20 Questions today at 11 Pacific!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Compound]

So, was the thing being riffed released in 2008 or later?

Yes
1

Is it science fiction?

No

2

Horror?

yes

3

Is is rated PG-13?

[NRRork]

And my personal interest in this drops about 50 billion percent. I've never been that into horror movies.

[Pak-Man]

I'm on a genre roll!

[Conor]

Is it Paranormal Activity?

http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/paranormal-activity



Paranormal Activity succeeds by putting the viewer in the most deviously terrifying position ever imagined by a filmmaker: captive audience to an idiot's home movie.  It recreates the experience of being stuck in a room with Micah (pronounced MEEK-uh, or DOOSH-bag), the kind of guy you immediately want to start punching and never stop punching until the punching is done.  The kind of guy who spends his free time at the mall, conspicuously checking out 16-year olds while chatting loudly on his Bluetooth headset about hair gels.  In short, Micah is a super sweet dude. 

In a hard-to-swallow supernatural twist, Micah has somehow acquired a live-in girlfriend, Katie.  In any other film she would stand out as a shrill, unlikeable person, but in the twisted world ofParanormal Activity she is borderline tolerable.  Katie carries some baggage, namely some sort of ghost, or demon, or...well it's not really clear.  Whatever it is, it's up to no good, pulling off masterful scares such as moving keys off the counter, and gradually shifting a door while Micah and Katie sleep.  By the way, get used to watching Micah and Katie sleep, because that's pretty much the whole movie.  Oh, and one time they go outside and Katie sits in a chair.

Strap in for terror, or at least a steady, crushing, existential dread, as Mike, Kevin, and Bill go up against the film equivalent of sitting next to a talkative moron on a 6-hour flight: Paranormal Activity. 


http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/paranormal-activity

Releasing on Thursday, 2/11

[Wesley Stamper]

And my personal interest in this drops about 50 billion percent. I've never been that into horror movies.

Mine just *rose* by the same amount. It all evens out!

[Conor]

And my personal interest in this drops about 50 billion percent. I've never been that into horror movies.

Well you're lucky because it barely qualifies as "Horror", let alone "movie"

[Compound]

Wow!  One that I actually wanted to see riffed! Neat!

[Pak-Man]

Yeah. The riffing should destroy what little horror was there. I dug it OK, but it is grade A Riff Fodder. :^)

[NRRork]

And my personal interest in this drops about 50 billion percent. I've never been that into horror movies.

Mine just *rose* by the same amount. It all evens out!

Don't get me wrong, I'll still check it out. I may not be that into horror movies, but I have complete faith that the Rifftrax will be funny. I loved what they did with The Grudge and The Sixth Sense.

[RVR II]

Netflix shows 'Very Long Wait' ?!  

[D.B. Barnes]

Awesome! I had this as #16 on my list for "The Top 50 Movies You Want Rifftrax to Riff Countdown."

Can't wait to see what they do with this one.  

[JimJ]

I actually enjoyed this movie (though it was overrated as hell) but I've always thought it would make for great riffing material.  This should be a good one.

[D.B. Barnes]

Netflix shows 'Very Long Wait' ?!  

Redbox still has it.

[rebisaz]

Ooh, that is going to be SO PERFECT!!  I was frankly a little ticked off at that movie for not being nearly as scary as it was said to be (or, as Conor mentioned, even a "movie"), so this will be perfect revenge.  YAY!!!

[TheBren]

I'd actually argue that PA was ten times the horror movie that most new movies in that genre claim to be.

That said, this has potential to be funny, but I see myself getting frustrated as well like I did with Drag Me To Hell.