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To celebrate its 15th anniversary, as well as the Halloween season, Blumhouse and AMC Theaters are re-releasing Paranormal Activity as part of AMCs Blumfest. Variety reports AMC and Blumhouse are teaming up for a six-week program focusing on all things horror, which kicks off Sept. 25 with the Paranormal Activity screening. The movie stars Katie Featherstone and Micah Sloat and is directed and written by Oren Peli.

This whole month is a love letter to Halloween and our fans, Jason Blum, founder and CEO of Blumhouse said. I cant believe we're already celebrating the 15th anniversary of Paranormal Activity because it feels like were just getting started.

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AMCs Blumfest is being held in 54 cities in the U.

Something about having a scary movie marathon on a late Autumn night feels so right. It’s the perfect Halloween season activity to enjoy with friends and family. Whether it be campy horror, a ghost story, or a classic slasher, the horror genre has a wide variety of franchises that make for incredible movie marathons.

It’s no secret some horror franchises get a bad rap because, let’s face it, horror sequels can be pretty awful. Still, no proper horror movie marathon is complete without a few unintentionally hilarious bad films to laugh at between the genuinely scary ones. Despite the inconsistent scares, these horror franchises are perfect for late-night movie marathons.

Update October 25, 2023, by Anthony Jeanetta. Late October is ideal for gathering friends and family and having a horror movie marathon. This list is updated to include more of the best horror franchises perfect for a scary movie marathon.

Chicago Fire fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 11 Episode 21 episode titled Change of Plans!

Find out everything you need to know about the Change of Plans episode of Chicago Fire, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

Chicago Fire Change of Plans Season 11 Episode 21 Preview

In this week’s episode, Carver deals with the fallout of his arrest, as the team rallies around him and tries to offer support and guidance. Meanwhile, Brett searches for closure with the baby she rescued, hoping to find some peace and move on from the trauma of the experience.

Elsewhere in the firehouse, Capp weasels his way into the Firehouse 51 group chat, leading to plenty of laughs and unexpected moments. As the team navigates the challenges of their daily lives, they must also grapple with the harsh realities of their...

Welcome to another weekly preview of upcoming Blu-Ray releases! You may notice that we’ve implemented some design changes; sometimes a new look can go a long way.

This week, Hotel Transylvania makes Club Med look like a daycare, the Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Collection explodes onto store shelves, and a slew of Oscar winning short films get a home release.

Ready for this week’s Blu-Ray releases? Then read on.

Hotel Transylvania

Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, and Andy Samberg.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

A computer-animated comedy film directed by the creator of the totally-underrated Samurai Jack. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.

Plot: Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them.

The "Paranormal Activity" movies are credited with taking the terror out of art-directed dungeons and dilapidated bathrooms and putting it right smack dab in the middle of our bedrooms. The "Saw" series raised a white flag of surrender after "Paranormal Activity" took most of the Halloween box office dollars in 2009, bringing an end to Jigsaw's legacy and returning us to the land of lo-fi horror.

Since then, the "Paranormal" series has become something of its own "Saw"-sized franchise, with the fourth installment set to hit theaters this Friday. Somewhat unfortunately (though probably inevitably), the more this decades-spanning haunted house tale expands and explains its increasingly silly mythology, the less scary and interesting it becomes — though we have to give props to the producers for maintaining the low-budget, "found footage" aesthetic that the first film incorporated so brilliantly.

Here's a refresher on all the bumps in the night (and, sometimes,...

It seems like Christmas Halloween comes earlier and earlier every year. We're still neck-deep in the summer blockbuster season, but Paramount Pictures wants you to start thinking about the fall fright season, releasing two new trailers for Paranormal Activity 4, the latest installment in the wildly popular found-footage franchise that might just be the last installment if the tagline "All the activity has led to this..." is any indication.

Paranormal Activity 3 directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman return to helm the fourth chapter, which has fast-forwarded in time to 2011, five years after the events in Paranormal Activity 2 (PA3 was a prequel that took place in 1988). The "activity" that led Katie (Katie Featherston) to kill her boyfriend (Micah Sloat), her sister (Sprague Grayden), and her brother-in-law (Brian Boland), and kidnap her sister's infant son, Hunter, has now appeared to have taken possession (whether literally or figuratively, we can't say) of the young boy,...

