I am glad they went with the other ending in theaters, I just don't think this one is as powerful.

I viewed the original version of Paranormal Activity today and I must say I found the theatrical version was much better. There was alot in the original version that was cut out and justifiably so….except the video Mikah found showing what happened to Diane. They should have defiantly included that in the new version. The original ending completely drained all the intensity that the new version left the viewer as they walked out of the theater. The original was still a good movie but the new theatrical cut was great. My skin hasn't crawled like that since the Blair Witch Project. That home video concept gives it so much more realism than your everyday typical horror film.

This is the ending that was in the theatrical version for me? I didn't see the one where she disappeared an was apparently still possessed? WTF, I would have rather of seen that one instead of this one in theaters.

have not seen the movie. interested i guess. but, dang.. this was BORING, staged and forced

less interested in the movie now

I put on my headphones and got as close to my monitor as possible to get as near the theater experience as possible. I did find it really chilling when you can hear the sounds of the answering machine and sister (?) coming in downstairs. I almost wish this was a little longer, because it was just starting to make me really uncomfortable right when the cops started up the stairs. It would have been nice for that effect to really take hold.

I do think the shooting part was kind of a cop-out (pardon the pun) to end it. If they had not shown Micah getting thrown in the previews, I think the theatrical ending would have been more powerful than it is.

The article on Horror squad mentions multiple alternate endings, including one where Katie slashes her own throat. Now that would be interesting to see.

this ending would have been a lot better. u know paramount is going to delete this from you tube

A woman's body rocking back and forth for five minutes: O my God, this movie is scary?????

I was once taken by the then biggest hype a the movie, The Blair Witch project. Never again!

Agreed. The theatrical ending is more powerful. Though creepy, atmospheric, and in tune with the film itself this ending is a little too long and zaps energy from the film as a whole. I also agree that the shooting is contrived. Most officers would have subdued her without the use of lethal force.

@Tyler C. What is this video you are talking about involving Diane. I am interested in hearing about this or seeing it. Any help would be great.

I have to just say, watching Friday in an almost identical circumstance years ago was also one of the most fun experiences I have had at the movies. The whole crowd singing the lyrics to Dre's "Keep Your Head Ringin'" still rates as one of my best theatrical-going moments.
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OK, while the throwing of Micah in the theatrical version is startling, her face changing into the demon with computer effects was CHEESETASTIC and contradictory to what we knew about the demon. The demon would possess people to kill them for trying to exorcise it. If it wanted to, it could've walked off with Diane's body, but it killed her, so why wouldn't it kill Katie? I think the perfect ending would've been Micah thrown at the camera, followed by Katie slitting her throat in front of the camera. Then you get your bang and your unsettling whimper.

I couldn't see how this would be any scarier in theaters. Other people screaming takes me out of the movie all together, and the other endings (yes there are more than one in the theater) sound about as ridiculous as the ring, another movie that wasn't scary. If you are easily frightened by "spooky ghosts" than this movie is for you.

james… exactly. i hated the theatrical ending for two reasons. 1) (and not really a fault of the movie itself) why put the movie's only "money shot" in the trailers? Goddammit. 2) The demon face/eating the camera. Super cheesy and totally effed up my final impression.

throwing him at the camera is not necessary and actually detracts from the awesome off-screen yelling. for all we know, she is disemboweling him or tearing his head off… the imagination has already done all the work. no need to show that he's just been stabbed… boring.

this original ending is awesome, because of the demon's involvement to the end. notice he turns off the light right before the cops come up the stairs? it has left her body. and right before the cop shoots her, the demon startles him by slamming the door. GLORIOUS.

slitting the throat would've also been effective and totally awesome, if just to scar those annoying girls in the audience for life.

when i read this ending, i thought they were going to do that fast forward thing they did where it's just like 12 hours straight of her rocking, which would've been super creepy, but this one just dragged on and just kept fading to black. If they had incorporated the rocking into the theatrical ending and then she gets up and leaves i feel like that would've been pretty good.

@Marc Richardson: He found a video on the internet of the exorcism of Diane and what happened to her. Pretty crazy stuff honestly. A major piece that they left out of the theatrical version. While she was strapped down and completly possessed she ate her arm off pretty much to free herself from the strap and eventually bleed to death. The video showed it happen.

I feel the reason why Micah was thrown into the camera at the ending of the theatrical version is because thats what was pissing the demon off…Micah and his camera. If the camera would have never come along then they might have all been just fine.

As for the original ending goes I never noticed the door slamming shut behind the cops. I noticed the light and my first thought was that the demon had left her body and she was still rocking back and forth on the floor and didn't snap out of it until the cops came up the stairs so that is contradicting. I found the shooting to not be how it would have really went down until I saw the door slamming shut. I always thought it was two shots I heard but it was just one shot by a shaky cop!

For as simple and basic as this movie is it is actually a really deep movie.

