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James Piper Richard as Richard uncredited. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to. What Happens When You Sleep? Rated R for language. Did you know Edit. Trivia Steven Spielberg convinced filmmakers to change the original ending.

Goofs The security system is set every night, yet Katie goes outside and sits on the swing without setting off the alarm. Quotes [referring to the photograph that Micah found in the attic] Katie : Where was it when you found it?

Alternate versions The version that was released in theaters is the cut supervised by Steven Spielberg. The Director's Cut, comprised of the unedited film with three possible endings, has several differences: 1. There is a scene in the Theatrical Cut not present in the Director's Cut that takes place early on, where Katie and Micah wake up and find her keys thrown from the kitchen counter to the floor. The low frequency tone that occurs when the demon is present is not quite as loud in the Director's cut.

There is only one instance of the demon whispering in the Theatrical Cut; there are at least three in the Director's Cut, all of which are heard in the bedroom at night. A lot of the demon noises - the loud growl followed by the bang, the footsteps, even the shadows that appear on the bedroom doors - were completely re-dubbed and retouched. There seem to be at least two added "shadow" effects - another on the bedroom door, and a silhouette in the hallway - in the Director's Cut, whereas the Theatrical Cut only has one shadow used.

The night when the demon plays the door games with Katie and Micah opening and slamming it shut, knocking furiously has been re-dubbed, as well. The knocking is much faster and louder in the Theatrical Cut. There's some added dialogue between Katie and Micah where they discuss how the stress is negatively affecting their lives.

She says she's failing her university course and won't pass unless she "does something drastic" on her midterm. He says he lost a large sum of money playing the stock market earlier, and that he'll be taking a break for awhile. The demon's daytime attack is completely absent.

The only time we get a good look at the picture that is smashed and clawed is when the two run up and down the hallway during the night to get away from the demon. There's an extra video attached to the "Goodbye Dianne" explanation at the computer.

There is at least two minutes of added footage of the woman's ordeal, which has been heavily used in the TV commercials. Micah shows Katie footage of Dianne's demonic possession and subsequent exorcism as she is tied to a bed. Her appearance transforms from healthy to disheveled and dark, with large cuts on her face and body.

Eventually, the footage shows that the exorcism was unsuccessful, and the possessed Dianne becomes so destructive that she chews her own arm off to the elbow. The double-layered voice Katie projects in bed when she says, "Everything will be fine from now on" and later screaming downstairs uses a different effect to achieve this. Unlike the Theatrical Cut, the two voices are very distinct. The ending is completely changed.

Katie awakes shortly after midnight on the final night, gets out of bed and stares at Micah for roughly three hours. Unlike the Theatrical Cut, she does not move to his side of the bed to continue watching him, and the sheets do not fly off of his body. Instead, she goes straight downstairs. After Micah is awakened by the scream, he runs downstairs and we hear the ensuing scuffle.

Like before, Katie slowly climbs the stairs, except the footstep effect is slightly altered and when she enters the room, she is holding a knife and covered in blood. Of course, this is not the first time she has experienced strange unexplainable phenomena and, as a medium Marc Fredrichs explains to them in at twist that predates Insidious , it is not the house that is haunted… it is Katie. We can thank Steven Spielberg for inspiring writer and director Oren Peli to change the original ending and making what happens next possible.

The following summer, in June , Jesse Arista Andrew Jacobs uses his high school graduation money to buy a camera so he can start a vlog, which turns into a documentation of disturbing mysteries surrounding his apartment building that slowly begin to affect him in horrifying ways.

This is just one of multiple, mind-blowing connections to the previous films in the otherwise standalone story of Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones , which sees Christopher Landon assume directorial duties. There, Ryan Fleege Chris J. The horrors and trippy events that ensue serve as a proper ending to the Paranormal Activity franchise … or so we thought. Jason has been writing since he was able to pick up a washable marker, with which he wrote his debut illustrated children's story, later transitioning to a short-lived comic book series and very amateur filmmaking before finally settling on pursuing a career in writing about movies in lieu of making them.

Look for his name in just about any article related to Batman. The films follow the history of two sisters named Katie and Kristi who are tormented by a demonic entity, "Toby.

The franchise shares a basic premise: supernatural occurrences that are caught "found-footage" — such as security systems, webcams, and even a Kinect system in Paranormal Activity 4. Generally, the Paranormal Activity movies assisted in popularizing the found-footage subgenre of horror films in the s and s.

The installment Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin is a soft reboot of sorts since it is the first installment in the franchise to feature a new demonic entity: Asmodeus, based on the real-life Abrahamic dogma. The next title in the franchise, The Other Side , is expected to return to Paranormal Activity 's core story, centering on "Toby" once again and continuing the story from where Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension left off.

The prequel to the Paranormal Activity franchise, Paranormal Activity 3, dives deeper into the history of the demonic entity following the main characters of Kristi and Katie.

It is set in September , nearly twenty years prior to the first two films. At the time, the two sisters are living with their mother, Julie, and her boyfriend, Dennis. Dennis discovers a symbol that belonged to a coven of witches that brainwashes young women of child-bearing age into having sons and promising them to a dark entity.

Initially, Paranormal Activity 2 appears to be a sequel to the original — until the twist ending reveals it takes place a few months before the events of the first, eventually merging together. Prior to these events, Kristi and her family are introduced shortly after she delivers Hunter, their first-born son.

Shortly after his birth, paranormal occurrences begin to plague their home to the point where family members are physically attacked.