![]() I think it’s in that process now where I think we’re going to obviously start to see more and more movies that are tackling different genres through that lens. I don’t think found footage is in danger of running out. In fact, writer/director Christopher Landon defends the format best (in an interview he did on Crave Online) – “You know, it’s funny. It can be made with no name actors (who cost nothing!), and is super-cheap to produce. That’s because of found footage’s unique advantage over other genres. Any time a found footage film makes 19 million its opening weekend, its genre isn’t dead. Here’s the thing though – the found footage genre is not dead. I mean come on, how many times can you show a clip of someone sleeping with a counter in the bottom corner? The creators of Paranormal Activity finally realized that their format was broken and they needed to look in another direction. It’s hard to remember anything about it because it was so terrible, but what I do remember is that ¾ of the movie went by before anything happened. The last Paranormal Activity was really bad. Landon is the son of famous TV star, Michael Landon, who headlined one of the biggest TV shows ever, Little House On The Prairie. It’s just coming to light now that Shia LaBeouf plagiarized his entire performance from the film. Landon’s break-out writing credit was 2007’s Disturbia. Writer/director Christopher Landon scripted PA 2, 3 AND 4 (if you want to talk about “series fatigue,” I actually thought the fourth one was the third one until I wrote this review). The Latino audience for PA has always been huge, so they decided to create a PA movie specifically for them. ![]() Premise: A young man finds himself “marked” by a witch who lives below him.Ībout: Feeling that their franchise was getting stale, Paranormal Activity decided to take its newest entry in a different direction.
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