Paranormal Proof

Starts out good meaning has a great opening scene as to give you a background information on what is and why this film exists.

So let me start by saying this if people live in a house where they feel they have a haunting do not do a 7 day dump do a 24 hour dump and review so you can be sure to catch and investigate anything so if it's demonic you can over come it. Often when dealing with demonic entities they can over power a person over time this is why I say 7 day dumps are not logical.

10:40 p.m. July 16th 2023 - Word of advice if the actor or actress in your film can't not cry on que then be sure that and spot were they are suppose to cry change it to highly upset and sensitive you don't have to have tears to be dramatic just a lil fyi if the write or producer reads this. It is better then them hiding their face and everyone saying FAKE just saying.

11:00 p.m. July 17th 2023 is this a true story not sure I am going to do some searching online to see what I can find but either way if I were you I would watch it when/if you do please let us all know your opinion of it. Also I hope and pray all who read this review understand I am a religious man and I pray that all who are invoked with paranormal investigations be safe be sure to pray asking for guidance because you never know what it is your investigating.

At time of writing IMDB has this 8yr old film down with less than 60 ratings and no views, it is the pinnacle of obscure independent horror and I had the honor of witnessing this.....wonder.

It's essentially a found footage style movie following a family experiencing unusual activity in their home and documenting their paranormal investigation.

The first problem is that the market is saturated with these types of films. They are ideal for independent filmmakers as they are incredibly cheap to make and are meant to look amateurish.

For this reason there is very little originality left. They all tend to follow the same formula and that wasn't a good thing to start with, all these years later we're simply burnt out on this generic copy and paste nonsense.

Paranormal Proof includes all the usual sub-genre tropes, but plays down the attempted jump scares or actual happenings.

It's lifeless, dull, overwhelmingly unoriginal and brings absolutely nothing to the table. The whole thing is simply recycled, we've seen every single frame before and knew where it was going at the same pace as the writer did when he was putting pen to paper.

Is this the worst of it's kind? No, but it's against so pretty dire competition for that title. Paranormal Proof isn't one I'd even recommend to fanatics of found footage movies, it's just awful.

The Good:

Script isn't the worst

The Bad:

Entirely unoriginal

Unengaging

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Every movie of this ilk needs a scene where cupboards are randomly all opened overnight

Writing an original movie is hard so best just poach from others and put your name on it

Ok, so it's not getting the guys round, expensive take out and special occasion viewing... BUT sat with 70 mins to kill, on my own, at night, in the dark, this was pretty creepy... The ghost is not great, the screaming gets a little annoying, but never the less it was enjoyable if you just need to switch off for a bit. I think if you like found footage and the tension built with watching a camara and waiting for something to either move or make you jump, are fond of the old paranormal activity then it could be for you. But it is VERY low budget, simple and typical of these kinds of films. There is nothing really new to be seen and nothing really memorable.

What can I say?

I saw this on YouTube and was curious enough to end up wasting an hour or so of my life in pursuit of something interesting to watch.

Disappointment didn't take long to set in.

As there's nothing good I can say, or am willing to waste my time saying on this debacle, I'll be brief.

This attempt at ripping off "Paranormal Activity" (2007) is in absolutely every aspect... even worse than "Bird Box".

What a load of pretentious guff!