PARANORMAL WITNESS CHANNEL MOVIE

PARANORMAL WITNESS CHANNEL MOVIE

Director Andrzej Bartkowiak knows the movie he’s making - pure entertainment schlock that fits an all-important midnight programming slot all about kickin’ ass and BFGs. Yes, the Dwayne Johnson and Karl Urban video game adaptation where space marines fight cosmic demons that attack a Mars science facility. Stars: Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Dwayne Johnson, Deobia Opareiĭoom rules and I’ll hear nothing otherwise.The film’s legacy speaks for itself - the “Katie Corpse” jump scare alone has outlived entire horror releases since forgotten. Verbinski executes fright after fright as Samara claims victims after their seven days are up, responsible for what’s handily one of scariest films of its decade. A cast including Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson and Brian Cox fight against the soggy-haired Samara’s killer videotape. With reverence paid to Hideo Nakata’s 1998 Ringu - based on Koji Suzuki’s 1991 novel of the same name - The Ring is capital “H” horror. Gore Verbinski’s The Ring helped kickstart the 2000’s avalanche of American horror remakes. Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox.Paranormal Activity is a disturbing collection of supernatural video footage that sometimes feels too real for comfort, as well as a display of unchecked masculinity that provokes the demon we come to know as Toby. You don’t need slasher villains, graphic gore, and billion-dollar creature designs to deliver terror. Peli creates the ultimate experiment in unknown fears, using what we can’t see and sound design to scare audiences senseless. We’re still talking about Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity and not those cheap imitations because it’s that good. The Blair Witch Project might have put found footage on the map, but Paranormal Activity encouraged a wave of imitators that would make shaky-cam so prevalent. That’s because this film is always focused on character chemistry between an unlikely couple, which Levine turns into a fresh love letter to a subgenre that can stink of unoriginality. The blend between horror and romance balances genuine feelings with rotten imagery in light doses, since “Boney” zombies that represent the meaner, to-be-feared skeletal zeds aren’t that nightmarish. Teresa Palmer and Nicholas Hoult confront the awkwardness of forbidden love between a “Corpse” and a living woman. Jonathan Levine’s mainstream zombie rom-com is a miraculously sweet diversion from typical undead storytelling. Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Rob Corddry.

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