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"Paranormal Activity 2"

October 21, 2010 at 9:02PM
"Paranormal Activity 2"
"Paranormal Activity 2" (Paramount Pictures/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

'PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2'

So that grainy home-video ghost movie "Paranormal Activity" cost zilch to make, earned dump trucks full of money and spawned a sequel: "Paranormal Activity 2" (R for some language and brief violent material) opens this weekend without benefit of press screenings. Heaven only knows how they will top the horrifying shock of a bedroom door opening slightly, or a dark hallway, or a sheet slowly slipping off a mattress. I tell you what, though, the studio has the ancillary marketing all loused up. How many kids do you know wearing "Paranormal Activity" Halloween costumes? None! It's all Freddy and Jason and Jigsaw. Where are the "Paranormal" action figures? Nowhere! Invisible demons may be cheap to film, but they make lousy licensing vehicles. Anyway, we'll post a review online by Friday afternoon.

COLIN COVERT

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