent is aware of it they get the fuck out.

>15k
So mow much were the actors paid?

i saw this in my room at night around the time after the torrents came out. and i have never been more frightened by a movie before. And i will probably never be as frightened ever again.

>nowadays
I think you’ve lost touch, user. Found footage ran its course. The big earners in horror now are larger budget films from the likes of Blumhouse, A24 and mainstream studio fare like The Conjuring series and its spinoffs.

I think they got something like $500 each initially.

This.
Also, the original ending before they changed it to a cgi scream face theatrical cut was spookier. The police comes to the house and shoots her if I'm not mistaken.

THE OTHER user IS IN THE RIGHT. CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL.

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>tfw watched too much horror to be affected the way I used to be
feels not spooked man

the last time I remember it happening was My House Walkthrough, but it’s only 10 minutes long.
I watched it in the backseat of a moving car at midnight with headphones on and I didn’t know anything about it when I started it.

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IM AWARE OF THE OLD MEME, IT STILL MAKES YOU LOOK MAD THOUGH AND THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS.
IM SURE user APPRECIATES THE BLACKUP BUT I ALREADY WON BY POINTING OUT THAT HE WAS MAD.

>this is what Yea Forums actually believes

was the "lore" story arc ever completed?

Niggers
No, really they eat this shit up.

saw Paranormal Activity 2 in a predominately black theatre. shit was fucking hilarious, completely ruined any attempt at suspense or horror with a few hundred people chimping out and hooting and hollaring for an hour and a half

>he hasn’t seen all the sequels through the Ghost Dimension
baka

The first PA had subtlety too. Too many horror movies will show the monster early on and all the tension is lost.

so the story arc was completed? i didn't watch the january releases because why would anyone see a horror movie released in january?

what?
what the fuck does that even mean?
I watch movies regardless of when they’re released. I don’t know what month a single movie that I enjoy was released, I barely even know the year.

was that a shitpost? I’m at a loss for words and I’m trying to be nicer these days.

true. and PA doesn’t even really show anything until the very last second.
I’m actually a bigger fan of 3, 4 and the Ghost Dimension and they all follow the same plan of not showing much until they absolutely have to.

you should check out Leaving DC if you like that sort of thing.

*cough* Bad Ben *cough*

Yes, agreed- Leaving D.C. is one of the best horror found footage.. and it is funny as well. Also, check out They're Watching.

I enjoyed They’re Watching a lot, it was one of my favorites that I saw in 2018.
that was another one that saved most of the good stuff for the ending.
that reveal of the painting on the wall was my favorite part.
and that last scene is another example of how found footage movies can utilize their budgets effectively. the FX looked great for what is essentially such a preposterous scene (see pic related)

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I kinda had something to do with this. Went to a test screening of this and thought it was cool at the time. Gave it positive feedback.

>Sets crazy box office records compared to budget for something that isn't really an original idea
>Written and directed by Oren Peli
>Peli was born in Israel. At the age of 19, he relocated to the United States

So as you can see it's just hard work and maybe a little pure coincidence. To say that Jews aren't original, that they just rip other ideas off and, thanks to holding certain (((positions))) and (((monopolies))), can just promote (((their))) (((X))) over their goy rvials is unfounded and patently anti-semitic.
Hard work and coincidence are the biggest factors, why do you think Faceberg is so big yet MySpace never hit those heights? Why is Jewgle so much bigger than Yahoo! ever was despite Jewgle openly running (((algorithms))) that give you the results you (((need))) and not the results you want, which basically makes it useless? Why was $1b an obscene amount to pay for Youtube when it's now Jewtube and now worth $15-20b? I'll tell you, hard work, dedication, and (some) coincidence.
Just kidding, it's Jews being Jews as usual, and the only other thing it is, for certain, is all so tiresome.

>from the writers of call of duty and spongebob square pants
ha, what?

I just realized I didn’t get to see all of part 6, I think I’ll watch it tonight.
I’m glad we’re having a covert /ffg/. my heart almost stopped when I saw the PA poster in the catalog

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Shit-ton of marketing.

>American """"""horror"""

you did a good thing user.
dab on the haters.

i never browsed the ffg, but i havent seen one on the catalogue in a while. out of content?

The entire horror genre is one big meme!

Production budget was low, but paramount put a lot into advertising. Still it was a huge success, despite how terrible the final product was.

I mean, the trailer literally shows the end. They didn't give a fuck about artistic merit

its on hiatus for multiple reasons.
all of the best ones have probably been seen already, but we found a ton of lesser known gems over the months.

if /Alita/ can be up to almost 500 threads about one movie/manga, there is literally no way a general about an entire style of film can run out of content.

everything is a meme.
every man, woman and child are memes.
there is nothing on the face of the earth that is not a meme, not to mention the galactic memes that are not of this world. stars are a meme, planets are a meme, the horsehead nebula is a horsehead meme.
it’s memes all the way down.

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this but unironically

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based tomposter

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BEING MAD ON Yea Forums IS A GOOD THING FAGGOT IT MEANS YOU CARE ABOUT SHIT SND ARENT JUST A PATHETIC EDGY FAGGOT

I agree with you, hence the sarcastic bit spoiler'd at the very end.
I was just pointing out that being "mad" or "butthurt" or "seething" is somehow the auto-win for internet arguments.
as if being passionate about things is bad. in reality it's the go-to """argument""" for people who have run out of valid points to make because they know that, for some reason, it usually works.

I'm aware that tone isn't always easy to pick up on the internet though, so I don't hold it against you. unless you want me to.

wow every single one of you got it wrong here's the (((truth)))

>Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film co-produced, written, directed, photographed and edited by Oren Peli.

>Oren Peli (Hebrew: אורן פלאי; born January 21, 1970) is an Israeli American film director, producer and screenwriter, known for directing the 2007 film Paranormal Activity

>Peli was born in Israel. At the age of 19, he relocated to the United States

>every single one of you
see

it's a very good movie. Simple as. It's hated onlly by retards prejudiced about found footage.

a lot of people do have a bug up their asses about found footage.
>muh tummy ache!!

horror is the most powerful genre

what is the least powerful genre?

and it's the genre with the most soul