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The PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Guy's Next Movie Has Already Been Filmed
Merrick here...
Orin Peli, whose $11, 000 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY was recently released by Paramount & earned $106 million, will have his next film shepherded by Paramount as well. We previously heard it is called AREA 51 - and learned plot details HERE.
What some of us haven't heard yet, though, is that the new movie...budgeted at $5 million...has already been filmed (it wrapped a few weeks ago).
...employs the "found footage" narrative structure that Peli used in "Paranormal Activity" to tell the story of three teens whose curiosity leads them to the notorious Area 51 portion of Nellis Air Force Base in the Nevada desert.
...says Variety HERE.
I liked PARANORMAL ACTIVITY quite a bit, but feel the crux of its plot was predicated on gimmicky, unfathomable stupidity. That dumbass guy still breaks out the Ouija Board after everything he's already witnessed? That dumbass girl doesn't take the Ouija Board away from him & kick him out of the house after he broke his promise not using the damn thing? Both of the characters behaving lamely is (evidently) the only mechanism which allows the rest of the plot to unfold. It's all pretty contrived, and even dopey. NOT because of it's subject matter - just talking about the story structuring here.
This said, it had oodles of atmosphere and a few admirable "what the fuck" moments - so I'm open to seeing whatever Orin throws our way in the next one.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY is hitting DVD & Blu-Ray in a few weeks (HERE
). AREA 51 is going to theaters sometimes next year.
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Fuck this guy.
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PARAPLEGIC ACTIVITY.
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Ohhhhhh Yeaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
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I enjoyed Paranormal Activity and thought they did a great job on it, but I would hate to see Paranormal Activity 2: Alien Boogaloo. Basically I hope he can come up with some different beats and story twists to keep it fresh instead of just inserting aliens into the mix.
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Fastest conversion to DVD/BD ever...
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'Cause 3 teens wouldn't get anywhere near Nellis AFB.
The fact that it's another "found footage" gimmick aside, the movie will make back the $5 investment in spades. And everyone involved will be laughing their way to the bank if/when the movie breaks $15 mill, which it will probably do in its opening weekend. After that, it's all gravy/
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...are there any other areas? if not, shouldnt it be area 1?
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The fact that it will have "From the creator of Paranormal Activity" will draw the retarded masses in droves to this alone will make that figure...
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Wow I never knew it was called paranormal activity! I also assumed it was called watching people sleep: the motion picture
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Finally decided to join. Now to begin the lengthy stay..
Paranormal Activity was overrated and Merrick pointed out it's main flaws above. Didn't get the people who were scared so much by it. -
Looking forward to seeing this
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I have little patience for the contrivances that Merrick pointed out in his blurb above. When common sense and rational thought are completely ignored (and without any intentional comedic purpose) I say "fuck that shit, homey." I really do say that outloud. It's kind of strange, particularly when I'm at the DMV, trying to get my personalized license plates renewed, but what the heck, right?
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There were scarier moments on youtube videos of ghosts. Atmosphere? Yeah right. Filming dark rooms with a video camera is atmosphere? The acting was bad, which honestly, I could live with, if there was ANYTHING going on. The whole movie amounted to nothing more then less then five minutes of scares, which weren't anything special at all. The movie did a great job with hype, as did The Blair Witch, and then just basically suckers people in, me included. I wouldn't hate these movies so much, as I don't hate the Blair Witch Project as much, because PA felt like a movie company getting away with making TONS of money of a nothing investment. This next movie will be avoided unless I actually hear it is good WEEKS after it is out. Fool me once (Blair Witch) shame on you, fool me twice (PA) shame on me.
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Nov 30, 2009 12:05:39 PM CST
How much you think he got from that 106mil
by player_two_has_entered_the_game
Not much at all I'm guessing.
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Paranormal Activity was pretty sweet for what it was, and for me, it worked to creep me out. I would love to see what this Orin guy's next move is but I worry that another "found footage" movie, especially one so soon, could be too much like double-dipping in his own salsa. Fingers crossed, but I can see this being Blair Witch Project 2 all over again.
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Fucking guy made a movie for $11K! I tip my cap to him on that basis only. The movie he made was amateurish to say the least, but he did get it sold.
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Hell, they'll make that back on the first day of release. If this was smart, he will stick with this format at least one more time, make the studio more money, and then haul out his Dream Project and make Paramount PAY!
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Soundtrack by James Horner?! Bitch, I wrapped a piece of cellophane around a comb and hummed over the opening credits.
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Nov 30, 2009 12:12:55 PM CST
Paranormal Activity was successful for the same reason
by requisitemonkey
the Twilight Saga is successful. People enjoy watching crap.
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But the audience was dumber. They squealed and screamed and afterwards talked about how "real" it was. Still, impressive for the price tag, and he obviously knows how to put audience members in seats. Could be our next Michael Bay.
