Paranormal Activity

Is it too early to be excited for Halloween? The sixth installment in the Paranormal Activity series will visualize the spirits for the first time in the franchise’s history.

A Haunted House is everything that a mock found-footage film could have been. Unfortunately, the movie ran over the line of what was necessary to achieve its humor far too often to be a successful parody.

In today’s roundup of movie news, Maiara Walsh has been cast as Kantmiss Evershot in The Starving Games, a parody of The Hunger Games, two new Paranormal Activity films have been slated for 2013, and more.

The Newsroom‘s John Gallagher, Jr. has taken to Twitter to share his scariest Halloween films. To share the Halloween spirit, Gallagher, Jr. has been tweeting one scary, creepy or downright terrifying film every day, for the entirety of October. We have the first 15 days here, so which spooky movies made the cut?

In this latest batch of movie news stories, we have the first reactions from the premiere of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln at NYFF, Anne Hathaway has signed on to star in The Low Self-Esteem Of Lizzie Gillespie, written by Mindy Kaling, Laika has dated their next project for 2014, and much more.

Warner Bros. has just sent over a brand new TV spot for Chernobyl Diaries from Oren Peli, creator of Paranormal Activity. Take a look at the spot, entitled “Meltdown,” after the jump!

Given the low budget to high gross ratio, it’s hardly a surprise that Paramount would be looking to take the formula of Paranormal Activity and run with it. The “cousin” film will feature a Latino cast and be aimed towards the Latino market.

The first trailer for Chernobyl Diaries, written and produced by Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli, has been released online!

Universal Pictures and the Paranormal Activity creators have a new horror-thriller in the works – Ouija.  It was announced today that the project, originally dropped in August, has been picked up again and will hit theaters in 2013!