A salute to Paranormal Activity

admin · 10-21-2011, 07:30 PM

Although The Blair Witch Project could be credited with bringing the found-footage horror movie to the mainstream, Paranormal Activity was the catalyst for the genre's explosion. Since its release in 2007, legions of copycats have given the found-footage treatment to several classic horror genres, including sci-fi (Cloverfield, Spain's [REC] and its American counterpart Quarantine), exorcism horrors (The Last Exorcism) and even space thrillers (Apollo 18).? [ Read more ]

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10-21-2011, 07:30 PM	#1
admin Site Admin Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,971 Blog Entries: 2	A salute to Paranormal Activity Although The Blair Witch Project could be credited with bringing the found-footage horror movie to the mainstream, Paranormal Activity was the catalyst for the genre's explosion. Since its release in 2007, legions of copycats have given the found-footage treatment to several classic horror genres, including sci-fi (Cloverfield, Spain's [REC] and its American counterpart Quarantine), exorcism horrors (The Last Exorcism) and even space thrillers (Apollo 18).? [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]