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Yes Oren Peli had very little to do with the actual success of this movie. The marketing is what produced the insane gross and profits. The studio deserves all the profits.
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How putting baby powder on the floor is supposed to ward away demons. Apparently this is what these characters thought it would do by evidence of the woman screaming "Your powder thing didn't work!". Well, clearly it did if all it was supposed to do was show footprints. Let's not even get into how fucking hilarious it is that demons actually walk on the floor and have t-rex feet!
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YackBacker, I'd be very very suprised if he got more than 100k or something for it.
RequisiteMonkey, all profit? Wow. Would you think the same if it was a band's album? To be clear though I'm not saying the marketing was not the success of the movie or that it's a great film. I've not seen it yet. I find it all very interesting though then something that cheap becomes a hit. What was the miramax movie that made a ton and the director got fuck all from it? -
I liked Paranormal Activity. Was it in my top 5 favorite horror movies? No. Did it scare the living shit out of me? No. However, if you judge it against its contemporaries (Halloween 2, Saw 6, etc.), it was an enjoyable film. It was a fun way to kill an hour and a half if you just suspended disbelief and let yourself be immersed in the movie. Other than Drag Me to Hell, PA is the only other horror movie I've really enjoyed this year and that was by no means a perfect film but in a sea of sloppy, messy turds, those two had the most solid consistency.
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At least Blair Witch had a locations. A two hour movie shot on video, indoors, pretty much from one vantage point on sticks with one tacked on SFX shot at the very end? Getthefuckoutta here. Suckity suck suck.
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was the chick had some nice tits.
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Will Dad get drunk? Will the rent-a-Power Ranger show up on time? Did he remember to bring the moonbounce? Gripping, just gripping!
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in the high desert. Cost ten bucks. Will make a billion dollars.
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It wasn't to ward off the demon. It was simply to further prove their was actually a demon, and the demon then used it to scare them. As she pointed out, the demon probably wouldn't have left footprints unless it wanted to.
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I appreciate subtle horror that doesn't implore a barrage of CG effects. I found it fairly chilling at moments (especially when she gets dragged out of bed). I know it's a popular movie that was inhaled by the masses, so I'll probably take shit and be called stupid for liking it, but whatever. I liked it. I also saw it before it got overhyped.
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Cuz didn't I hear he changed the ending for p.a.? And when they're @ area 51, do they cover aliens from space or "interdimensional aliens" that are from the "space between spaces"? Either way I'm still stuck on Punisher War Zone @ the moment. The second best comic book based movie of 2008 imo.
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You're exactly right. The whole thing continually hinges on their stupidity. After I see shit light on fire in my house, or demonic footprints, or get dragged down the hallway, I might think about leaving.Even worse, there is one cheap scare at the very end, given away in the trailer. Other than that, there isn't a single scare to be found. I really don't understand who anyone liked it. It really was Blair Witch 2.0. You never see the demon, and there are no scares.
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He suggested the ending it went into theatres with, they originally shot both and his "guidance" had the filmmaker change it prior to distribution.
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Teaser Trailer.
"Sir. SIR! I can see you have a disability but Area 51 is off limits. You CANNOT come in here." Area 51 sentry.
"Have you heard my big bang theory?" Stephen Hawkings voicebox.
Hawkings pushes red button and sidewinder missiles fire from his wheelchair blowing the sentry post to smithereens!!
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It was a more grandiose and intimate film. However they rejected it. I can't discuss much about it because paramount still bought it with plans to rewrite it into another film
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The Tiger Woods accident. Part action fliq (the crash) part drama (tw and his wife arguing) part horror movie for white people (black man with a white woman). It'll be filmed like that salma hayek fliq timecode (I think that's what the title is). Though no one in the movie will hear it, the car's thoughts are voiced by ed asner.
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It really was stupid. He refused to let her call the doctor, because he said he was taking care of the issue and solving it. Apparently he really was stupid enough to believe baby powder would solve something. Even worse, he didn't cover the entire area in baby powder. By placing a few strips of baby powder several feet apart, he made it really easy to fake the demon footprints. Weak sauce.
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Oh that's interesting. I thought he just liked the movie. far out.
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the demon would follow her (and had followed her thus far) wherever she would go. So leaving the house wouldn't matter. I understand calling the characters stupid (the guy was a douche), but that point was covered.
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It had some genuinely creepy parts, but the absolutely idiotic characters detracted from it. It's not as God awful as some of the bitter dorks on here would have you think though.
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From what I read (IMDB has lots of this in it's FAQs if I recall) he just simply liked the movie at some type of prescreening that took place prior to the whole "DEMAND IT" bruhahah bullshit that was rolled out.
