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Seven can be a lucky number and in the case of the latest installment in the Paranormal Activity franchise, it just might turn out to be reinvigorating. Up until now, most of the productions centered around the character of Katie...

Returning to the scene of the original crime, the sixth installment in the Paranormal Activity series is the weakest yet, lacking a compelling reason to exist, beyond a desire to extend the franchise. The previous edition, Paranormal Activity: The Marked...

The fifth entrant in the Paranormal Activity found-footage series picks up its home video cameras, moves to a new location, and introduces a new set of characters with the same old problem: How do you make a movie about things...

Give the Paranormal Activity people some credit. They've made three sequels now to what was initially a standalone, not-meant-to-be-a-franchise horror film, and they've done it without becoming a laughable parody of themselves. They've expanded the story in ways that largely...

Oren "Paranormal Activity" Peli returns to the big screen after wrapping up his short and rather underwhelming series The River, finally abandoning the found footage fare for a more traditional horror setup. The result is Chernobyl Diaries, a film that...

Before it starts stepping on landmines in the third act, Bradley Parker's Chernobyl Diaries sidesteps many of the hazards that have doomed similar horror movies to failure. Parker is an experienced visual effects artist making his directorial debut, working from...

From the director and scriptwriter of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, Oren Peli, comes a new horror thriller, CHERNOBYL DIARIES. This time, Peli will take on the roles of producer and scriptwriter, while Bradley Parker (LET ME IN - second unit director and...

Yep, there is another one of those Paranormal Activity films on the way. The franchise was kicked off in 2009 when Oren Peli wrote, directed, produced and edited a horror which cost a reported $15,000 to make (which is absolutely nothing in...

Oh, Paramount, I wanted to believe you were going to do better than this. I honestly did. But, you know, when you release a teaser for a horror film that declares nothing can prepare me for what's next, then what...