The third time is the charm? It certainly charmed the box office (so look out for a fourth) and returned much on the investment. There are some good jump scares, but maybe the formula is a bit too noticeable as well. Again, those box office numbers will negate any criticism since Paramount is laughing all the way to the bank. 2005 . Katie (Katie Featherston) delivers a box of videotapes to her sister Kristi.s (Sprauge Grayden) house. Kristi and her husband Daniel (Brian Boland) dump them in their basement. A year later their house is ransacked and the tapes are missing. Flashback to 1988 . Young Katie (Chloe Csengery) and Kristi (Jessica Tyler Brown) are living...

Producer Oren Peli discusses Paranormal Activity 3 with his cast during the Tea With Toby event

Friday the 13th is a day that always has a special meaning for fans of the horror genre. Last week on that fateful day, I was invited to a tea party in Hollywood to celebrate the successful horror sequel Paranormal Activity 3, which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD January 24. We were joined by producer Oren Peli, cast members Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Chloe Csengery, and Jessica Brown to discuss the past, present, and future of this successful horror franchise. There was even a seat reserved at the table for the evil spirit Toby, although he didn't say much...

Oren Peli, who directed the first Paranormal Activity and has been on board as a producer in the sequels, revealed the franchise continues to be built one movie at a time.

"Well, usually...

Lauren Bittner discovers demons while making a sex tape in Paranormal Activity 3, on Blu-ray January 24th

The highest grossing horror film of 2011 is set to unleash its wicked ways on Blu-ray and DVD, as Paranormal Activity 3 comes home next Tuesday, January 24th. A prequel that finds young Katie and her sister Kristi coming in contact with the supernatural for the first time, this crowd-pleasing thriller proved to be a huge hit amongst fans and critics alike when it took theaters by storm back in October.

To celebrate the upcoming home video release, we chatted with the talented and very beautiful Lauren Bittner, who plays mom to two young daughters terrorized by an unseen demon. For her thoughts on making a sex tape, the impact something like this might have on a real mother's life, and her expectations for the recently announced Paranormal Activity 4, read our conversation below.

The record-breaking franchise that has terrified audiences around the world returns with the scariest story yet as Paranormal Activity 3 debuts on January 24, 2012 from Paramount Home Entertainment in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack with UltraViolet and a Digital Copy. Paranormal Activity 3 will also be available On Demand. "Terrifying" (Time) with "heart-pounding scares" (BloodyDisgusting.com), Paranormal Activity 3 takes audiences back to where it all began with the masterminds behind the first two films returning to craft a hauntingly chilling follow up. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the filmmakers who created the unsettling sensation Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3 achieved the biggest theatrical debut for a horror film ever, ultimately earning more than $200 million worldwide.

Arriving on January 24th, the Paranormal Activity 3 Blu-ray/DVD combo pack includes both the theatrical version of the film and an unrated version with footage not seen in theaters, as well as Lost Tapes...

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: Jan. 24, 2012; DVD Release Date: Feb. 14, 2012

Price: DVD $19.99, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.99

Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment

The third installment of the horror franchise, Paranormal Activity 3 is a prequel of the first two movies, looking at how the, well, paranormal activity surrounding their family began.

Set in 1988, the film watches young sisters Katie (Chloe Csengery) and Kristi (Jessica Tyler Brown) as they make friends with an invisible entity living in their home.

Katie Featherston, Molly Ephraim and Brian Boland return to their roles as the older Katie, Ali Rey and Daniel Rey, respectively, roles Featherston played in both prior movies and Ephraim and Boland introduced in Paranormal Activity 2.

Rated R, the spooky third film, told via security camera footage and home movies, got mixed reviews from critics and audiences, but that didn’t stop Paranormal Activity 3 from racking up $103 million when it was in theaters.

The Blu-ray/DVD Combo pack,...

Paranormal Activity 3 will be released early next year on Blu-ray and DVD, and we have details on what you can expect to see. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, Paranormal Activity 3 will be available on January 24th.

Bonus features have not been revealed at this time, but it is being reported that the film will be released with an “Unrated Director’s Cut”. We expect this version to contain much of the footage that was seen in the trailers, but removed from the theatrical release.

“One of the most frightening franchises is back. Paranormal Activity 3 details how the invisible entity started haunting Katie, played by both Katie Featherston and the young Chloe Cserngey, co-starring Sprague Grayden and Brian Boland.”...