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Nov 30, 2009 1:25:13 PM CST
Paranormal Activity is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
by helveticaconspiracy
Amateur all the way down the line and cheap, predictable 'scares'. And, I blame this site for buying into the hype; the movie was GARBAGE!
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Well you have to admit with cell phones, mini Flip cameras, etc. you can have multiple viewpoints with varying degrees of quality for realism. But this "found footage" thing is getting real old, real fast. Gee I wonder if any out of focus footage of "greys" will be featured...???
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Nothing pleases you fat fucking miserable shut-ins.
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Has to be the moment she gets dragged from her bed and down the hall. Don't forget this movie cost $11k. I wonder how they done that scene because it was effective as far as I am concerned.
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I heard something about there being another ending no one has seen yet.If you are really so ticked at the theatrical ending then just watch the original one. I've seen both known endings (The version of the movie I saw had the original ending and saw the theatrical one later). the theatrical ending did have the bigger (some say cheap) scare, but the original was longer and yet some how more fucked up.I wouldn't call the guy a douche, just a macho ass. and yeah, he figured the powder would just give more proof. well, it did, and didn't help anything. as for the ouija board. I don't know. the fact he DID end up using it just fit with his macho ass persona. frankly I've known guys like that so it wasn't much of a stretch to believe it.On Area 51: Yes there are other areas. Its a military designation. The Groom lake base just happened to be located in an area in what on a map is labeled as 51.and last I heard the base had been abandoned (radioactive and other toxic materials leaking from the stuff they had been dumping at the location for decades would occasionally release gases and stuff into the air) and everything was moved to another base in area 52. Which would make it easier to get onto the base proper (some have claimed to be able to get onto the base where as previously they wouldn't make it past the guardhouse). Whether its true or not I don't know.
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Been trying to figure it out.
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Imagine this.. I go to the local walmart,buy one hundred Hanes T-shirts for like thirty bucks. I buy a fat sharpie and right the word FART? in big letters on the front of all of them. I convince the guy from Twilight to wear one as a joke to some red carpet thing.I then copyright it and sell the shirts for seventy five dollars a piece.Everyone dumb ass in America wants one and I make a hundred million dollars.... am I an idiot for writting the word FART? on a t-shirt or a genius for figuring out that most of the planet are mindless sheep?
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Those two were acting like people would: idiots. Sorry but people are stupid, cocky, and emotional and the actions they took in the movie felt very real to me.
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I hear that will get you shot in the face.
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Okay, moving out of the house was a moot point. Didn't the expert say that the entity would follow her anywhere they would go? The thing I had a hard time with was, if this bizarre shit is going on night after night, how the fuck would I be sound asleep at 1am every night without some serious drugs?
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I think most average couples would act exactly as though two did. The dude's false bravado was spot on and the girl's "let's not mess with this" attitude seemed very realistic to me.
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Copy and pasted from IMDB.com:
There are three endings; the theatrical ending, the unrated ending and an ending that was, apparently, only seen once at a Film Festival.
The theatrical ending (suggested by director Stephen Speilberg) has Katie awaken to once again stare at a sleeping Micah for several hours. She then goes downstairs into complete darkness and suddenly starts screaming for no apparent reason. Micah hears her and wakes up, running to her aid. The camera can only see the bedroom and dark hallway as it records what sounds like a struggle between Micah, Katie and whatever else is downstairs with them. Micah and Katie's screams suddenly stop, and the brief silence is followed by the sound of heavy footsteps coming up the stairs. Micah's body is suddenly hurtled at the camera, knocking it over. Katie appears in the doorway, her clothing covered in blood. She crouches down and starts sniffing at Micah's lifeless body, then smiles at the camera before lunging toward it and the screen smash cuts to black and the credits roll.
In the ending of the unrated version (which is the original cut of the film and available on DVD/Blu-ray), Katie returns to the bedroom after the struggle heard downstairs, wielding a knife with blood on her tank top. She then sits next to the bed and rocks back and forth in a catatonic state throughout the remainder of the following day. Her friend Amber calls the house, and later arrives, discovering Micah's body downstairs. When police officers arrive, Katie comes out of her catatonic state and approaches them asking for Micah. The officers instruct her to drop the knife, but shoot her after being startled by a door suddenly slamming behind them. The movie ends with audio of the police discovering the camera as the credits roll.
The Film Festival ending involves Katie returning to the bedroom with the knife (just like she did in the unrated ending) and slitting her own throat in view of the camera. The credits then roll.
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those ghosts followed that poor little blonde girl to her grandma's house and to a skyscraper, where even tom skerrit couldn't help her. tom skerrit for christsakes!
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The fact that she stayed on that side of the bed. Her boyfriend had her trained well the fuckin pussy! And why keep the bedroom door open?
