Unsure what to think.
I’d like to believe the hype. And the hype is definitely out there. Variety calls Paranormal Activity “unnerving.” Film Threat says it will make you change the way you think about modern horror. Bloody-Disgusting says “it’s one of the scariest movies of all time” and your psyche “will be affected.”
Yet every “scary” movie that’s ever been hyped to me has fallen flat on its face. Largely due to the hype.
And you have to wonder if Blair Witch: Poltergeist Edition will change that.
I’ll be stoked to see it, for sure, but “scariest movie ever” is aiming incredibly high. Especially these days when every horror flick is the same old retread of killer kids and plastic masks. I’ve always been more for the horror movies that get inside your head, do more by showing less kinda idea. I only really consider two movies to be “scary”: Jacob’s Ladder and Session 9. Nothing else really affects me. Atmospherically, both those films always do.
If Paranormal Activity can be half the horror film either of those titles are, I’ll be happy.