I love the .Paranormal Activity. franchise. The first one intrigued me, the second one scared me, and the third made me believe in the potency of the franchise. So I was happy as a clam to interview the directors of the third installment, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman.

("Paranormal Activity 3" Movie Review)

One of the biggest questions the fans were asking was . how come there were some scenes shown in the trailer that were not shown on the final cut?

But we.ll get to that in a minute.

For now, let.s congratulate Joost and Schulman for keeping the .Paramount Activity. tradition of no gore, just good old-fashioned scares alive!

Oh yeah, and let.s congratulate them too for having the biggest box-office opening for a horror film ever, and for the biggest opening of any film in October!

In this interview, we talked about:

*** What spooked them...

Paramount Pictures has announced a special single night triple-feature of all three Paranormal Activity films back-to-back, only at Regal Cinemas. The films will be played in chronological order, beginning with the most recent Paranormal Activity 3, followed by Paranormal Activity and finishing with Paranormal Activity 2.

The event will be happening tomorrow night, October 28th and will cost the same as a single ticket.

The triple-feature will be playing at select theaters below:

Regal E-Walk (New York, NY)

Regal Ontario Palace (Ontario, CA)

Regal La Live (Los Angeles, CA)

Regal Kaufman Astoria (Astoria, NY)

Regal Fresno Stadium (Fresno, CA)

Regal Irvine Spectrum (Irvine, CA)

Regal Marq*e Stadium (Houston, TX)

Regal Atlantic Station (Atlanta, Ga)

Regal City North (Chicago, Il)

Regal Laguna Village (Sacramento, CA)

Regal Cielo Vista (San Antonio, TX)

Paranormal Activity was released September 25th, 2009 and stars Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer, Crystal Cartwright,...

Chicago – The 47th Chicago International Film Festival wrapped on Oct. 20, 2011 with a spectacular showing of the new film “The Artist”. Over the past two weeks, HollywoodChicago.com has been covering the red carpets and publishing exclusive portraits of the stars and directors.

From red carpets before a film, to perspective tributes on directors and performers, they stood before the lens of HollywoodChicago.com and photographer Joe Arce. Click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through the slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. All images © Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com.

CIFF1: Dennis Farina on the Red Carpet for ‘Last Rites for Joe May,’ October 6th, 2011 CIFF2: Gary Cole, ‘Last Rites of Joe May,’ at 2011 Chicago International Film Festival CIFF3: Billy Zane walks the Red Carpet on Opening Night, October 6th, 2011 CIFF4: Marshall Allman of ‘True Blood’ participates on Opening...

Check out my written review of "Paranormal Activity 3" by clicking here.

Here's more info on "Paranormal Activity 3" from Yahoo:

The Paranormal Activity franchise continues with this third outing from Paramount Pictures. Oren Peli and Jason Blum return to produce the highly secretive feature.

Genres: Suspense/Horror and Sequel

Release Date: October 21st, 2011 (limited)

Distributors: Paramount Pictures

Directed by

Henry Joost

Ariel Schulman

Writing credits

Christopher B. Landon

Oren Peli characters

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Katie Featherston ... Katie

Sprague Grayden ... Kristi Rey

Lauren Bittner ... Julie

Chloe Csengery ... Young Katie

Christopher Nicholas Smith ... Dennis

Jessica Tyler Brown ... Young Kristi Rey

Brian Boland ... Daniel Rey

Dustin Ingram ... Randy Rosen

Mark Fredrichs ... Dr. Fredrichs...

Paranormal Activity 3 Last weekend, people were complaining that the North American box office has been in the doldrums throughout the fall because of a dearth of original, quality movies. Proving those pundits right — as they always are — the third installment of a cheap horror franchise, with a mediocre 60% approval rating among Rotten Tomatoes' top critics, Paranormal Activity 3, has soared to the top of the box-office chart and will likely beat estimates by about $10 million. Co-directed by Catfish's Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, Paranormal Activity 3 was expected to earn around $40 million in the Us/Canada over the weekend. It'll likely take in around $50 million after pulling in $26.23 million on Friday (including $8 million from Thursday midnight screenings) as per The Hollywood Reporter. The film officially cost $5 million, but that's without marketing/distribution expenses. The previous Paranormal Activity flick, aptly titled Paranormal Activity 2, cost a reported $3m — gee,...

