Fairlia Carr

Paranormal Activity Review

by Fairlia Carr

“Paranormal Activity” 2009

Paramount Pictures Presents a Blumhouse Production
Written and Directed by: Oren Peli
Cast: Katie: Katie Feathers, Micah: Micah Sloat, Psychic: Mark Fredrichs, Amber: Amber Armstrong & Girl on Internet: Ashley Palmer
Rated “R” For Language
Run time 89 Minutes

This movie is the debut for Katie Feathers and Micah Sloat. The stars of the movie use their own names.

Micah buys a video camera to capture the paranormal activity that is occurring in the home while they sleep & to document some of the daily occurrences related to the activity.

When Katie decides to contact Psychic Mark for answers he comes to the home for a consultation. She reveals that she has been haunted by a demon her whole life who now follows her. The first time she saw it she was eight years old at the end of her bed. Mark tells her that this is not a haunting and to get help from a friend because demons are not his area of expertise. Katie does not call because Micah doesn’t think she needs at first and by the time she does call he is not available.

Micah never takes this is as seriously as he should and even brings home an Ouija board which helps intensify the activity happening in the home. Increasing to the point that Katie no longer wants to stay in the home. Just as Micah agrees it has become apparent it is too late. That the demon leads to Katie becoming possessed.

I found the movie to be a bit slow paced for my taste because for a movie that is almost an hour and half it takes thirty minutes before anything that could be thought of as paranormal was revealed.

Each time another episode occurs it becomes greater in magnitude compared to the last time. Some of the things that occurred might be easily explained while some things would not be able to so easily dismiss or debunk.

The movie style is like “The Blair Witch Project” and many viewers of “Paranormal Activity” thought it was a true story but it is based loosely on some actual events.

I still recommend seeing the movie now available on DVD when you rent or buy it you can see the alternate ending. In fact I am not sure which ending I like better because both are equally disturbing.

This movie is a great movie to watch in the dark because of the many night time scenes for better viewing.

Final Rating    B

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Children of the Grave
Sci-Fi Channel Special
A Booth Brothers Film/Documentary 2007
Featuring; Keith Age, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, John Zaffis, Steven La Chance,

Troy Taylor, Greg Myers and The Paranormal Task Force.
by Annette Munnich

Children of the Grave is a documentary about hauntings by children. This film focuses on locations in the midwestern United States. The Paranormal Task force, along with assorted prominent paranormal personalities, take the viewer on an intriguing journey exploring the unknown.

The film begins with Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana, where nearly 700 children from four local orphanages were buried in a mass unmarked grave. The investigation continues in Indiana at the Orphan’s Asylum and the School of the Blind.
Bartonville State Asylum and Cemetery in Peoria, Illinois is featured as well as the very creepy Pythian Castle in Springfield, Missouri. The latter part of the investigation moves to Zombie Road in St. Louis, where a photograph of children’s shadows is captured among the trees.

This Booth Brothers creation is a chilling must-see for people with an interest in ghosts, hauntings, the paranormal and all that lies beyond. It’s well made, entertaining, interesting and I give it a thumbs up.

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Estate of Panic

Wednesdays 10pm EST Sci-Fi Channel

by Annette Munnich

“In a remote land there is a legend about this grand estate with tales of incredible riches hidden within but the house does not want to give it up…”

Estate of Panic premiered Wednesday November 12th following Ghost Hunters on the Sci-Fi Channel. This show is hosted by Steve Valentine who was formerly on the  television series Crossing Jorden. Steve Valentine is a gifted illusionist as well as a well rounded actor. This time he is on a creepy game show that is a crazy wild ride of excitement and hysteria.

Estate of Panic is set in an old stately mansion. Seven contestants participate and the rules are simple. Each room they are sent to is loaded with cash ranging from one dollar bills to hundred dollar bills. If a contestant is the last one to leave a room they are locked in and out of the game. Also the contestant who collects the least amount of money is eliminated. So two players are lost for each room.

The twist to this is that the rooms are filled with unknown terrors as well as treasure.  Anything could be awaiting behind each door including walls that close in, snakes, electrical shocks and floods of icy water. As for me personally, I wouldn’t do it unless I was so broke I was selling my own blood However being a fan of reality TV and a viewer of Fear Factor, I found this show irresistible. I think it could have some real staying power if they are creative enough to keep it fresh and delightfully insane.

Steve Valentine is assisted by his butler on the show, Rupert, who collects and counts the money. The last person is placed in a vault where the compartments are filled with money and surprises both bad and good. Escaping the vault in the allotted time gives the winner all the money collected by everyone throughout the whole show.

I think this show is a winner.

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Ghost Adventures

Friday nights 9pm EST

by Annette Munnich

Ghost Adventures is a new series on the Travel Channel featuring the team of Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and equipment technician Aaron Goodwin.This show is written and researched by Jeff Belanger.

I think we have reached the pinnacle here. I’m not sure how paranormal television can get much scarier than this program showing three young men having themselves locked in for the night at famously haunted locations. They enter at dusk and leave at dawn with no camera crew. Simply and dangerously on their own. Zak taunts the ghostly inhabitants for maximum effect.

The show premiered October 17th and there have been two episodes so far. The first was at Bobby Mackey’s in Wilder, Kentucky which has a sign that warns patrons that the place is haunted. Bobby Mackey’s is a country and western bar that was a slaughterhouse at one time. There is a well on the premises that was the scene of satanic worship and sacrifice that is referred to as Hell’s Gate. A young girl  named Pearl was murdered and beheaded and the killers were tracked to the well where her head was deposited. Also on the premises a girl named Johanna committed suicide after her lover was killed. In recent history a maintenance worker named Carl became possessed and required six hours of exorcism. Zak was attacked by malevolent forces on this episode and had long scratches on his back. At the end of the episode he consults with Bishop James Long, ArchBishop at St. Christopher’s Old Catholic Church, who has performed many exorcisms across the country. Bishop James gives his warning that Zak is playing with fire.

The second episode takes the team to Houghton Mansion in North Adams, Massachussetts. The home is haunted by the Houghton family plus their driver. An automobile accident claimed the life of A.C. Houghton’s daughter Mary and the driver shot himself due to remorse. Ten days later A.C. Houghton himself dies. There is also the spirit of a little girl in the basement. To make things creepier the house is now a Masonic Temple that has an electric chair and a bed of nails on the premises. The house is possibly cursed as it has a stone wall on the property that came from a mine where 200 men lost their lives.

I would say this is the edgiest paranormal show on television. I don’t know if anyone could possibly top this or if anyone should attempt to try.

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