ashdoc
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Its scary time again and back to horror movies
Ok , guys , I hadn't seen the earlier versions of Paranormal activity , and directly launched myself into part 3 . Actually I wouldn't have been seeing even this one had it not been the enthusiasm for reviews that I have recently got due to my reviews getting popular on some forums .
A woman with two kids form an earlier relationship moves in with her new boyfriend into a new house along with the kids . Predictibly , strange things begin to happen in the new house .
The boyfriend is a wedding photographer , and shoots everything in the house by keeping cameras in all rooms 24 hours . So we get to see the movie partially as if it has been shot by a video camera , with date and time of all events recorded on tape .
......And from the dates coming on the tapes , the events happened 23 years ago , in 1988 .
In hindi movies , the ghost actually appears rather quickly form the start and is outrageously flamboyant in showing off its ghostly powers , and there is nothing understated about the loud music which is supposed to send us into the realms of terror .
Here , the director is more subtle , and relies on background sounds , and an eerie quiet in between them to create the tension .
......And tension he does create , by constantly creating the feeling of an impending calamity when actually the calamity comes slowly upon the victims only towards the end of the movie .
But we are left squirming in our seats , waiting to see what happens next as events unfold....
And unfold they do , as one by one the newcomers of the house are made aware of the paranormal presence.
As is the trend in today's movies , there is no triumph of good over evil , and it is the mysterious dark powers that win in the end . Thus for the victims there is no escape , even when they move to another house . Their fate is sealed.....
But the movie is too short , and in the end you are left with a unsatisfied feeling of wanting to see more....
Verdict--okay.
Ok , guys , I hadn't seen the earlier versions of Paranormal activity , and directly launched myself into part 3 . Actually I wouldn't have been seeing even this one had it not been the enthusiasm for reviews that I have recently got due to my reviews getting popular on some forums .
A woman with two kids form an earlier relationship moves in with her new boyfriend into a new house along with the kids . Predictibly , strange things begin to happen in the new house .
The boyfriend is a wedding photographer , and shoots everything in the house by keeping cameras in all rooms 24 hours . So we get to see the movie partially as if it has been shot by a video camera , with date and time of all events recorded on tape .
......And from the dates coming on the tapes , the events happened 23 years ago , in 1988 .
In hindi movies , the ghost actually appears rather quickly form the start and is outrageously flamboyant in showing off its ghostly powers , and there is nothing understated about the loud music which is supposed to send us into the realms of terror .
Here , the director is more subtle , and relies on background sounds , and an eerie quiet in between them to create the tension .
......And tension he does create , by constantly creating the feeling of an impending calamity when actually the calamity comes slowly upon the victims only towards the end of the movie .
But we are left squirming in our seats , waiting to see what happens next as events unfold....
And unfold they do , as one by one the newcomers of the house are made aware of the paranormal presence.
As is the trend in today's movies , there is no triumph of good over evil , and it is the mysterious dark powers that win in the end . Thus for the victims there is no escape , even when they move to another house . Their fate is sealed.....
But the movie is too short , and in the end you are left with a unsatisfied feeling of wanting to see more....
Verdict--okay.
