Ok, so this movies comes out in 2009, and I was 13 years old. Too young to watch it, maybe, but it was all people could talk about. I remember feeling pretty good about this movie. 13/14 year old me thought this was original, and scary, and resourceful. Me and my friends, we loved it! And then sequel after sequel after sequel whatever we loved about the first one dissapered, buried in mediocrity, unoriginal ideas, poor executions and greed. Whaterver worked for the first one did not work for the others. So, I forgot about the first Paranormal Activity. 2009, such a loooong time ago. And it was, rewatching this movie in 2020 is a strange experience. A lot has happened in the horror movies industry and the concept of haunted houses increased in popularity by a lot since this movie came out and Blumhouse Productions put out some pretty scary movies over the years. So rewatching PA reminded me of what I love most about low budget horror movies: the inventiveness, the long periods where nothing seems to be happening yet you're not bored at all. Lights going on and off in another room are scary. Good scares, that might make you overlook some of the flaws this movies possess, like not so great acting, very cheesy dialogue, a boyfriend you want to punch in the face more times that you can count, the editing is not that great, and neither is the camerawork, the story is not particularly strong.... But hey, what about that final scene huh? I guess, all I can say is, I like this movie, with its flaws and its stupidly infinite amount of useless sequels, it still has a place in my heart. 7/10.