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Had to post again because most of the people commenting on this movie are fucking idiots. Look at some of the negative bile being tossed around here. You guys are very predictable, if a movie becomes huge you have to hate it. Once that movie became popular your bull shit alarms went off and just started saying nonsense. A couple of the comments are based off nothing also like the guy commenting on how baby powder was suppose to keep away demons awa, if you even saw the movie you would know that was not the case. I understand most of you guys don't have girl friends or social lives but seriously get some fucking balls. PA is suppose to be a victory story. Someone made a movie for 11K sold it and it's made over 100 million. It was a solid movie that didn't have to use torture or any other bull shit to "sell it". Get over yourselves. If you have a legit negative review that's fine but this blind hate is bull shit. Not like your guys opinions matter the movie was a huge hit and the most profitable one of all time.
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Pass.
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best part of the movie.
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eye-to-eye on is tits.
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was hot.
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Nov 30, 2009 2:11:51 PM CST
I thought she'd use the knife on him. (and the drag out of bed)
by geomancer21
When she went downstairs that last time I figured she'd show up again with the knife and just brutally stab him while he slept (with lots of gurgling and stuff being heard). When i heard the third ending involved throat slitting again i figured she'd just do it to him. for the drag out of bed: At first you might think she did it herself but it was too forcful and you could tell she was being pulled. and it wouldn't explain the drag down the hall. Then You might think wires but she was being dragged in different directions and again too forceful unless the wires was really thick, or ropes. and even then would risk cutting her leg. the only thing i can think of was that they digitally removed a guy doing it to her. It was a static shot afterall and they obviously did that earlier with the shadow on the door.either way it was really well done. i was impressed with it.
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Not her face. Try and keep up.
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Agreed, I haven't actually seen PARANORMAL ACTIVITY but now with all this talk of tits. I'm sold.
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Nov 30, 2009 2:13:01 PM CST
again lockesbrokenleg passes on a movie he has seen
by player_two_has_entered_the_game
but will hate on it all the same. haha what an idiot!
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Wait, what?
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player two has left the game mumblerling about a typo or something
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I enjoyed the film as well. I watched it on friday night here in England. The place was full of silly teenage girls that sat giggling away trying to hide the fact that they were petrified. My girlfriend said it was shit and it wasn't scary but I think she was lying, trying to look tough etc. It wasn't the scariest film Ive ever seen, by a long shot, but like I said, I enjoyed it for what it was.
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Movie still gets me.
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Nov 30, 2009 2:18:59 PM CST
Yeah, everyone else's low standards are to blame, lockes.
by ebonic_plague
Your standards are just so high that nothing has ever or will ever live up to them. Sometimes I really hope you're just a very committed parody character of an AICN regular.
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Nov 30, 2009 2:22:21 PM CST
And concerning Geomancer21's theory on the dragged out of bed sc
by connor187
Thats how I thought they done it, but lets not forget the whole movie cost $11k. Apparently the camera cost $3k. To digitally erase someone pulling her from the scene would cost a lot of money no?
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"Fuck you Ebonic! Go back to watching Smallville." How'd I do?
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Usually when a film does better than expected everyone involved get's a nice bonus.
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It's always a toss up between the "I know you are but what am I?" type of reply, and the "My opinions are so persecuted!" reply. But honestly, when is the average movie-hater going to get an internet forum to offer their perspective?
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I think I'm transposing handles again.
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I heard she never 'got em out.'
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Well I don't think a titty fuck scene fit well in the context of the story. Lets refer to them as sweat-puppies then.
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and people think Avatar is going to change the future of movies?
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production movies. 2012 cost 250 million? Bah! Now for that money we'll need to see actual cities destroyed.
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No, it cost $11.00, and every fucking cent is right up there on the screen!
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If it hadn't been for you meddling teens!!
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Cue thousands of tweens, and a few fags, wetting their fucking pants. Then they accuse the rest of us for being assholes for not wetting our pants along with them. What-the-fuck-ever. *eyeroll*
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That movie effectively freaked me out for an entire week after watching it.
The couple featured were complete idiots but they worked. There are people that are just as stupid walking among us. People that would risk they're own asses because they are use to feeling like they can control or handle any situation.
I can't speak for anyone else about this film it seems to have a you either love it or hate it deal going for it. (Like Blair Witch) But for me I thought it was effective.
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Stop trying to live a lie and just take it in the ass. You're a fuckin' fairy and you need to admit it. Look into a career in dance choreography or interior design. Start wearing too-tight pink spandex and anything with glitter on it. No heterosexual man could conceivably find this film "scary". It's just not possible.
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You sir are the percentage of people who are like dogs who fart then act shocked/scared shitless that something happened behind you then.
This movie is the epitome of failure in terms of watchability (outside of her glorious titties). The movie made cash hand over fist solely because a new marketing strategy versus the traditional methods.
