Slamdance Film Festival 2010

Paranormal Activity is a terrifying supernatural thriller featuring shocking footage of a demonic haunting. Katie and Micah were enjoying a happy, carefree life. Their future looked promising until bizarre events began occurring at night. Katie was no stranger to paranormal phenomena – she had been stalked by a malevolent entity since childhood, and she feared that it had followed her to their new home. They purchased a video camera to find out what was happening at night as they slept.

Over the course of three weeks in September & October of 2006, they ran nightly surveillance and captured indelible proof on home video, which has been edited into the feature film Paranormal Activity.

"Watching Paranormal Activity scared me so much I had to sleep with the lights on for the next three nights. Even to this day, as I climb into bed, some part of me wonders if I will awaken in the middle of my slumber to find a shadowy figure hovering at the foot of my bed."

- Dylan Haggerty, Programmer