The Original Paranormal Activity House Scares the Daylights Out of People in Prank for Sequel

Open house makes for a fun Halloween stunt

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To get people excited about Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, the horror-movie franchise staged the ultimate haunted-house prank—an open house in the actual home where the first Paranormal Activity was filmed.

In due course, potential homebuyers were subjected to all the bells and whistles of a proper haunting, including falling paintings, shattering mirrors and static electricity in the microwave.

It turns out watching people totally lose their shit with minimal provocation is hilarious. (Well, almost minimal.

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