Oren Peli

Director

Israeli-American film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for writing and directing the 2007 found-footage horror film Paranormal Activity.

Wrote and directed Paranormal Activity (2007), a found-footage horror film made on a reported budget of about fifteen thousand dollars and notable for its indie, low-budget approach.

Three DeBaser reviews of Oren Peli's Paranormal Activity show divided opinions: praised for restoring fear with a low-budget, found-footage approach; criticized for amateurish execution and dull daytime scenes. Overall the film is noted as influential in modern indie horror.

For:Fans of low-budget and found-footage horror, and readers interested in varied film criticism.

 Bad, bad, really bad. In a few words.. Bad!

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 Shot with a budget of only fifteen thousand dollars (In defiance of James Cameron), the film narrates the misadventures of Katie, haunted since childhood by a strange presence, and Micah, her boyfriend.

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 Beyond all the snobbery that hastily dismisses Paranormal Activity as "crap," I liked it mostly because it scared me.

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