You know, folks, I’m not sure how this chunklet of news eluded me for as long as it did, but I’m glad I finally managed to catch up with it. I know, I know, I only just covered the movie itself like a week ago, I shouldn’t be so hard on myself, but the fact remains that Paranormal Activity has at least three alternate endings.
And if you’ll follow the link here, you’ll be able to see this alternate ending for yourself. You’ll probably discover, much the same way I did, that it’s a good thing they went with the ending they did as it’s much, much more interesting.
Though I wonder…was it? Was it for the best? After all, Paranormal Activity was a good movie in and of itself. If the ending hadn’t been quite so satisfying, and they released the “alternate”, significantly BETTER, ending later, wouldn’t that just have sparked interest further?
Well, that’s neither here nor there as Paranormal Activity was a great movie with a fantastic ending as it was.
eoin ofaolain said
November 5 2009 @ 11:55 am
Well, it was actually the original ending of the film. Spielberg wanted it changed, porbably because he wanted the ending to be open for a sequel, which Paramount has the complete rights for.
For what it’s worth, the original ending has its merit, making the movie more of a traditional ghost story than a modern “shockfest” horror. The original paints the presence as a manipulator, something not entirely in our realm, only occasionally being able to interact with objects and people.
The cinema/spielberg version is more vulgar in the idea that the presence can just totally hop into the woman (although it does beg the question why didn’t it do so earlier), although it is arguably more creepy as an ending.
There’s actually a third ending, in which, after knifing her boyfriend, the woman commits suicide by slitting her throat in front of the camera.