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Hey everyone, so I feel like lately this page has been totally neglected, so I just wanted to give you guys a little review. Today I'll be talking about my favorite horror movie franchise, and how they've had so much success. If you haven't guessed yet, just look up like 5 inches, I'm talking about the Paranormal Activity series. The series well, never actually intended to become a series. The first film started as a very, and I mean like, I could pretty much afford it, low budget movie, but after being shown to a few collages in the states, it received a huge amount of praise. I don't know the exact story, but somehow it ended up being greenlit to be shown in theaters, and ended up making a huge amount of money, exactly $193,355,800. But, the series only got bigger and better from there. Still having a relatively low budget, the second installment brought in almost as much money, $177,512,032 to be exact. And rightfully so, because the second movie brought up even more scares. And it was the same story with the 3rd installment, bringing the scariness to a whole new level, along with ticket sales. It brought in a massive $207,039,844 at the box office! Then came movie number 4, which received a much more lukewarm response than the last 3, bringing in $140,706,358. This is probably because everyone expected this one to be bigger and better than 3, but was on the level of 2. The directors said this was because they purposely took a step down. Let's just hope they bring it back up with number 5. Another huge draw for these movies, besides the scares, is the story. These movies are always extremely well written, and no matter how scary the movie is, they always tremendously build upon the story, but always leave enough mystery that always keeps you thinking, but mainly, always keeps you coming back, movie after movie. The way they make these movies is also very unique too. The use of cameras, and only cameras, always adds another level of suspense to the movies, as you never know what you'll see next. That is also why these movies are so scary, suspense. While there are lots of big scares throughout the movie, the biggest part is always the slowly building suspense, because the end is always, as a poet might say, sooo f*cking scary! Well anyways, I hope this compelled you to check out some of the Paranormal Activity movies, and I'll see you soon!
-Colby
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