@ the Movies...Paranormal Activity
Not since The Blair Witch Project has a movie forced so many unsuspecting viewers to sleep with the lights on BY EMIL TIEDEMANN T OSSING and turning in my bed, alone at night, I kept imagining that some alter-dimension entity would tug my shielding blanket from my grip and then toss me around the room at its disposal. That's how I slept the night I paid 12 dollars and 50 cents to see Paranormal Activity at the Scotiabank Theatre ( West Edmonton Mall ), the only one in the city playing the do-it-yourself terror flick that was made for a reported $15,000. Israeli-born filmmaker Oren Peli (2010's Area 51 ) directed, scripted and even edited his cinematic inauguration, which is being hailed as the suburban Blair Witch Project , due to their familiar style of shooting and techniques. The one-time video game designer filmed the entire 86-minute movie at his own home in San Diego, using a hand-held home video camera to offshoot expenses and, of course, to induce an atmosphere of p...