This week, Fat Guy Kevin Carr dresses up in a frilly lace cravat and some leather boots, grabs his sword and takes a trip to France to become a Musketeer. Unfortunately, he seems to be almost 400 years too late for those kinds of shenanigans. So he hops the English Channel to become a spy with Mi-7. Of course, no one told him that Mi-7 was actually nothing more than propaganda. So he heads back home for a good night’s sleep, and to make sure that happens, he videotapes himself throughout the house. While he doesn’t witness any paranormal activity, there are many unspeakable things that can be seen on them. Want to hear what Kevin has to say on the Fat Guys at the Movies podcast? Click here to listen as Fozzie Bare from The Podcast Podcast returns to the Magical Studio in the Sky to talk about this week’s movies with Kevin. Paranormal Activity 3...

Paranormal Activity 3 will start screening tomorrow night in most major cities and we have one more clip to help tide you over until then.

Paranormal Activity 3 is directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, and will be released everywhere on October 21st. In case you missed it, we’ve also included the official trailer below:

“One of the most frightening franchises is back. Paranormal Activity 3 details how the invisible entity started haunting Katie, played by both Katie Featherston and the young Chloe Cserngey, co-starring Sprague Grayden and Brian Boland.”...

Paramount Pictures unveiled the third clip for Paranormal Activity 3 last night during Scream Awards 2011. Click on the video player below to watch a new scene where the evil spirit attacks a young man and a little girl in the bathroom.

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Paranormal Activity 3 comes to theaters October 21st, 2011 and stars Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner, Chloe Csengery, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Jessica Brown, Brian Boland, Dustin Ingram. The film is directed by Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman.

Gearing up for tomorrow night's release (at midnight), Paramounr Pictures premiered a new clip from Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman's spooky Paranormal Activity 3> (read 3 reviews) during the Spike TV Scream Awards. The sequel takes to 1988 where young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home. The clip is a scene where a young Katie plays "Bloody Mary" with a babysitter/family friend. Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Chloe Csengery, Mark Fredrichs, Brian Boland, Daniel Rey, Dustin Ingram all star in the supernatural horror opening in theaters this Thursday at midnight.

Breaking the mold of the previous two entries, Paramount has shockingly released a third image from the Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman-directed Paranormal Activity 3 (read 3 reviews) that shows a freakish image of Katie and Kristi in their room, only something is off. The pic takes to 1988 where young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home. Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Chloe Csengery, Mark Fredrichs, Brian Boland, Daniel Rey, Dustin Ingram all star in the supernatural horror opening in theaters this Thursday at midnight. Check back for user reviews this weekend.

Chicago – In our latest highly anticipated horror/mystery edition of the HollywoodChicago.com Hookup, we have 40 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Paranormal Activity 3” plus a free “Paranormal Activity” and “Paranormal Activity 2” DVD for one grand-prize winner! “Paranormal Activity 3” opens in theaters on Oct. 21, 2011.

“Paranormal Activity 3” stars Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Chloe Csengery, Mark Fredrichs, Brian Boland, Dustin Ingram and Jessica Tyler Brown from directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and writers Christopher B. Landon and Oren Peli. This advance screening is on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 at 9 p.m. in downtown Chicago.

To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Paranormal Activity 3” plus for your chance at the grand prize courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com...

After releasing three preview clips earlier this week, a new trailer for the upcoming sequel Paranormal Activity 3 has arrived online to help answer the riddle of what those mysterious clips were about.

The first Paranormal Activity followed Katie (Katie Featherston) and her boyfriend Micah (Micah Sloat) as they attempt to catch the spirit haunting their Southern California home on video, while Paranormal Activity 2 saw that spirit transfer to Katie's sister, Kristi (Sprague Grayden), and her brother-in-law, Dan (Brian Boland). Not to spoil anything, but both movies ignore a "feel-good" ending.

The third installment documents the childhood of both sisters, as their father, much like Micah in the original, places cameras all over the house in an attempt to record the mysterious source of noises and bumps.

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Link | Posted 9/29/2011 by Ryan

Paranormal Activity 3...

Typically, consecutive movies in a franchise have storylines that move forward in time, but the timeline in the Paranormal Activity franchise is a little more complicated than that. The first movie took us into the home of Micah (Micah Sloat) and Katie (Katie Featherston), a young California couple who became obsessed with discovering the source of the strange occurrences in their home, an obsession that ended in demonic possession and death. The "found footage" that comprised the second movie took place before (prequel), during (midquel), and after (sequel) the events in the first movie and revealed that the the entity was transferred over to Katie by her sister, Kristi (Sprague Grayden), and her brother-in-law, Dan (Brian Boland), after it nearly tore their family apart.

