The Ending of Paranormal Activity is Awesome

Paranormal Activity is one of the biggest horror franchises of the 21st century and is also one of the most polarising films there is. People either love or hate this movie, it's either the scariest thing they've ever seen or it's stupid as hell. I'm sort of split down the middle, a lot of the film is just them sat down and talking about the ghost with a loud bang every now and again. However, the ending of this movie is one of the best horror moments i've seen.

The ending is almost completely unseen by the audience, Katie goes downstairs, begins screaming bloody murder, Micah goes after her, he begins screaming bloody murder and then...everything goes silent in an instant. Suddenly, we begin to hear footsteps, slowly coming closer and the BANG! Micah's body is thrown into the camera, Katie comes back in, possessed by the demon, destroys the camera.

What makes it so effective is the fact that you don't see any of it actually happening, the camera remains in the room and you have to use your imagination to think of what could be happening down there, and those are the best kind of scares. Our imagination is scarier than anything they could show on screen because we picture what would terrify us specifically, what would make us react like that in our situation? And then there's that slow build up of something coming up the stairs, you have no idea what it is, why it's coming upstairs, but the only thing up there worth notice, is you. Then when the demon comes in, that's when it happens, the demon looks directly at the camera, for the first time ever, acknowledging us, and with Micah and Katie gone, who is it's next target? Us.

The movie as a whole may not be that scary, but this is one of the most affective endings to a horror film i've seen...that is until the Marked Ones ruined the mystery of it all. Man fuck that movie.

-Danny