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RTSDaddy2:
My apologies for the long post, but I felt compelled to go in depth on one or the other to compare them.  Hey Jim, I hope you're loaded financially - my first heart attack will be billed to you :D  

I went back to look for the link where I could fast forward to the end of the online version - I just watched the online version Thursday but didn't have the volume up, so I wanted to be able to report how the audio changed as well...and I can't find it. I don't have time right now to sit through the whole movie again, but I'll edit this post if I come over it again in the next few days or so.

What I saw that is different between the two at the end is this - deep breath, because the theatrical one has beem burned in my head for two weeks -  and it STILL causes me to shake a bit when things go "bump" in the night at my house:

Theatrical ending: On the last night, Katie sits bolt upright in bed. She gets out of bed, almost in a trance and goes to Micah's side of the bed, and just stares at him. In real time, this is maybe three / four minutes, but by time on the tape she stands there, just looking at him, for something approaching 2 hours. Finally, she turns and goes downstairs. It is quiet for a minute or two, then she lets out what can only be describled as a blood-curdling scream...literally. I will remember the horror in her voice for years. Micah leaps out of bed, goes flying downstairs, and now their both screaming while the camera in the bedroom is rolling...impossible to really tell what is being said, but after a minute perhaps less, all is silent. My first thought was, "My god, it got them both."  Oh, if that were ONLY the case. For you see, about a minute later, after the silence,  you hear footsteps very methodically coming up the stairs - thump...thump...thump....thump....and whatever "it" is, it stops at the top of the stairs, at the door...and you still see nothing as it just stands there, out of view.  Suddenly, without warning, this white object about the size of a volleyball comes flying (and I mean flying) in the room towards the camera and knocks it over.  The camera now lies on the floor, filiming the doorway area, and I'm thinking "What the hell was that?"  In a second it's very clear what it was. It's Micah's body, now lying on the floor of the bedroom.  About 5 - 10 seconds after that Katie appears in the doorway, and the front of her shirt is covered in blood and her face is expressionless - like stone.  She gets down on all fours, does what can only be described as a mechanical animal like walk over to the body, where she stops, sniffs the body, and (I may be wrong here, but I'm almost sure) licks at the bloody body of her dead lover.  She then animal walks, again very mechanically, over to the camera...her face still like stone.  She looks wide eyed into the camera...and finally the face changes as she tilts her head, looking directly at the audience, and gives the most haunting closed mouth smile in the history of horror. She then clicks off the camera, and the movie ends with "Police found Micah's body on (I forget the date)....the whereabouts of Katie are still unknown." .

Online ending: Once again, I haven't heard it complete with screams, but in the ending I saw online Thursday night, everything stays the same EXCEPT the body of Micah is NOT thrown into the room. Katie simply appears at the top of the stairs with a knife in her hands, sits down at the edge of their bed, clutches her knees and begins to rock back and forth.  She will be in this position for the next 24 hours. The following night, she heads down the hall from their bedroom, and (based only on what I saw), apparently kills herself, because at the end of the online version, the movie is dedicated to the memory of both Micah and Katie.  I still want to hear it with audio, because I'd be willing to bet the farm she screams again as the demon that staked her actually kills her...there is a hint of this as there is the briefest flash (as I recall) of white light from down the hallway before the film ends...as if to say to the audience, "I got them."

Knowing what I know of the whole movie, I liked the theatrical one a LOT better. Our house is not known to be normal, strange things happen every so often....and it took me 3-4 hours to calm down enough that I could go back in my house after I saw this thing. I haven't had nightmares over it, but damned if I don't about do a 180 when something goes "bump" during the day or night.  The theatrical version of PA freaked me out GOOD.

Edgedamage:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on October 17, 2009, 03:28:39 am ---
 Today, I was in the mood to get out of the house... and had read a few decent
reviews of the Film...

 Its a low budget flick, and with clever marketing, its been able to drum up enough
support to be shown at a good deal of theaters.

 I will say, that most Horror flicks do not really do much for me.  They are usually
just gore slashers, and are filled with horrible plots, unrealistic reponces, and terrible
acting.

 What gets to me... is when I see something that seems plausible.  The 1st
Nightmare on Elm street was a good one,  as it seemed at least somewhat
possible that a wicked Spirit could invade a persons Dreams.  The scariest
scene, was when the woman was climbing the walls, getting slashed.. and blood
flying everywhere.

 Poltergeist was another good one.  Had moments that were very typical
of Poltergeist behaviors... and really shook you inside to see them re-enacted.
One scene that shocked me... was when the mother opened Carolann's
door... and saw the pictures and toys flying round the room.   The reason,
is because my mothers sister had that same experience happen when she
went to search for my mother in her room.  She said that the faces on the
photos were actually laughing!  as they spun round the room.  She said that
she Never went into my mothers room after that day.  (They lived in a
very old haunted house for a good deal of their childhood)

 
 Anyways... the Paranormal Activity is reality based... so there arnt scenes
where people are walking backwards, without a flashlight, alone, in the
dark woods.   heh     There are some rough spots to the way the male actor
responds.. but generally, they both did a pretty good job in realistic responses.

 The movie is just what I Desired.  A movie that gives you some goose bumps,
and makes you jump "on the inside".

 I almost decided to download the thing... but Im glad I didnt.  It was actually
worth paying to see... and the audience responses were pretty comical at times  :)


 Now, what was interesting... is that mid point in the movie... just as something
bad seemed about to happen...  the film stopped.   I have suspicion that this was
staged.. but, maybe not.    A few minutes later... the film crew re-threaded the
film... and started it back up.




--- End quote ---
Ugh film, DCP all the way.

RTSDaddy2:
Damn Jim - that sounds nuts too.  Now, I haven't seen it since it reached national status.  Could be they were still trying out endings before they released this thing worldwide? One additional thought: I am wondering if the "lick" I saw was actually a bite. It's for sure she didn't lunge at the camera...I would have remembered that!

It is a very unique experience, and you'll either automatically love it, or just plain hate it - I'm not sure there is a gray area for this one.  Like I said, I loved it- thought the actor and actress were totally believable as a couple, and it was their chemistry that kept me glued to the screen as well. I found that I CARED about what happened to the two of them, and I also think that's why the ending I saw is so powerful- and unnerving.

RTSDaddy2:
One thing that I noticed is that the version that is on the watch-movies.net site is a 2007 version...so it's possible this was the original ending and the 2009 release features the new ending.  Doesn't change my opinion of it at all, it's still one of the scariest damn movies to show you virtually nothing that I've ever seen.

Oh, and just for fun, I'm going to see it again tomorrow night with friends......... ;D

RTSDaddy2:
Don't worry Jim - with this one guy, that's EXACTLY why I'm taking him. He's supposed to be this really "macho" type, but I'll be surprised if he makes it through it.

My other friend that's going went with me to "Drag Me To Hell" as he's also a Sam Raimi fan...the look on his face points during that movie were golden. It definitely did a number on him, but like me, he wound up liking it more for the morality tale underneath that one than anything else.  He's already told me he may have to camp out at my house tonight just based on what I've told him about PA.  He's jacked about seeing it, but he's a little nervous about it too.

Like I've said before, if you've seen this movie and you tell me it was a) boring, b) not scary, c) etc., I will personally call you a liar to your face.  I just don't see how you watch the 2009 version especially and tell me that this thing did not get under your skin A LOT. You are a far better person than I (perhaps) if that's true.

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