The latest movie, Paranormal Activity 3, plays with the timeline even more, setting much (if not all) of the action 18 years before the events depicted in the...

By Sam Weisberg - April 28, 2011

No actor has mastered the art of muttering obscenities under his breath more expertly than Dennis Farina. In “Get Shorty,” “Snatch” and other films about low-life criminals, Farina, with his eagle-eyed glare, Charles Bronson-like mustache and clenched-teeth diction, has stolen every scene he’s in merely by spouting off an array of expletives. “The fucking airport,” he barks at a cab driver in “Get Shorty,” disgusted at being put upon to give simple directions. His every eyebrow twitch, stiff-necked shrug and sarcastic overemphasis on every word—as if he’s already explained what he’s saying three times—deliver the message: “I don’t give an inch for you—you give an inch for me.”

Happily, Farina’s signature macho style is put to good use for much of “The Last Rites of Joe May.” But the film, directed and written by Joe Maggio,...

Paranormal Activity 2 serves as a prequel to the first film bringing back our familiar couple (Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) plus some new faces. Kip Williams takes over the reigns for this second outing as original director Oren Peli steps over to the producer’s chair.

To me Pa-2 takes a long time to get moving and I’ll confess I took a nap for about 20 minutes. Don’t get me wring, when the movie gets going it gets good. The security cameras set up all through the house make for an interesting view for the audience and plays an important part in the movie.

The new characters in this are a couple, their teenage daughter and a baby, which also plays a major part in the story and creepy scenes. The creepiness is amped up a level for this one but still stays true to the original. You lean...

Paranormal Activity 2

Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Brian Boland, Sprague Grayden | Written by Michael R. Perry | Directed by Tod Williams

Handheld camera? Check. Creepy soundtrack? Check. Spirits more haunting than before? Check. And it’s a sequel, well, prequel. Yes, we are now ready to experience the next chapter in the Paranormal Activity story. This time being set before the antics that took place on our screens last year, this film will more than likely bring you to tears, make you leave the cinema or just leave you an utterly paranoid.

There’s something about this film that brings with it a real sense of fear. The technique it uses has been done before and the story is a familiar one to us. But there is no doubt in my mind this is the scariest film I have possibly seen- And I love horrors. Without an inch of exaggeration, I...

Paranormal Activity 2 is being released on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital copy in a nifty new combo pack guaranteed to scare your pants off. This is great news because the horror genre has been on a bit of a decline in recent years. The only real entries in this genre have been the numerous Saw films. Paranormal Activity and its follow-up Paranormal Activity 2 are fresh and original stories offering audiences genuine scares proving to the world that the horror genre is not just limited to gory torture porn.

Taking place a few weeks before the first Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2 serves as a prequel to the hit film. An ordinary family, the Rey’s house is burglarized one day causing the father Dan (Brian Boland) to have surveillance cameras installed. He does this for the welfare of his family especially for the protection of his baby boy Hunter.

There are several horror titles releasing on DVD and Blu-Ray today. The most notable releases for Tuesday, February 8th include Wes Craven's poorly received My Soul to Take, a chilling production from France titled High Lane, Anchor Bay Entertainment's I Spit on Your Grave and finally, Paranormal Activity 2. This last title has already confirmed a sequel, with High Lane standing out amongst these titles. High Lane promises double terror from terrific heights and from socially isolated cannibals. Have a look at each of the titles below, with special features attached to each (if available).

High Lane

A synopsis...

"A group of friends on vacation decide to venture onto a trail high up in the mountains that has been closed for repairs. The climb proves more perilous than planned. Especially as they soon realize that they're not alone. This adventure will turn into a nightmare."

Release Date: February 8th,...

Check out the titles out on Blu-Ray and DVD this week.  Some comedy, horror, and drama films in the mix.  Is there anything you want to see again?

Life As We Know It - Two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident.  The movie stars Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel.

It's Kind of a Funny Story - A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward. It stars Zack Galifianakis, Emma Robers, Lauren Graham, and Kier Gilchrist.