I saw this movie but with a different ending, the ending i saw was not katie slitting her throat, and not mika flying into the camera, and not the one with the cops shooting her either. I saw the movie in Japan, and the ending was Katie getting all fucked up in the head and she wakes up in the middle of the night and she stands there and stares at Mika. Suddenly she throws him against the wall and cut him open with her nails. His viscera falls out on the floor and she starts to lick the blood and eats all the viscera. GROWS! And then their friend finds them upstairs and screams. I CANT SLEEP AT NIGHT AFTER WATICHING THAT!!!!!

Heh, I found the "audience experience" of Paranormal Activity to be the most detrimental thing to my enjoyment of the film. Idiots laughing at inappropriate moments, shouting out stupid crap at the screen, etc. just made for an entirely unfrightening horror film that was only slightly still enjoyable thanks to the fact that it was actually a pretty decent movie. That said the theatrical ending, while anti-climactic, is definitely better than the original. It's too bad there aren't any screeners online with the theatrical ending, then everyone could enjoy it the best possible way: in the dark, by themselves, with the sound turned way up.

ok i just saw this movie last night with my wife. I never saw the trailer. i just heard about it. So going in was new to me. lol I thought it was great, and having the video camera as the camera for the movie really makes it real. NOt sure where all these other versions are coming from but we saw the theatrical version that ended up by him waking up with her screaming he runs down stairs, he screams then just silence. ha i get goose bumps just typing this. then you hear the demons foot step coming up stairs. then seeing him fly across the room hitting the camera. she comes up sniffs him then she goes after camera with the demon face/teeth. I agree should of had her just maybe smile at the camera then kill herself or just smile and maybe have her eyes turn black or something. The demon didnt show face the whole movie so why at the end. Thats hollywood for ya. I would love to see all the other ending that everyone is talking about.

@Matt:

Matt, you laid out my EXACT feelings to the point that I dont even need to type it b/c you said it better than i would have.

@James:
I totally agree with this! I actually loved the movie. I thought every second of it was great until the very last one where her face changed. Completely out of sync with the mood and look of the film and, more importantly, totally unnecessary. That being said I still loved the movie.

@Marc Richardson: The scene of which tyler is speaking of refers to the weadgy board thing with the goodbye Dianna and all that..he looks her up and he realizes everything that ever happened to Katie happened to Dianna in the 60's. Micah tells Katie that trying to get and Exorsist can cause worse damage to whom ever the demon is haunting. They then proceed to watch the video of Dianna's Exorcism where you see Dianna literally go from this pretty innocent looking girl to a demon who is attacking her own face and making it bleed and all that. They tie her down and continue to try the Exorcism which leads to the possessed Dianna freaking out more. They then show Dianna biting at her arm and taking chunks out…then cut to Dianna dead in the bed from blood loss, and you notice that she had literally bitten her arm clean off….

This is quite possibly the worst movie ever made. There was absolutely nothing scarey about it. Scariere thing happen in my own house every day. All this boring boring build up to a fist full of nothing.

Paranormal Activity – First European Screening Amsterdam >> MUST SEE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLICcvhVY08

just wonderin if anyone has found out anymore info on diane, dianne.. the girl from the exorcisim.. ive tried lookin it up and i cant find anything on her… if you have found it ..please let me know where i can look it up.. anyone can hit me up on wonderwoman4372@yahoo.com.. just put exorcisim in the subject line.. thanks

I was confused reading these at first. I saw the film bootlegged on some international site. Thinking it was the theatrical version, I watched it, but it is actually the version with the cops coming in at the end. I think the cops didn't shoot her. The cops said something along the lines of "unknown shot fired" or something about not knowing the source. Wouldn't we see a gun flash if they fired? (then again this is all a hoax to begin with, so no one really fired) But I think they were trying to hint that the demon "affixed" a shot into katie. I don't really understand what was really intended, but the version I saw sounds like it would have been better than the theatrical micah throwing and "face morphing" I'm reading about. Good way to procrastinate for 100min though.

I confused my ending had some of everybodys ending in it as you no she got out of bed stood their went down stairs screamed mika got up ran down stairs she came back up with a bloody knif rocked their then the phone ring then her friend came called their name i guess she saw mikas body because three seconds later the cops came came up the stairs she was still rocking once she saw them she got up and rain towards them screamin mika they told her to stand back or sumthing like that they shot her she feel on the floor and then the cop stood their the screen went black the rip or dedication for mika and katie came up and that was the end of the movie so where did the rest of the stuff everybody else is talkin about fit in please inform me because i am so confused which one did i see the theater verson or the 2nd one and was i suppose to see more than just that

@Tyler C.: hi. i have been searching for info about Dianna/Dianne from the movie paranormal activity. i havent found anything. im just wondering if it is real. i know the movie isnt but im interested. please reply. thank s:)

grrrrrrrrr…. i'm too late!

It was ok but im glad we went with the other one it was better

has anybody found the site about Dianna would like to know