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Oct 30
2009
11:00 AM ET
'Paranormal Activity': Three super-scary alternate endings (SPOILER ALERT!)
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I thought this movie was easily one of the BEST movies I have seen in a long time (and I frequent the movie theater). So frightening, so suspenseful… and I’m saying this despite the fact that I had to get up and barf halfway through the movie because I got motion sickness. That’s how much I loved it.
I saw the cops ending and it was good… REALLY good… very fitting with the rest of the movie. Gave me chills. The suicide ending and the theater ending almost sound too “in your face”
I really think that the ending was a huge let down to be honest i wanted them to got to see a doctor in a hospital cause really who would let there girlfriend stay in that house after being dragged down a hall and having a strange bite like mark, plus they could of done some crazy creepy things in a hospital. Also to the people that think that those who didn’t like the movie cause it was slow is cause it is slow and boring and stupid i am sorry it wasn’t a good movie also i dont like saw i am into the hammer movies so dont be hating on people for stating that the movie is bad…. cause it is
The throat option should’ve been the one and only way to end the movie. Huge disappointment how it ended in theatres.
I don’t think ANY ending could have saved this stinker of a movie. The only thing that truly disturbed me after seeing it is that it has made so much money.
In my opinion, there is nothing scary about gore, its just excessive, so why slit her throat? I like it as much as the next, but its a showy kind of way to overcompensate for most movies and happens to be what the vast majority of people like to see. The idea of this movie would be to put you in their place, not to bloody the scene up, thats where its supposed to be scary, but if you’re too busy bashing it from the get go about how a zombie didnt pop out from a much expected covered window, or jason didnt come to break up the minage a trois with his machete, then you couldnt possibly see or feel the way you should have during the movie. Instead of throwing the demon out there from the get go and making him bloody up the house, they choose to integrate the movie in a way that coincides with what the psychic says: demons like to play and hurt for their own amusement and is reinforced by the bite wound at the end that a 3 year old could make instead of ripping a portion of her intestines out, the intentional foot steps made with the baby powder, or the flickering of lights, etc. The movie is about possibility thats why its done in a more ‘real’ looking setting and plot, all to make you scared at the possibility of demonic infestation and what you would do, IMO.
The ending in theaters is GREAT. The one with the cops is the let down, we build up to a climax with Micha and Katie screaming. Then Katie comes up stairs and sits for 30 hours, followed by the cops showing up and killing her. No final scare, no creepiness just a looooong wait and time for my adrenaline to wear off.
The one with Katie slitting her throat sounds good too. I hope I can see it when it comes to DVD
I think the throat ending would have been the best. I didn’t feel the current ending was a big enough pay off.
I thought it was a very good movie. Not on par with Blair Witch though, which scared the beejuz out of me. I like the cop ending – though i think they could have done a better job filming her shooting, it wasn’t done very well. As to the haters, well some folks just aren’t smart enough to enjoy intellectual stuff like this. Go watch saw.
If the last few replies doesn’t illustrate my distaste with PA fans effectively enough, let me re-iterate. I am sick and tired of you guys and gals assuming people who thought PA wasn’t scary as nothing but slasher film/torture porn afficionados. I don’t like slasher flicks. I only liked the first few Saw films, but thought the later ones are terrible (and Hostel did nothing for me). I was all for supporting PA, and wanted to love it, but judging from what I watched, I can’t. I’ve watched horror films with a great amount of suspense (including Audition, which I saw over the summer) and compared to those movies, PA was sorely lacking. There were episodes of Lost that were much creepier. Hell, I’ve played videogames that gave me more chills than PA (and that surprisingly excludes Silent Hill).
I assume most people who didn’t buy into PA can dissuade you fans too, but for your sakes, don’t turn into the spokespeople for ‘legitimate’ horror fans, unless you want to emit the smugness I’ve seen since PA’s wide release. It’s annoying, and I urge you fans to stop it before dissenters hate you much more than we already do.
If you like PA, I’m glad you enjoyed the film. But if we feel burned, we should express it without being hounded by accusations of stupidity.
Saying you hate or love a movie is pretty subjective but there are reasons. Most of the people who trash PA say the same things over and over – it was boring, nothing happened, not scary. A FEW have criticisms that have some validity, but most are full of invective and bring nothing new to the discussion other than stating opinion. It gets to be ridiculous hearing the same tired criticisms over and over, hence the reactions from people who like the movie that t3hdow seems unhappy about.
I re-watched Alfred Hitchcocks “Psycho” yesterday and it struck me that many of the same criticisms leveled at Paranormal Activity can be applied to this masterpiece as well.
Long drawn out introduction. Slow. Long sections where nothing happens. Only a couple of scenes with any action. Just when it gets going, it ends.
I would not presume to compare Paranormal Activity to Psycho, but I’ll bet if you showed Psycho to the people that disliked Paranormal Activity, you’d get pretty much the same responses from most of them.
Sorry to be so annoying, but the simple fact is, people who are tired of the current trend in horror and have an appreciation for story, character development and suspense take to Paranormal Activity – it’s a breath of fresh air, Take from that what you like about people who don’t like it.
no, we should be able to hound you just as much as those of you have hounded us for liking it, plain and simple. Get over it. I urge you to continue comparing slasher films, and video games to this movie so that i can continue to express my discontent for your idiosyncrasies’. :O
I thought the movie was great…I’m not a fan of horror movies with the blood and constant killing…But this kind of movie with the suspense and the possibility that this really could happen at my house…well that scared the hell out of me! I woke up several times throughout the night thinking about the moie. If you’re looking for blood and guts horror, don’t go see this…but if you’re looking for an interesting and thoughtfully made suspense…this is the one to see.
I saw the alternate ending with the police and it was really creepy. I never saw the theater version so I can’t compare but the endless rocking was so haunting and creepy.
It was fun imagining what I’d do if I were one of them.
A good creepy film, but not a great one — a great one wouldn’t have had so many loose ends. It would have made more and more sense as you thought about all the details afterward.
I’d like to find more in this genre — not overplayed, not reliant on gore, just an accumulation of shivers that afterward, whether you believe in the supernatural during the daytime or not, makes you just a little uneasy in the nighttime.
people keep criticising this movie so much. have you forgotton that this whole movie was made with 11,000 dollars? and it has grossed more than 64 million so far. i think this was a genuinely scary movie and all involved did a great job. katies scream at the end was absolutely amazing. i love this movie.
I saw the ending where she looks into the camera in theaters it was so creepy.
OK.. I kinda liked the movie. boring at times, but it did build up the tension well, and the nights got creepier and creepier.. Solid movie for sure.
But the end.. I dont know how much I like it. Like one wise person once said “It’s not what you see, it’s what you dont see” Like hearing someone walk the stairs but not seeing anyone etc. A lot of “not seeing” in this movie which is what makes me scared more than seeing some dude in raincoat with an axe.
I pictured the ending beforehand in my head, and I kinda figured they will die. I would have loved if after they are both down and they struggle, some “shadowy” thing walks slowly to the room and turn off the camera and that’s it. Not a person, but something that Katie described before.. A shadow of some kind.