For Colored Girls - Tyler Perry's latest film featuring an all-black cast, based on poems and stage play.  Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women.  It stars Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Anika Noni Rose, Thandie Newton, Whoopi Goldberg,...

2010 - 91 mins. - Rated Rd: Tod Williams

C: Brian Boland, Sprague Grayden, Molly Ephraim, Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Seth Ginsberg, Vivis Cortez  

A family that has had their home vandalized slowly comes to realize that a demonic presence may be at work terrorizing them in at first a subtle way, but growing more violent as the days pass.

Last year there was the phenomena known as Paranormal Activity that spooked audiences and made some pretty scary coin at the box office. So how how does this sequel measure up? Viewers that dug what the first one did, will be pleased with this. It treads the same formula as the original and doesn't divert away from what worked in the first film. For those less enamored, the above mentioned reasons as to why fans will like this entry, will also be the exact same reason as to why it doesn't work.

Starring: Sprague Grayden, Brian Boland, Katie Featherston

Director: Tod “Kip” Williams

The Scoop: “Paranormal” lightning strikes a second time with its tiny budget and big screams. This is actually a prequel, and follows Dan and Kristi (Katie from the first film’s sister) as they bring their new baby home, only to find a demonic presence attempting to tear their newfound bliss apart.

Special Features: Teaser trailer, found footage

*NextMovie Staff Pick* | Rated R, 91 min. | Watch the trailer...

We are very giddy this week because a couple of titles that are near and dear to our hearts will be available for you folks to take home.

While we had gone on ad nauseam about the spectacular second Paranormal Activity demonic home invasion film, you can now watch it in your own house over and over again. Your home surveillance camera videos may never be the same again! We are also treated to not one, but both I Spit on Your Graves - the original from the 1970s and the new remake of a gritty film which may be disturbing to some but nonetheless empowering.

The other titles released this week from our genre may not be as beloved, but they are worth mentioning for the completists out there. Maybe they make better sense when viewed in the safety of one's home.

Paranormal Activity 2 (Blu-ray Review)

Directed by...

A look at what's new on DVD today:

"Tesis" (1996)

Directed by Alejandro Amenabar

Released by Widowmaker Films

Long out of print, "The Others" director Alejandro Amenabar's debut about a grad student's discovery of a snuff film is being remastered and rereleased by Widowmaker Films.

"Alice in Murderland" (2011)

Directed by Dennis Devine

Released by Brain Damage Films

A year after Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" scared the bejeezus out of kids in multiplexes everywhere, this horror take on Lewis Carroll's classic fairy tale aims to do so intentionally on DVD players around the country.

"America, America" (1963)

Directed by Elia Kazan

Released by Fox Home Entertainment

Elia Kazan's most personal film based on the story of his uncle's immigration to the United States from Turkey, where as a Greek his family is persecuted, was already released as part of last year's Kazan boxed set, but now will be...

Paranormal Activity 2 (Blu-Ray)Paramount Home Entertainment2010/Rated R & Unrated/91 & 98 minsList Price $39.99 – Available February 8, 2011You know how it goes: movie makes a ton of money, Hollywood figures, “let's make another one.” In the case of Paranormal Activity, it was a phenomenal success having been acquired by Paramount/Dreamworks for $350,000, ultimately earning $194 million at the box-office worldwide. Oren Peli's independent supernatural horror film is one of the most profitable movies every made based on return on investment. The weekend the film opened nationwide, it managed to beat the latest installment of Saw, another horror series that also originally began as a small independent outing. Sprague Graydon (TV's “24”) makes a more convincing lead as Katie's sister Kristi. Though Peli's film featured a handful of effective scares, it failed to work for me personally. Movies with irritating characters who react to bizarre situations in the dumbest way possible tend to annoy me. While...

Paranormal Activity 2 was a major box office success for Paramount Pictures, with a profit ratio of 30:1 ($30 return for every $1 invested). Now, this title will spend some time haunting DVD and Blu-Ray store shelves February 8. 28Dla writer Ed Sum gave this film some chides in a review found here: Paranormal Activity 2 Review. Yet, the film's teaser shows some supernatural intrigue. This clip can be found here: Paranormal Activity 2 Teaser.

Apparently, the film will be available in three formats including a 2 disc Blu-Ray version. The formats will have bonus features, including: unrated portions, found footage and trailers. The full list of special features is inside, for your perusal.

