Steven Spielberg Helped Make This Found Footage Horror Film Even Scarier
Few modern films have given Hollywood a much-needed adrenaline rush quite like Paranormal Activity. Shot in just seven days with a meager $15,000 budget, Oren Peli's 2009 haunted house sensation became an unexpected and massive hit, reviving the found footage genre and spawning a franchise.
Thoroughly spooked and believing the DVD itself was haunted, Spielberg is said to have returned it to the DreamWorks offices in a trash bag. But impressed and shaken as he was, he had some thoughts about Paranormal Activity's ending and how to most effectively impact viewers with a terrifying send-off.
The Shocking Final Cut Ending to 'Paranormal Activity' Leaves More to the Imagination Unsettling as the original ending is, it simply doesn't pack the same punch that Spielberg's alternate ending does. Peli's ending is undeniably creepy, inviting audiences to envision what's happening offscreen as Katie's friend, Amber , leaves a concerned message on the answering machine and ultimately discovers lifeless Micah's body.
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