I was someone who really wanted to like it as did my fiancee (she's hot by the way since that was a previous discussion also) but it's hard to get into a movie where the characters talk way to fucking much and the scare tactics are to far and few. The scares were fun and different for a change but never scary, if your theatre had the volume up remotely you would hear the ambient noise from the boom mic getting turned up (somewhat of a static noise or low rumble) just before something would "happen". Takes all the scare out of things. -
you see? no one even responds to you any more.you blew your load. you had everyone in the palm of your hand. you had all the attention your pathetic self could ever need, and now you have nothing. you overdid it, and now you're just a self parody that no one even acknowledges.all that's left is to get a new name and start the schtick over again from scratch.pretty sad, man. pretty sad.
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I just don't like them telling me I'm an asshole because I don't piss my pants everytime I hear a thump.
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Nov 30, 2009 4:07:26 PM CST
Fett, you're not an asshole because you don't like the movie
by mattmanreturns
You're an asshole because you call people fags who did like the movie.
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for being petrified by hearing a thump in a movie.
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as her being dragged out of bed screaming down a darkened hallway. Call me a fag all you like, that was some fucked up shit.
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Nov 30, 2009 4:11:21 PM CST
There's nothing wrong with being scared at a movie...
by revenge_of_fett
But it has to actually BE A SCARY MOVIE! Paranormal Activity isn't one of them. In fact, it barely qualifies as a movie.
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You're engaged to the chick from PA? And you still come here to trash her movie? Can she at least score me some free Buca di Beppo's?
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...is to entertain (except possibly for a documentary, which should educate).P.A. entertained me. P.A. stuck in my head for a few days afterwards, and that, TB'ers, is worth double the ticket price I paid.I probably won't rewatch it, as most of the scares are spent after the first time, but I'll pick up the DVD in case I have company over who want to watch something scary.I never jump at things in movies or things in real life, but this movie is one of few that got in my head. It never made me jump, but that's not really a prerequisite of being startled or entertained by a scary movie. This is one of those rare movies I wish I could see again for the first time.
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Some found it scary. Others didn't.
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That is blasphemy! That is madness!
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Damn you man, now i've got a hankerin' for some Buco di Beppo's Lemon Chicken and Cannelloni.
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You see, I can be big enough to admit if someone made a decent movie or not.
Yes, I felt the movie did an effective job at being creepy...
It worked well the first time round in a packed house...Not so much as far as a second viewing.
By the way.. I LOVE MOVIES! NO MATTER WHO MADE THEM OR WHAT THEY COST OR HOW THEY WERE ADVERTISED!
If it's good i'll give props, If it was shit, I wouldn't praise it. Isn't that what aint it cools about?
As far as your Dog Fart remark.... If you and your girl like to play the fart game that's your business. Personally, you shouldn't call her a dog in public but I guess the bitch know what she is.
Why don't you and your fiancee do the rest of us a favor...DO NOT PROCREATE!
I guess that what's really what aintitcools about nowadays?
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"Gold! GOLD! Beautiful marvelous gold!" *impromptu knee-slapping dance*
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that PA didn't scare you. Holy shit, this is the proof of your manliness? This is the last feeling of toughness you muster up? "If you got scared on this movie, you are a pussy!" This is the saddest thing I've ever read. Take candy away from babies and then high five each other, it will look less pathetic.
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She was living in HIS house on HIS dime and driving a car HE paid for. So if he brings in a Ouija Board to the house, she just has to fucking deal or move out. Also he should have thrown her stupid ass out the house when she didn't disclose that a fucking demon has been obsessively following her since childhood.
Finally, he wasn't a dumbass. He was doing what any other guy would do in his situation. Nothing that happened was worth being scared over because the door just opened and closed at night. Big deal. If you paid attention, his attitude changes dramatically once he realizes shit is real. -
If you thought Paranormal Activity was scary then your body is brimming with estrogen...it just IS! Heaven for-fucking-bid you should ever see a mouse you'd probably go into cardiac arrest!A girl got pulled out of bed! Don't you understand how numbingly terrifying that is? I'm going to have to watch A Chorus Line 3 times before I can go to bed now!"
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My reaction was a little different though. I didn't at all hate the film. It was effective, because it plays on everyone's experiences with being alone at home and hearing shit. But my reaction wasn't of fear, I would laugh because certain things reminded me about being by myself. Like when my doorbell rings at 2AM and no one is at the door or when I hear odd noises at home. It's funny, because it happens and you can relate. But is it scary? Not really, but being scared varies for EVERYONE. What I find scary, someone else may not. What someone else finds scary, I may not. They aren't "Fags" it's just the way it is. It's subjective. The bed scene had people screaming, and to me I laughed at how fucking evil the demon was to pull her out the bed. And the finale didn't really work for me because it was in the fucking trailer. As soon as Micah went down the stairs, I knew he would come flying toward the camera. My thing is, the studio lucked out here, instead of throwing 5 million at the guy, how about you take the 5 million and split it up to several new filmmakers to make another microbudget movie that gives a huge return. Also it should be commended that he made a huge hit for 11K. Despite your personal feelings about him or the "stupidity" of the American people, the marketing worked. That's all that matters.
