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This week we’re rolling back the tapes of Paranormal Activity (2007). We analyze its impact on the horror genre, explore how it maximized its shoestring budget, and debate the polarizing effect retroscripting had on its characters. This episode...
This week we’re rolling back the tapes of Paranormal Activity (2007). We analyze its impact on the horror genre, explore how it maximized its shoestring budget, and debate the polarizing effect retroscripting had on its characters. This episode contains spoilers, beginning at 26:56.
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