I work at home, so I love Twitter: it's a great way to break up the monotony of one room, one laptop and eight hours. If you're a user, you know that on the right-hand side of the page there's a list of "Trending Topics" -- frequently used phrases, frequently marked with a hash...
Since "Paranormal Activity" stomped all over "Saw VI" at the box office this weekend, it was only a matter of time before someone wrote about how creativity and risk-taking are rewarding, shaking up Hollywood and reminding executives not to write off the audience. So thank you, Patrick...
Horror is in a strange place right now. In a genre currently steeped in remakes, "Paranormal Activity" has become the first original nail-biter to break through to the masses since "Saw," whose sixth installment showed its (and torture porn in general's) age by coming in second...
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Filed under: The Blair Witch Project, Eli Roth, Zeitgeist, Paranormal Activity, Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, Ti West, Dead and Lonely, The Haunting in Georgia, Mark Borchardt, Screamfest, House of the Devil, Noah Segan, Larry Fessenden, Judah Friedlander, Lauren Moews
If you'd ever doubted, after what's become of Comic-Con, that "fanboys" are everyone's new favorite demographic, then consider a new study that tries, earnestly, to pin down those elusive creatures of the night who like to watch orcs and vampires skulk through the recesses of the...
"Paranormal Activity" -- the low-budget heir apparent to "The Blair Witch Project," allegedly terrifying audiences into fleeing midway in fear, as opposed to the usual disgust -- has won itself a nationwide release this weekend. Paramount's marketing campaign had fanboys clicking...
By Steven Zeitchik "Paranormal Activity" is already shaping up as a breakout hit, and its producers are wasting no time in getting busy on finding some new candidates. With the Par movie set to widen this weekend -- and the... Read More...