10 Best Suburban Horror Movies Of The Last Decade

Paranormal Activity is not only the greatest suburban horror film of all time, it is a groundbreaking horror picture in every regard. Depicting the story of a couple terrorized by a supernatural presence within their own home, the film is regarded as one of the most revolutionary films ever made within the genre and was the recipient of one of the positive waves of critical reception directed at a horror film.

Shot in a manner that would be adopted by multiple subsequent movies, Paranormal Activity exploited the fear associated with the found footage style of shooting; the film made the events depicted far more conceivable and realistic in a fan's mind when they were trying to fall asleep in their own home, which subsequently made them infinitely more terrifying.

Paranormal Activity demonstrates that jump scares and horrifically graphic spurts of gore are unnecessary to make a thoroughly entertaining horror film. The film is a perfect case study in what makes a truly great horror great, taking into consideration that while the film was shot on a $20,000 budget it still leaves viewers absolutely shaking in their boots. Paranormal Activity is an exemplary demonstration that the success to perfect horror films simply does not lie in ridiculously over the top CGI; the strength of the film is based on the reliability of the subject matter and the utterly engrossing style in which it is shot.

An iconic picture from start to finish.