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I just watched "REC". Awesome movie. It shows you how a "reality" movie/found footage can actually be great. Better than PA, BWP & Cloverfield. Rent it, and see for yourself.
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this is going to be SHEEEEEEETTTTTTTTT it cant be wors than paranormal borthom
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as a kid, and there's that one friend who's more frightened than any of the others, and he tries to make up for it by constantly interrupting and trashing the storytelling with macho jokes?
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if your only claim to manliness is not being scared in a horror movie. I'll bet you've never teared up in a movie either, because you're such a man and not at all gay.
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(Looks at non-revealing tastefully done stack of headshots) I need to take new pictures.
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seriously when people are flying through rooms i just loes my shit.
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grossed over $100 million. Guy's probably gotten more blowjobs than all of us put together. All I'm gonna say about that.
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this next project will not be tolerated.
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Nahh, let's have sex. Alien comes. Kills teens. The end.
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Cocksucker.
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For my review of Paranormal Activity and many others check out Sick Picks at http://sickpicks.blogspot.com/
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Not the theatrical version. Anyway, I thought, stupid or not, the characters' behavior was pretty realistic. Young guys are often like that, sort of cocky in the face of fear, especially if someone else is scared and they can use it to feel more powerful. Very typical.For some reason, the only part that I thought was scary was when the light in the closet went on and off, with all that banging. The pull through the door was nifty. I would have kept that fucking door closed, and if I was the girl, demanded to sleep the hell away from it. There is something silly about demonic presences acting that way, banging on shit, and stomping around. It probably would have made more sense if it was a ghost - I can picture a dead person acting like a twat, just not some amorphous "entity". With three toes {???) Speaking of pussies, that psychic needed to man up. WTF was that all about
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1)It worked for you and you enjoyed the good scare. 2)It didn't work for you and you hated it. Arguing between the two is just stupid. The people that hate it will see flaws just to see flaws and the people who liked it will have an actual argument. And if you read anything about the movie before you saw it, then you probably fall into the second category.
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Nov 30, 2009 10:14:36 PM CST
Of course it's been filmed, he FOUND the footage.
by stereotypical evil archer
Duh.
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Nov 30, 2009 10:17:07 PM CST
Good atmospheric scares, frustratingly idiotic characters
by onezeroone
Is it surprising that a movie on such a low budget got the atomsphere right but characters/plot so wrong? Normally one expects it to be other way around.
And please don't give me shit about "people are so idiotic in real life". People are lot more scared than idiotic. One would continute act of bravado if they knew someone was watching and judging them... hmmm... maybe those "characters" knew they were in a movie, huh? Aha, that explains a lot. -
Get back to my nuts
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Thanks for that you dicksuck I didn't see the movie yet.
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but not bones of the bodies.
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Indeed. A more talented filmaker would have been able to think up more logical turns of events to allow the story to unfold a sit did. You should never depend on people behaving out of character or moronically. If you find that you do then it's time for a re-write.
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Dec 01, 2009 12:54:36 AM CST
Peli Should Have Followed Up With A Traditionally Shot Film
by freebeer
Just to show he's not a one trick pony, and that he can actually make a film not reliant on the found footage gimmick
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Dec 01, 2009 12:54:46 AM CST
This is why I don't do the whole 'film buff' thing anymore
by pelhamsim
There's a singular joylessness that comes with being a 'film buff'. True: at no point in Paranormal Activity did I actually jump out of my seat. Partially that's because I'm no longer 12. But, it remains a good, novel horror movie. In a day and age where CGI monsters are meant to scare us, isn't it at least a little refreshing to see a filmmaker try to employ old-school scares? I can almost count on one hand the number of good horror movies that have come out in my lifetime (I'm 25), and people talk shit about a genuinely fresh, original horror movie. I just don't get it...
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horror is a dead genre. It's usually cheap ass or overload gimmick. I don't remember any horror movie I've watched where I went OMG! That's real!!
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whatever happened to being polite enough to add a spoiler warning before saying I like it but and then ruining bits of the movie for those of us who haven't seen it yet? You do realise the movie hasn't been released in autralia yet? That was really poor unprofessional reporting. Thanks for ruining it for me. Idiot!
