Paranormal Activity director and writer Oren Peli says the film has stopped viewers from sleeping, and has compared his low-budget horror flick with the likes of Jaws – people were frightened of swimming in the ocean – and the Blair Witch Project, which put people off camping.
Fans speak proudly of not being able to sleep for a week after seeing it. Some go back for more just to see if they can handle freaking themselves out all over again. Peli looks serious when he says that if Jaws stopped people swimming in the sea and Blair Witch stopped people camping in the woods, then he is pleased that Paranormal Activity is stopping us from sleeping. He shrugs: “It means it’s been effective.”
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