The synopsis for Paranormal Activity 2 is here:

"The chillingly realistic prequel to 2009’s horror phenomenon chronicles the frightening days leading up to the events of the original film, marking the return of Katie, Micah and the terrifying and malevolent presence that’s torturing them.

To celebrate the recent release of spook fest 'Paranormal Activity 2' here in UK theatres and the premiere of the movie that started it all, 'Paranormal Activity', to begin it's run on the Sky Movies Premiere Channel on 13 November 2010 at 10:15pm we are giving you the chance to win a fantastic Panasonic SD60 HD Camcorder! Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, David Bierend, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Seth Ginsberg, Sprague Grayden, William Juan Prieto and Jackson Xenia Prieto all star in the follow-up which you can catch in theatres now!...

Paranormal Activity 2 Directed by: Tod Williams Written by: Michael R. Perry, Christopher Landon, Tom Pabst (screenplay), Michael R. Perry (story) Starring: Molly Ephraim, Sprague Grayden, Brian Boland Paranormal Activity 2 is inferior to its predecessor — few sequels aren’t. I could rag on it for regurgitating the ideas and scenarios that made the original such a memorable theater experience, but what’s more interesting to me is where it goes right. Very few people awaited this found footage follow-up with any degree of anticipation, and with a conspicuous absence of the advance screenings that so stoked public interest in the first, Paranormal Activity 2 was, to all appearances, shaping up to be an unmitigated disaster. Turns out it was plain bad marketing. PA2 might actually be the most conceptually creative sequel since J.J. Abram’s Star Trek reboot. Like that film, this is chronologically a prequel, with the ill-fated original stars,...

Directed by: Tod Williams

Written by: Michael R. Perry, Christopher B. Landon, Tom Pabst

Cast: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Brian Boland, Sprague Grayden, Molly Ephraim, Tim Clemens

The problems of Kristi Rey and her small San Diego family are just beginning.

Kristi has just born a new son named Hunter, and the numerous video clips of Hunter's initial days, along with her husband Dan and step-daughter Ali, show a reasonably typical and well-adjusted family. Time passes, and Hunter grows some hair and manages his first baby steps. It's a happy time for all involved.

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Guest blogger Ed Sum has some insightful things to say about the latest Paranormal Activity film, which released in theatres this weekend. Have a listen:

Director: Tod Williams.

Writer: Michael R. Perry.

If there was ever a time a movie is looking like it’s stalled, Paranormal Activity 2 is one that needs help moving along. Even on a racetrack, what is heard is not just the sound of deafening engines; it is that of a sputtering vehicle.

What is wrong with this film is in its execution. There are six locked cameras and a roaming one. To watch them all is as exciting as working graveyard shift in security for the Sears Tower. Is it over yet? Better yet, can one sit down and read a book instead of keeping an eye on everything?

There are better ways to pace this film, like splitting the screen to show several cameras at one time.

This is the Pure Movies review of Paranormal Activity 2, starring Katie Featherstone, Micah Sloat, Brian Boland, Sprague Grayden, Molly Ephriam, and directed by Tod Williams. Reviewed by Suki Ferguson. Part of the thrill of Paranormal Activity’s debut last autumn was that no-one had a very clear idea of what to expect from it. Everyone heard rumours that it was scary, but it looked so budget that this hardly seemed credible. The surprise that followed was a nasty one, but in the best possible way. A sequel therefore has two handicaps from the word go: firstly, the audience already knows what the jeopardy is, and how any havoc will be wrought. Secondly, the success of the original film was so great that the law of diminishing returns seems almost inevitable.

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office. Paramount Pictures' Paranormal Activity 2 took over the box office this weekend, earning an estimated $41.5 million from 3,216 theaters. It's a new record for a horror movie, surpassing the $40.6 million set by the Friday the 13th remake in 2009. Made for just $3 million, the Tod Williams-directed film starring Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim and Sprague Grayden, averaged an impressive $12,904 per location. The 2009 original opened to $77,873 from 12 theaters and then expanded wide with $21.1 million this same...

Paranormal Activity 2

Directed by Tod Williams

Starring Sprague Grayden, Katie Featherston, Brian Boland, Molly Ephram, Micah Sloat

Paramount Pictures

Release date: October 22, 2010

It should be noted that a majority of this review was typed on a smartphone while sitting in the theater waiting for something to happen. Okay not really, but it could have been done that way given the amount of down time viewers have between scary parts of Paranormal Activity 2.

