It’s been said many times before, but it’s kind of silly to use focus groups and test audiences as a gauge for anything, given the kind of people who are willing to stand outside for a couple hours in the middle of the day on a weekday to see a free screening of something they’ve never heard of.  It’s like saying, “We’re gonna have to make some changes, the story just wasn’t resonating with the carnies and Walmart greeters we found hanging out at the Arby’s.”

Anyway, this Paranormal Activity trailer takes the novel approach of using a split screen to show audience reactions to the film at a screening.  Problem is, we see people FREAKING OUT because A DOOR SLAMMED BY ITSELF!  My first thought was that these idiots were high, stupid, or probably both.  Then again, these were some of the comments on the video:

iflyhighalldaylong: this looks scary as tits
eSilva90: so you have a phobia for boobs?
iflyhighalldaylong:hell no it is just a saying come ppl say in san Diego
DanielleOftheWall: i love the whole thing about ghosts…its so interestin!
sinboonie: damn it!!! that needs to come here to chicago!!!
gray712:мi׀эý ςýrus ŋudє тαρє яє׀єαsєd  мi׀ёý тαρё [..] ςoм

Yeah, I don’t think that was Greek.  Also, who wants to bet Danielle thinks the last part of her screen name is pronounced “off the wall”? *SIGH*

[via Videogum]