You Demanded It

Paranormal Activity...It was so realistic...It almost seemed unscripted

Kudos go directly Micah Sloat (playing Micah) and Katie Featherston (playing Katie) for keeping the movie refreshingly "real".

“One of the things I wanted to do was create something that people could say defined horror for their generation,” concludes Peli, “the way after ‘Psycho’ people said they would never take another shower; after ‘Jaws’ and ‘Open Water’ that they would never again swim in the ocean; and after ’Blair Witch’ that they would never again go camping in the woods. I figured, well, sleeping at home is something you can’t really avoid. So if I can make people scared of being at home, ‘Paranormal Activity’ might do something.” -Oren Peli (Producer)

I think it was pure genious.