English Essay (Ricco Soh)

The genre that I’m going to select is horror film. I am going to do a comparison of similarities between the two-horror films that I have selected which is Paranormal Activity created by Oren Peli and Insidious created by James Wan.

Paranormal activity has over has five movie produce so far. The film is about a family haunted by a demonic entity, which stalks, terrifies and ultimately murders several members of the family, and other bystanders, during the course of the films. The series makes use of camcorders, security cameras (CCTV) and other recording devices, presenting the films as found footage and is widely regarded as popularizing the genre horror film.

After that, for the film Insidious has two-movie produce so far. The film is about a gripping story of a family in search of help for their son, Dalton, who fell into a coma after a mysterious incident in the attic. Little do they know that there is much more to this endless sleep than meets the eye as they explore the paranormal, and rediscover the past; the key to getting their son back once and for all.

In both this film, they have a few similarities happening in the movie such as paranormal activity happening around, the entire super natural takes place inside a house; the ghost haunting them is a demon also. The only slight thing which is not similar is the ending of the movie, for the Paranormal Activity it’s ending is not a happy ending while for Insidious, it’s ending is a happy ending.

The similarity in both films is that both films are base all in a house. Both storyline is also has something to do with the parents child, for Insidious the family son was in a “coma” as the doctor says but actually the son was actually taken by a demon ghost preventing his son to wake up from his sleep because his soul wasn’t in his body. For Paranormal Activity, the family was curse by their grandmother. Their grandmother made a deal with demon to protect the entire family from any evil spirits. In order to repay the demon, the grandmother said she would offer the demon the family’s first-born boy child. In away sacrificing it to the demon.

The second similarity thing between both this films is that the super natural that are haunting them are demons, for Insidious the demon haunting the family isThe lipstick-face demon AKA the fire-face demon, also known as the red-faced demon or “the man with fire on his face. The demon captured the sons while he was sleeping and took his soul. For Paranormal Activity, the demon haunting the family name is called Toby or describe as a blackened figure with long hair.

Lastly, the demons plot, for the insidious, the demons want to capture the child’s soul. For Paranormal Activity the demon was summon to protect the family and the family will repay the demon with their first born boy child but the family doesn’t want to sacrifice their child.

In conclusion, we can clearly see that both films have some similarity going on. For example the where did it occur, what type of ghost or super natural occurrences and the main plot is same as in both films facing the same problems with family and their children. We can clearly see the both films is almost the same having almost the same type of suspensions going on in between both films. Insidious and paranormal are equally both very scary. Story not really the same but the plot are and the causing of it is also the same. I clearly enjoyed both horror films.