Paranormal Activity

Name: Paranormal Activity
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 2009
Duration: 86 min
Cast: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs

2009 · 1h 26m · R · Directed by Oren Peli

Made for about $15,000 in the director's own house.

A young couple set up a camera in their bedroom to capture the strange things happening in their house at night.

IMDb 6.3

Horror Mystery 2000s Low-Budget Hits

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A camera, a bedroom and two actors

Paranormal Activity was shot in about a week in the director's house, for around $15,000. The couple on screen were unknowns, using their own first names, and the camera on a tripod in the bedroom does most of the work. It sat around for a couple of years before a studio bought it and reshot the ending.

The most profitable film ever made?

Released slowly, with audiences voting online to bring it to their town, it went on to make close to $200 million worldwide. That makes it one of the most profitable films ever, measured against its budget. Watch it in the dark and you'll be checking the hallway afterwards.