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I hope that this director gets an actor that can do a Texas accent like the last guy. It was fucking uncanny! It was so amaxing that I felt like I was transported to olden times and surrounded by Texans all speaking their colorful dialect around me! Unbeleevable! Seriously what a shitty movie that was.
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If the movie you were planning to see is ruined by a paragraph in an article, it was always shitty.
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Was it purposeful irony to write that right under my post?
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Well its not like I could have made my post show up sometime later? I kind of had to post right under you? Though I'm not seeing any irony to it?
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I was kind of joking, because my post and opinion on the film is neither love it nor hate it. It worked for me to a degree but I definitely have my reservations.
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I mean it was HIS camera after all. and he proved several times he was more interested in getting proof then anything else (how many times did he go back for the camera, or grab the camera first before doing anything?). Which means he kept the camera in mind most of the time. And I seriously doubt he was going through the trouble of filming everything without intending for people to see it.
And connor187: Not really. You could just photoshop it. all you need is a blank shot of the hallway (which, lets be honest, quite alot of those scenes are full of. and the lighting almost never changes). it would take time but its quite doable. The shot wasn't THAT long in any case. -
the reason it was not believable is that women do not sleep in their bras.
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Ok I see it now. Very well.
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HHHHHHahahahahah thats a good point. I think thats the only good reason I've heard.
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The movie was effective. Nuff said.
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As long as Mr. Oren has learned how to make BELIEVABLE characters that are also LIKABLE, this will be many times better than Paranormal Activity. The increase in budget will also help make the effects superior, but when I imagine this film in my mind, I picture all those "home-video" commercials for the Ratchet and Clank video game those years ago where the teenagers keep trying out all this space-age weaponry.
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As I understood it, the powder wasn't to stop anything, it was simply to see if they would be able to see footprints and get a better understanding of what was going on. One of the problems here is there's a difference between what the viewer believes and what the character believes. We, of course, go in with the understanding that this woman truly is being haunted. But the boyfriend is skeptical, as WE would be if it were a real life situation. Everyone always screams about why a person isn't just taking off, or why they are opening THAT door, because we've already accepted a premise that would be unrealistic to us if it happened in our own lives. I thought Peli got around it quite nicely by having them be told that the demon is following her, and it would not matter if they left the house. So the dude has to decide whether he's going to man up and stay with her.
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"He was doing what any other guy would do in that situation," Are you suggesting all guys in this situation would act like a fucking moron?
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I couldn't believe this chick was sleeping with her bra on either.
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He was filming himself and trying to be funny about it. If anyone tells you that they are being haunted by ghosts, you laugh at them. No matter who they are. Because you know that shit isn't real. Now his whole attitude changes once she is dragged out of the bed and sees that there is a real entity in the house. He is freaked out when he finds her outside. And he reluctantly stays with her when she is scared but wants to stay behind. He sticks it out with her, and that is all realistic. And in the end, when he rushes to her aid, he is killed. So I don't see how he was an asshole the whole movie. People are magnifying his behavior from the start of the film and acting as if he never changed. And any guy on here saying they would not have been a cynic or cracked jokes is a fucking liar. Look how most of you behave on here. How is it different from Micah?
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In the beginning yes he's cracking jokes and dismissing the whole thing as ridiculous. And yes, at the end he gets a little bit freaked to find her outside... But what about everything in between? You're telling me a normal person, after witnessing a ouija board move on its own and spontaneously combust (which is where the REAL danger is- fucking FIRE man!), would STILL continue to say "Don't call the professional, baby, I GOT THIS!"? Really? No normal person is going to say "fuck everyone else, I'll handle it" after seeing something in their house catch on fire and witness footprints appearing out of nowhere. A sane, normal person would choose to go stay with friends or ask friends and loved ones to stay over in the hopes that the events will stop. Or in the very LEAST, CALL THE DAMN PROFESSIONAL! Also, a sidenote, but just about everyone here behaves differently on this site than they do in real-life. That's the difference between us and Micah. He wasn't afforded the luxury of anonymity. "Its like a warm blanket."
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Those were awesome
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I think they are the ads that kickstarted the whole "home-video" style movement that the ad world had going on for awhile, where everything seemed more "real" because it was shot on home video. Other ads included that starburst or skittles home movie of the kid's birthday party where the pinata came to life and started chasing kids. Also, the Nike (I think?) ad where the football quarterback throws the ball the entire length of the football field and the one where Lebron James keeps shooting a basketball and gets farther and farther away until he's on the opposite side of the court and still makes it. There were a lot of others, but I can't recall anymore at the time. Oh yeah, those truck commercials, like the one where the comet hits a pickup truck and its still in one piece, or the truck falls off a cliff and is still together. Then there was one where the Loch Ness Monster popped out of the water and tried to eat it. That "home video" style sure was popular for awhile.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH2dM_LLKJg http://tinyurl.com/6nqcdo This is how I picture this Area 51 movie to look. Unless the aliens are of the monstrous sort instead of the little green men with awesome technology type.
