Paranormal Activity

No, "Paranormal Activity" is not based on a true story.However, director Oren Peli told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that moving to a home in San Diego inspired the film. "I never lived in a single detached family home," he said, so he was conscious of every noise at night, particularly of the house settling and items slipping from shelves. That led to thinking how a video camera might document the source of the sounds, which led to the movie. He credits "This Is Spinal Tap" and "The Blair Witch Project" as influencing a movie that purports to be true, but isn't.


The director and writer of the movie actually filmed the movie in his own home that was actually haunted. Of course it wasn't to the same extent, but his home was haunted.
According to writer/director Oren Peli, he got the idea for the movie after he and his girlfriend bought their first house together. They bought a new suburban tract house, which was still settling. At night, the house could be heard creaking and settling, causing little noises and things to fall off shelves and break. Peli doesn't say whether or not he thought his house was haunted, but that incident is what gave him the idea to write "Paranormal Activity."
First off, the movie isn't what it seems at all. The first 10 minutes are terrible - to say the least. And then it picks up and it was excellent. This movie isn't 100% the truth; they fabricated the story to make it seem more creepy. There is some truth to this script. Definitely check it out!
No, "Paranormal Activity" isn't a true story. It's a made-up story like all ghost movies they make except they wanted to make it seem more real, like a documentary. I mean you can't just find a camera and all that stuff on site and say lets turn it into a real movie.