
Fredrichs is afraid of making the demon angrier. Outside intervention is unavailable, as the demonologist is out of the country and Dr. The couple finds non-human footsteps on baby powder Micah sprinkled in the hallway its path leads to a burnt photograph of a young Katie in the attic, thought to have been destroyed in a house fire. Katie is increasingly aggravated by Micah's flippant behavior and pleads to contact the demonologist, but he refuses. When the couple leaves the house, the camera records an unseen force moving the board's pointer on its surface, which then spontaneously catches fire. One night, Katie appears to be in a trance she gets up, stands beside the bed staring at Micah for two hours, and goes outside, none of which she recalls the next day. The camera captures many strange occurrences during the night they start off as minor noises, flickering lights, and bedroom door movements, but over time escalate into loud thuds, violent door slamming, and demonic grunts and screeches. He advises not to communicate with the demon without a demonologist, but Micah continues to film and seek it out. Fredrichs, who suggests Katie is being haunted by a demon that feeds off of negative energy and is intent on tormenting her. Katie claims an evil presence has been haunting her since she was a child, so Micah sets up a camera in their bedroom to record any paranormal activity that occurs while they sleep.

Katie and Micah move to a new house in San Diego. A video game, The Lost Soul, was released in 2017, while a seventh film, Next of Kin, was released in 2021. The fifth installment and spin-off, The Marked Ones, was released in 2014, and the sixth installment, The Ghost Dimension, was released in 2015. The success of the first two films would spawn additional films in the series: the prequel Paranormal Activity 3 in 2011, and sequel to the second film, Paranormal Activity 4 in 2012. A parallel sequel, Paranormal Activity 2, was released in 2010. The film is the first entry in the Paranormal Activity film series. It is often cited as the most profitable film ever made, based on proportionate return on investment, although such figures are difficult to verify independently as this is likely to exclude marketing costs. box office and a further $85 million internationally for a worldwide total of $194 million. The film earned nearly $108 million at the U.S. release on September 25, 2009, and then a nationwide release on October 16, 2009.

It was then acquired by Paramount Pictures and modified, particularly with a new ending that cost an additional $200,000. Originally developed as an independent feature and given film festival screenings in 2007, the film was shot for $15,000. The film uses found-footage conventions that were mirrored in the later films of the series. They then set up a camera to document what is haunting them. It centers on a young couple ( Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat) who are haunted by a supernatural presence inside their home.

Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film produced, written, directed, photographed and edited by Oren Peli.
