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Personally I like the slow burn; I don't think there is anything wrong with it. When I think about the movies that were most effective…
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Not knowing the thing that’s chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you
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In many cases your imagination is much more effective than what can be shown. It primes you to know something is about to happen -…
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Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.
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By trade, I am a software programmer, so I never really had any experience with movies before. I started out with 'Paranormal Activity.
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Don't know if I'm a nerd - I'm more of a geek.
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I'm pretty content with what I have, but the one thing that I don't have is something like the iPod - but PC-based. I think…
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It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.
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The less people know about 'Paranormal Activity,' the more they enjoy it.
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After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch…
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Even if you look at the 'Paranormal Activity' movies, at the end of the movie things get really crazy and nutty, but they all start…
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Even when I was making the first 'Paranormal Activity,' I didn't tell anyone I was making it, not my friends or neighbors or co-workers. I…
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For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would get…
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Gory stuff can be shocking but it doesn't really scare me. I'd say the kind of stuff that gets under my skin is the unknown.…
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I believe that whenever I want to learn something I can learn it much better and faster by myself if I'm motivated to learn it…
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I do not buy CDs any more; I usually stream Internet radio. For movies, I hardly every buy any DVDS. I have a DVR, so…
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre…
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I feel like when you do things with such a small budget, it actually makes you be more creative... and allows you to concentrate more…
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I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don't know how to interpret them, since I'm new…
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I think that horror, in general, is fairly popular. It's definitely popular in film. There's just not a lot of good horror on TV, so…
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