Right around this time last year, Paramount unleashed a phenomenon via shrewd viral marketing and a very scary film, "Paranormal Activity." Oren Peli's "found footage" horror flick — with a reported $15,000 budget — went on to gross almost $200 million worldwide, the strongest budget-to-box-office earnings ratio in Hollywood history.
Naturally with that kind of reception the powers that be ordered a sequel, and that film's release date, October 22, is quickly approaching.
For fans dying to see "Paranormal Activity 2" first, before any other audiences, Paramount Pictures is hosting an evening of screening parties across the country as a thank you to fans for embracing the first "Activity." All you need to do to help bring a free screening of the film to your city is visit Eventful.com and click the "Demand It!" tab next to the appropriate city. Fans in the 20 most demanded cities will be able to see the film first, for free and with free popcorn and soda, beginning Oct 20 at 11:59 p.m.
At press time, the top 20 cities in the running for the free screenings were: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Diego, Miami, Boston, San Francisco, Boston, Toronto, Seattle, Atlanta, San Antonio, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Baltimore and Minneapolis.
Also, in case you haven't yet seen the extra-creepy trailer for "Paranormal Activity 2," check it out along with our fancy frame-by-frame trailer and easter-egg analysis.
Check out everything we've got on "Paranormal Activity 2."
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