As Paramount continues to beat the dead horse that is the Paranormal Activity<\/i> franchise, part of their promotion for the latest installment involved a prank “open house” in which potential buyers experienced spooky-seeming events. They were able to use the house that Oren Peli used in the original film, which was a nice touch.<\/p>\n
My thoughts on this:<\/p>\n
– I’m legitimately surprised that nobody broke their leg and\/or neck fleeing down the stairs, particularly the women in heels. I’d like to know how Paramount got this past their liability lawyers.<\/p>\n
– As The Robot’s Voice<\/a> points out, “Note that every single one of these participants does what NOBODY in a movie does when shit gets crazy \u2013 leave the house immediately.” Yeah; most horror movies would be five minutes long if everybody acted rationally<\/a>.<\/p>\n – With the exception of the breaking mirror, which I assume was done with a big projection screen, most of these effects would be reasonably easy to DIY. It’d be fun to rig a few of them and blow houseguests’ minds (doubly so if you keep insisting that there’s nothing unusual going on).<\/p>\n