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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, October 09, 2009 - 9:04 am
Has anyone here actually seen this movie yet? I want to go scare the crap out of myself with it this weekend, but am becoming annoyed at the marketing. I'm afraid it's bound to be a letdown after the buildup.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, October 09, 2009 - 9:16 am
I have the same thoughts. I would love it if it really was scary but they said that about Blair Witch and frankly I thought that was pretty stupid.
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Gumby
Member
08-14-2004
| Friday, October 09, 2009 - 9:27 am
GAL and Kitt, I haven't seen this movie, but here is a pretty good review of it. Sounds to be the most fair one that I've read on it, as all the other ones tend to praise it 100%. The link is from the NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/movies/09paranormal.html?em
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Friday, October 09, 2009 - 10:24 am
Gumby - thanks for the review. I've been curious about this. Sounds like it's getting a cult following. Kitt - I'd love it if it were scary, too, but the Blair Witch was such a disappointment and it had the same kind of hype. That movie with all the jerky photography didn't do anything except make me nauseous. Goddessatlaw - be sure and post a review of it if you do decide to see it. I don't think it's playing around here yet.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, October 09, 2009 - 11:10 am
Yeah, thanks for the helpful review. It seems like it's the atmosphere where you view it that matters, and as we usually go to see the 1pm showing (matinee prices!) I have a feeling it's not going to work for us!
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, October 09, 2009 - 9:52 pm
Never heard of it Seriously though I'm having second thoughts about seeing it at the theater after reading about bad crowd experiences on imdb. It's now officially going nationwide.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 12:50 pm
2.54M on Friday(estimate) 4th place 
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 8:02 am
I posted the following in another thread the other day: My college daughter who is super picky about movies (will probably declare her major soon...film major) and loves scary movies but is usually disappointed, saw it and said it actually WAS the scariest movie she ever saw.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 2:32 pm
The movie won't be coming to my town this weekend 
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 10:11 am
Nephew saw this the other night and said it wasn't worth the 8.25 he paid for it (but he said he cheated and Wiki'd the story before he went).
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 11:44 am
This movie scared the daylights out of me. I loved it! This movie actually had a different original ending that was much better than the new one. If you want to see the original ending from 2007, here it is at youtube: Don't watch it until after you have seen the movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjL42_ODNWI
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 12:11 pm
I have a friend who went to see it with her husband last night and said she was disappointed and it wasn't as scary as she thought it would be.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 6:24 pm
I saw this tonight and I thought it was very scary. I loved it! It had the original ending.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, October 26, 2009 - 10:10 am
Well darn, all the youtubes of the old and new endings are being deleted as fast as people can put them up.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 12:19 pm
I saw it yesterday. Very terrifying. To describe it won't make it sound scary and might even make it sound stupid and boring. It has to do with how they made the movie. I had to keep reminding myself that it is a movie and not real. I was really not ready to see it in the theater. I was worried I wasn't ready to handle it. But we had time to kill and nothing else was playing at the time we showed up at the theater. So, I was brave and saw it. I left the theater with a stomachache, sore tense shoulders, feeling stressed out, and a general sense of not feeling well. I was also worried about the future (the night and the next few nights) because I've heard that it really freaks you out more then. I do have to say that after all the hype, it wasn't as scary as I thought it was going to be, but, it was very very scary and disturbing. I was ok. I got distracted by other things and didn't think about it until I was laying in bed. There was no way I was going to fall asleep without the tv last night. I was ok. Even when the dog woke me in the middle of the night (something that almost never happens), I was able to just tell myself it wasn't real, and I did go back to sleep. I wasn't really scared, but the movie kept crossing my mind. My daughter told me all the alternate endings, one of which I think I would have liked better. I am glad I saw it in the theater. I do not think it will have the same effect at home. (My original plan was to wait and see it at home...I was too scared to see it in the theater.) If you like scary movies (and I don't so much), you will probably love this movie. If you are looking only for blood and guts, you will be disappointed.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 12:59 pm
I enjoyed it despite spoiling a lot of it via research.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 6:54 pm
Did you guys notice a funny trend? Those of us who actually saw it, liked it.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 7:12 pm
What I find funny is the one scene I keep thinking about long after the movie. The time/clock speeding by 3 hours. 3 hours! she stood there! That just really freaks me out.
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Gumby
Member
08-14-2004
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 11:48 am
We saw this last night. I'm not sure if we saw the original ending or not, since I'm not sure what the original is. We love horror movies, and in my opinion, this had more of a psychological drama feel to it than a horror movie. I enjoyed the movie, but wasn't scared in the least. Could be after all these years of horror movies, I'm immune. My husband thought it was good and he did get goosebumps a few times.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 7:29 pm
Twinkie, that freaks me too. And she did that twice at least. You don't mean funny haha, right?
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 7:37 pm
well crap, I was all up to see the alternate ending tonight...if anyone gets one and gets it downloaded, can you let me know. thanks
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 4:58 am
Well went to bed last night, it was 11:46 pm, I had to change the clock back, so I set it to 10:46 and at exactly 11:46 I woke up lol Oh and this morning one of our curtains that is on a spring loaded rod was on the ground, never happened before.........
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 7:44 am
Happymom, I definitely don't mean funny haha. LOL It scared the crap outa me!
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Dlkuhn4
Member
07-14-2002
| Monday, November 09, 2009 - 9:57 am
I went with my Son and seen it sat. and I was ready to be scared but it was just weird and kinda funny at times. I knew what was going happen in the end so that didn't scare me. I think them speeding up the clock and then stopping it messed it up to because I always knew when something was going happen so there was no surprises. I was very disappointed. We left that movie and went and seen Man who stare at goats. That was dumb too.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 4:46 pm
Y'all can see my name on the dvd starting 12.29.09 
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