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Too often fantasy/sci fi movies look too pretty for me. Sometimes it's fine, but sometimes I like to feel a real sense of reality in what I'm watching.
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It really made the effects look more realistic and seamless. Unfortunately, toward the tail-end of that advertising trend, once everyone was copying everyone else, I think companies started getting cheap and the effects didn't hold up so much like they did in the beginning.
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Do you NOT take your girlfriend to the emergency room after she gouges her hand with a butcher knife?
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Your just ashamed you had to change your pants halfway through the movie.
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Easily, if the bitch is good enough to walk, she can drive herself. HEY-O!!!!
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I *personally* appear in the end credits for upcoming DVD.
My name on the most profitable movie ever made.
It was fucking great. Even the most nit-picky douchebag 12 year olds like the naysayers on this forum would have to admit to at least 2 to 4 good scares.
The nit pickers here are frightened because it's an accurate depiction of a XBox-live playing, entitled, spoiled Gen Y douchebag confronting a real unknown.
Micah was a fucking idiot-*That was the whole point*.
Like most of the posters left on these talkbacks.
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Did you do that send in your name for the PA end credits, too. So did I. I hope I made it in.
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FUCK. I sent in your name as well?
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Dec 01, 2009 5:20:09 PM CST
Ok PA didn't scare you-this might be more interesting.
by megan_foxs_tool_box
Behold.
The mighty voices of my vengeance smash the stillness of the air and
standasmonolithsofwrathuponaplainofwrithingserpents. Iambecome asas
amonstrousmachineofannihilationtothe festeringfragmentsofthebody [MJDeViant
ebolamonkey REVENGE_of_FETT HelveticaConspiracy]
whowoulddetainme.Itrepentethmenotthatmysummonsdothrideupontheblastingwindswhichmult
iplythestingofmybitterness;andgreatblackslimyshapesshallrisefrombrackishpitsandvomitfo
rththeirpustulenceinto [MJDeViant ebolamonkey REVENGE_of_FETT
HelveticaConspiracy]'spunybrain.
Icallupon
themessengersofdoomtoslashwithgrimdelightthisvictimIhathchosen.Silentisthatvoicelessbi
rdthatfeedsuponthebrainpulpof [MJDeViant ebolamonkey REVENGE_of_FETT
HelveticaConspiracy] whohathtormentedme,and
theagonyoftheistobeshallsustainitselfinshrieksofpain,onlytoserveassignalsofwarningtoth
osewhowouldresentmybeing.
Oh Come forth in the name of Abbadon and destroy [MJDeViant ebolamonkey
REVENGE_of_FETT HelveticaConspiracy] whose name I giveth as a sign.
Ohgreatbrothersofthenight,thouwhomakestmyplaceofcomfort,whoridethoutuponthehotwindsofH
ell,whodwellethinthedevil'sfane;Move and Appear!Presentyourselfsto [MJDeViant
ebolamonkey REVENGE_of_FETT HelveticaConspiracy]
whosustaineththerottennessofthemindthatmovesthegibberingmouththatmocksthejustandstrong
!;rendthatgagglingtongueandclose [MJDeViant ebolamonkey REVENGE_of_FETT
HelveticaConspiracy]'s throat,OhKali!Pierce [MJDeViant ebolamonkey REVENGE_of_FETT
HelveticaConspiracy]'slungswiththestingsofscorpions.ohSekhmet!
Plunge [MJDeViant ebolamonkey REVENGE_of_FETT HelveticaConspiracy]'s
substanceintothedismalvoid, Oh Mighty Dagon!
I thrust aloft the bifid barb of Hell and on its tines resplendently impaled my
sacrifice through vengeance rests!
Shemhamforash!
Hail Satan!
There you go boys, a genuine demonic curse specifically tailored to you. Incidents can take up to 2 or 3 months to occur, and do not necessarily entail a permanent interaction with said entities.
Thanks to Anton LeVay for the copyrighted "Conjuration Of Destruction".
Luckily, this will give you guys plenty of time to get familiar with your new digital cameras which you will be receiving presumably for Christmas.
Do us a favor and post useful tips and tricks for how *you* personally performed your successful exorcisms.
If we don't hear back from you, don't feel bad, because most people of the Generation Y aren't all to familiar with these rites.
Have A Nice Day.
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Dec 01, 2009 6:16:00 PM CST
I already saw my name in the credits-if you follow the link-it s
by megan_foxs_tool_box
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She was holding a cross so tight it cut into her hand.DVader: Didn't he not want to call the demonologist because of the video he found of the failed exorcism (which is what would have had to have been done to rid her of this thing)? Wasn't he afraid that would happen to her?
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