EntertainmentStreamingChilling horror with 83% on Rotten Tomatoes to depart Netflix next monthIt’s less Christmas Activity, more Paranormal ActivityWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
EntertainmentStreamingChilling horror with 83% on Rotten Tomatoes to depart Netflix next monthIt’s less Christmas Activity, more Paranormal ActivityWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
It’s less Christmas Activity, more Paranormal Activity
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Done with your festive feelings for the Christmas holiday period? Well, you will be if you go with today’s select movie cut as part ofT3’s 12 Days of Streaming, where we bring you a classic flick that’s either arriving or departingthe best streaming servicesimminently.
In horror more than perhaps most genres, it’s always hard to predict when a micro-budget movie might come along and completely change the landscape with new ideas. But that’s exactly whatParanormal Activitydid. It was a smash hit when it released in 2007, and after chilling onNetflixfor the last year (and we don’t mean Netflix’n’chill), it’s set to depart the service here in the UK on 10 January 2024.
That means you don’t have long to watch it without having to pay a rental fee, and should place it smack-bang on your list of movie options over this holiday period. Especially if you’re done with, y’know, sleeping in. Call it practice for getting back up for work. You’re welcome.
Its footage comes, ostensibly, from a camera that its starring couple sets up to film their night-time slumber in the hopes of dismissing the idea that they’re in any way haunted. Without getting too pretentious, this feels eerily prescient given how many of us now have smart home cameras dotted around that could do the very self-same thing.
The franchise might not have launched many acting careers, but the way it uses its limited budget is pretty exemplary and at times nice and inventive. Indeed, critics agreed, awarding it arespectable 83% Rotten Tomatoes score.
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It’s a movie all about the slow burn, as you slowly see creepier and creepier goings-on, and has a gonzo ending for the ages, but there’s a reason it spawned half a dozen (admittedly terrible) sequels to date –Paranormal Activitycaptured some sort of lightning in a bottle, for sure.
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Plus, speaking for ourselves, there’s something special about watching a slightly corny but nonetheless pretty frightening horror movie in the wee hours around the holidays – when the older folks have gone to bed, say, or if you want to watch something that doesn’t demand too much brainpower. Or you’re just plain done with Santa and flashing lights over people’s doorways. Go on, go spook yourself rotten.
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