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Warning: ‘Paranormal Activity’ is spreading

October 6th, 2009, 11:41 am by Jayson Peters

paranormalParanormal Activity, the little horror movie that got three preview showings last weekend in Tempe, will expand to more Valley screens this Friday.

The movie, which uses “found footage” to follow a couple’s harassment by a demonic presence in their new home, will get multiple screenings at AMC’s Deer Valley theater and Harkins’ Arizona Mills and Gateway Pavilions theaters. Harkins’ Tempe Marketplace, which opened the film as a special engagement last weekend, will continue showing it throughout this weekend.

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‘Paranormal Activity’ screenings this weekend in Tempe

September 30th, 2009, 12:49 pm by Jayson Peters

paranormalYou demanded it. But are you ready for Paranormal Activity?

The film, billed as one of the scariest in the last decade, is not opening in wide release; instead there will be three preview showings at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Harkins’ Tempe Marketplace 16 theaters. Valley residents brought the film to Tempe by going to the Demand it! site and showing their support in an online popularity contest with other U.S. locations. Now they’ll get what they asked for — if they can handle it.

The work of an Israeli video game designer, Paranormal Activity is about a young couple who move into what seems like a typical suburban “starter” tract house, then become increasingly disturbed by a demonic presence in the middle of the night. It premiered in 2007 at the Screamfest Film Festival and was screened last year at the Slamdance Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »

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