SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Bereamic Awesome Movie

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

begob Family grieving the loss of their father is hunted by a malevolent spirit in their home.I do enjoy found footage, and a mix of subjective and objective POV can be effective. So I'm a fan of Paranormal Activity, but this is an inferior attempt.First up, far too much information given away at the start. Then the camera man is boorish and irritating, although he does become sympathetic, and the family is so stressed out to begin with that the tension can't really mount.The editing is irritating, with too many cuts/fades to black screen. And the background radiation music is overdone up to the halfway point.The story is a tease on the erotic side, but either you do or you don't - and this one didn't. Especially with the confused and rushed final sequence.

Paul Andrews Paranormal Entity starts as Thomas Finley (writer & director Shane Van Dyke) makes a frantic call to 911, he claims that his mother & sister are both dead & have been murdered. What follows is real footage leading up to the death of his sister Samantha (Erin Marie Hogan) which proves conclusively that no living being could have been responsible & that Thomas is innocent of the horrible crime, released against the wishes of the authorities the families of those involved wanted the footage released so the truth can come out...Written, directed & starring Shane Van Dyke who also lists the classic Titanic II (2010) in his directing résumé this is yet another rip-off 'Mockbuster' from the very untalented folk at The Asylum & your not going to win any prizes for guessing Paranormal Entity was made to cash-in on the huge success of Paranormal Activity (2007) & as expected it's total crap that I found painful to endure, I don't watch films like Paranoraml Entity I endure them. Sitting through Paranormal Entity is a real double edged sword for me since I hate this kind of 'found footage' horror film & usually despise anything that The Asylum makes so I pretty much knew that the chances were I was going to dislike it even though I was willing to give it a chance & boy I wasn't proved wrong in the slightest. The whole idea that this is real is just ridiculous, there's one huge continuity goof that is unmissable as during Thomas's opening phone-call he clearly says that his mother & sister are both dead & that it killed them but some text at the end states that the mother committed suicide in hospital which is a massive contradiction. As has already been said Paranormal Entity should get it's fake facts right before claiming to be real. I found the whole film so boring it took me about four attempts to make it to the end, this really is dullest & most boring film I have seen in a while. Nothing of any note happens, sure there are some feeble attempts at cheap scares & something happens to Samantha at the end (off-screen, by the way) but otherwise it's like watching paint dry. There isn't even anything here to laugh at as the script takes itself extremely seriously, I just didn't care enough about anyone or anything to be interested or want to carry on watching it. At almost 90 solid minutes of this crap I am amazed I managed to sit though it all.Paranormal Entity is one of the most basic & minimalist films ever made, there are only four people in it & one of those is in it for about five minutes at the end while I will admit the makers got the whole amateur home made camcorder vibe spot on. Whether this was deliberate is probably up for debate as it could just have easily have been down to ineptness but whatever the reason Paranormal Entity is a chore to watch with long scenes & shots where nothing happens or where the action takes place just off-screen & the camcorder is totally static. There's some night vision & plenty of shaky cam too just to add to the cheap do-it-yourself feel. I really dislike this style of filmmaking & I found the look & feel of Paranormal Entity utterly horrible. Forget about any blood or gore or special effects as there aren't any but Samantha is seen topless for a few seconds if that's any sort of recommendation.Filmed in about three or four rooms in some house Paranormal Entity never leaves this location, surely this didn't cost more than a few hundred dollars. I mean there's no special effects, no outside locations, no music score, only four people in the entire thing & it looks like it was shot on hand-held camcorder. The acting is maybe a little better than I expected but no-one is going to win any awards.Paranormal Entity is a film that I hated, maybe not liking 'found footage' films & films made by The Asylum means I am biased a bit but I really can't the average person getting anything out of this crap film where next to nothing actually happens. Definitely one to avoid & if you do see it don't say you weren't warned.

leejohnson-nwuk I have to give Shane Van Dyke some words...just because you come from a TV family does NOT mean you are capable of being a TV or film star! I have seen Shane in a few productions and to be honest, he is a talentless actor and now, as a writer and director, he proves he is also useless at these roles too. I have just sat through one of the worst productions I have ever seen. It was not only badly filmed (we all had a giggle at the shot of him on his lap top when he is pretending to press keys and scroll!), the acting was bad! The woman playing the mother in this film was terrible! if you want actors to improvise Shane, then get actors who can improvise! This woman was appalling. I watched Paranormal Activity a few years ago and found it boring and terribly written, acted and directed, however, having now seen this atrocious piece of garbage, I consider paranormal activity a genius production. I have read some reviews of this on IMDb and am totally surprised anyone could class this as good. Are these people part of Shane's gang? Look folks, before you consider watching this, let me save you time, it is a complete and badly done rip off, using a cheap camcorder and BAD acting. Writing wise, it's suffering a great deal from the fact it has no writing and seems all improvised. Badly Improvised I might add. Somebody should inform Shane that a new career really does need looking in to. It is surely not enough to merely trade on your family name, surely you Americans can see where the talent is and where, in Shane's case, it is so obviously lacking. I am a fan of Dick Van Dyke, but Shane, I am sorry love, you just haven't got what it takes.

Crowe Lee The first time I tried to watch this movie I turned it off within the first 5 min of it. I decided to watch it again and through the whole thing this time. This movie not only was uninteresting it was stupid. It was so horrible it was laughable! This is not only like PA it is just as funny. Though it being so horrible I don't think it doesn't even deserve a rating. Other than me typing this only one thought crosses through my mind when watching this is YAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't even think of enough lines to actually be able to post this review. If you wish to watch this movie my say on this is DON'T! I'd rather hit my head on the wall then watch this movie. Also if this gets posted I am surprised since I'm sure it's so negative that it won't.