Not too long ago, we brought you the news that Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli had started moving forward with his next project, Area 51, with the casting of three virtually unknown actors. At the time, Peli was trying to keep the plot of the movie tightly under wraps. Well, Peli continues to want to [...]

I recently sat down and watched Amanda Gusack’s In Memorium, and found it to be just as enjoyable as Oren Peli’s smash success Paranormal Activity. You can read my review of the film right here. I also had the chance to briefly interview the screenwriter/director about the state of In Memorium and the possibilities for [...]

Well, maybe not quite alien, but certainly unknown. Although his name is associated with the most buzzed about film this fall, Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli isn’t falling into the trappings of Hollywood just yet. For his next film, Area 51, Peli has cast three unheard of actors. Out of Reid Warner, Darrin Bragg, and [...]

Is it possible to hold a film like Amanda Gusack’s In Memorium in a truly objective, critical light after seeing Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity? I would have to say probably not, considering that’s the first question I asked myself when sitting down to write this. But here’s the thing: In Memorium, a haunting film that [...]

After seeing a whirlwind of success in its first month domestically, Paranormal Activity is ready to see if it can garner the same attention abroad. Since much of the buzz about the film was stirred up via the internet, an easily accessible medium for global audiences, international distributors are hoping to see similar box office [...]

You can make a hundred comparisons between Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity and that monumental symbol of the hype machine, The Blair Witch Project. The similarities are obvious: both are essentially ghost stories, told from faux-documentary video footage. Both have small casts of nobodies, first-time directors, and most critically, both have witnessed huge theatrical success despite [...]

Oren Peli’s horror flick Paranormal Activity has garnered such unexpected success that Paramount Pictures is expanding the film’s showings for already the second time since its theatrical release. The movie was originally released in a select few big cities in the U.S., quickly selling out screenings and eliciting positive reviews. The film met with such [...]

This past weekend, debut director, writer, producer and editor Oren Peli’s low-budget horror film Paranormal Activity was released in a few big cities to pretty great reviews and many  unexpected sold out midnight screenings, proving that the film is playing well to its target audience: college kids and high school kids up past their bedtime. [...]