Paranormal Activity is an independent horror film written and directed by Oren Peli. The first glimpse of the movie was at the Screamfest Film Festival in October 2007. The movie was also shown in 2008 at the Slamdance Film Festival in Utah. It wasn't until this year that the movie had a release in several U.S cities on October 9th 2009, the movie went on to have a nationwide release on October 16th.