I cannot even begin to explain the success of “Paranormal Activity”. It was one of the most profitable films ever made because it was so cheap to make but still made more than many blockbusters. It also achieved critical acclaim with many in the filmmaking industry adoring it too. However, I think it is honestly one of the dullest movies ever made. This genuinely looks like a movie that I or anybody I know could have made with a few friends over a weekend.

This is another found-footage film like “Blair Witch Project” and “Cloverfield” but this time, we’re stuck inside a typical American suburban home. A young couple find they’re being haunted and try to capture the proof on video. The events that unfold are so bland that I’d rather have sat through the dreadful “Amityville Horror” again.

The characters in this movie are appalling. They’re just so uninteresting and we’re stuck with them for the entire movie. I felt like I was being held hostage because there is no getting away from the horrendous main characters. If you’re hoping to see some creepy ghosts, you’re going to be so disappointed. It’s the same shtick as “Blair Witch Project”.

Virtually any ghost movie I’ve seen is more tolerable than this. “Poltergeist”, “Insidious”, “Amityville Horror”, “Thir13en Ghosts”, “Ghost Ship”, “The Conjuring” and “The Others” are all underwhelming movies but I’ll take any of them over this. “Paranormal Activity” is just a complete failure from beginning to end. It’s certainly not scary in the way that it was intended to be. I think even “Casper” is scarier than this disaster. I don’t get the appeal of the found-footage style and I certainly don’t get the appeal of this franchise. It’s insane to me to think that there are a ton of sequels to this.