Posted by Kirk in General News, Horror, Release Date | 3 comments
‘Paranormal Activity’ Expanding This Weekend
If you aren’t in, or within sufficient driving distance, to one of the 33 cities that hosted midnight screening of ‘Paranormal Activity’ this past weekend, you may not have to wait much longer to get the pants scared off you. Thanks to the word of mouth that drove every showing on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to sell out, Paramount Pictures has decided to give the film a wider release beginning this weekend, October 9th. The film, which earned $16,000 per screen and $535,000 total, will be playing in 40 markets with showing happening throughout the day, not just at midnight. Thanks can also go to everyone who registered and “demanded” the film over at Eventful.
You can check out our boy, Nick’s, review of the film right here. As someone lucky enough to check out one of these midnight shows, I can safely say that the film is truly terrifying. The same air of suspense and overbearing terror that filled the final ten minutes of ‘The Blair Witch Project’ can be found throughout the entirety of ‘Paranormal Activity.’ If you are a horror fan who hasn’t been scared for quite a while, do yourself a favor and check out this film as soon as you can. I guarantee, after seeing it, you will begin hearing strange noises in your house, and you will have more than a little difficulty sleeping comfortably for the next couple of days.
You can check out the film’s official website right here.
This was a great, genuinely creepy movie! Far more effective on the realistic heebie-jeebies factor than Blair Witch. One scene specifically had me truly freaked, and that was when… ah ah ah, caught myself! For those who have seen the film, its the scene that is by far the most difficult to explain how it was done. Think of an ankle as a handle…
Does this open Friday in St. Louis!?!?! I gots to know!
Another movie that is coming out that offers a clean alternative is ‘’Paranormal.’’ Below is some additional information about this new thriller!!
Paranormal, the latest supernatural thriller from Cross Shadow Productions, (the
creators of the Dove.org approved, best-selling BMG releases: Pray and Pray 2:
The Woods) will be available in stores nationwide January 26th 2010. The 2009 Mrs. America is starring in it.
See more information and trailers at:
http://www.ParanormalTheMovie.com
Following the success of family-friendly suspense/thriller The Exorcism of Emily
Rose (Sony Pictures), comes a riveting supernatural thriller in the vein of the hit
SyFy television series, Ghost Hunters and Frank Peretti's House (Roadside
Attractions / Lionsgate).
Paranormal follows best-selling, self-made novelist Greg Evans struggling through the worst case of writer's block in his award-winning career. In a desperate search for inspiration, Greg quickly finds himself immersed in a world he is not prepared to face. Turning to a group of paranormal investigators, Greg and the ghost hunting team search for proof and answers, yet are unaware they are about to have an experience of a lifetime! None will leave the way they came. Paranormal will peel back the supernatural curtain to reveal how The TRUTH will EXPOSE the darkness!