It came as no surprise that after the original ultra-low budget original film made millions worldwide that Hollywood would try to capture lightning in a bottle a second time with a sequel. While others have done the same before with weak results (Blair Witch anyone?), it's likely Paranormal Activity 2 will get the same reaction as the first... because it Is the same as the first.

The first important detail the previews left out is that this sequel is,...

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Paranormal Activity 2

Directed by: Tod Williams

Cast: Sprague Grayden, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim

Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Rating: R

Release Date: October 22, 2010

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Plot: Someone breaks in to a family’s house. This leads the family to install security cameras around the house and the footage that is captured leads them to think there is a demon in the house.

Who’S It For? The type of scares are very similar to the first Paranormal Activity, so if that worked for you, this one should as well. There are some story elements in the first that carry over so I recommend seeing the original first.

Overall

Second verse, same as the first … almost. Does everyone remember Katie? Well, she has a sister. Things start off in Paranormal Activity 2 in a nice,...

Paranormal Activity 2

Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Brian Boland, Sprague Grayden | Written by Michael R. Perry | Directed by Tod Williams

Handheld camera? Check. Creepy soundtrack? Check. Spirits more haunting than before? Check. And it’s a sequel, well, prequel. Yes, we are now ready to experience the next chapter in the Paranormal Activity story. This time being set before the antics that took place on our screens last year, this film will more than likely bring you to tears, make you leave the cinema or just leave you an utterly paranoid.

There’s something about this film that brings with it a real sense of fear. The technique it uses has been done before and the story is a familiar one to us. But there is no doubt in my mind this is the scariest film I have possibly seen- And I love horrors. Without an inch of exaggeration,...

Paranormal Activity 2 is the Prequel / Update to last years blockbuster hit Paranormal Activity. In this film we get a background on what led to the events in the first film. We have the two characters from the first film Katie & Micah and also Katie’s family…her sister, brother-in-law, niece, nephew, their dog, niece’s boyfriend and of course the Demonic force with a bit more attitude this time around. This was filmed in the same first person perspective as the first one with footage from security cameras. It has a bit more shock value than the first, but I don’t think it really surpasses the first film scare wise.

The people behind Paranormal Activity 2 clearly learned a lesson from the debacle of Blair Witch 2: Book Of Shadows; they’ve hewed scrupulously close to the original film in style and tone. The result is probably the...

Seen on: October 21, 2010

The players: Director: Tod Williams, Writer: Michael R. Perry, Cast: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Sprague Grayden

Facts of interest: Budget estimated at around $2.8 million.

The plot: Weird stuff is happening in a family home in California.

Our thoughts: It only took one year for a sequel to Oren Peli’s excellent hit horror flick “Paranormal Activity” to arrive in theaters, and now “Paranormal Activity 2” is already en route to box office glory. Sure, this second installment boasts a decent level of suspense and a series of unexpected loud noises, but at the end of the day, it’s by far not as captivating or surprising as its scary predecessor.

Perhaps it is impossible to capture lightning in a bottle, but do not tell Paramount Pictures that because they damn near did it. Paranormal Activity 2 may not relish in the “Demand It!” campaign that made its forebear such a hit, but in many ways, the film is equal to the task of giving you the midnight willies and providing a handful of scares that will make the entire theater gasp. This feels less like something born of the success of the first film and slapped together, but as if they took notes and cues from audiences, and gave them an extra helping of what they wanted. More scares spaced throughout that begin early, a better and larger cast of characters, and a storyline that builds onto the existing premise. The only fumble is the abrupt end, which feels more like a whimper than the bang at the end of the first.

A scene from Paranormal Activity 2

Photo: Paramount Pictures A year ago Paranormal Activity was the $11,000 film that could and I absolutely loved it. Made on a minuscule budget, the film went on to make over $107 million at the domestic box-office and a sequel was all but inevitable. Thirteen months later Paranormal Activity 2 is here, intent on copying the home video formula that made the first film such a success. Using props such as a German Shepherd and an infant, this film takes advantage of familiar horror film cliches for its scares rather than what felt like innovative storytelling with the original. Granted, the sequel does have its share of jump-enducing moments, but beyond that this isn't anything more than just a copy of any number of films we've seen using first person camerawork to tell its story.

The first film, written and directed by Oren Peli, centered on...