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Did Paranormal Activity’s low-fi creepiness make you think every creaking floorboard and groaning pipe in your house was portent to ghostly goings-on? Oren Peli’s $15,000 horror flick clocked up an amazing amount of hype and box office…to the tune of $151 million dollars.

As success dictates sequels, it was inevitable there would be Paranormal Activity 2 coming to scare us all again, just when we all thought it was safe to go back to suburbia.

Yes, it is happening and it has got a director attached.

Heat Vision Blog have it that the man who gave us Saw VI, Kevin Greutert, has been hired to make it.

Are you scared yet? You should be.

Oren Peli has given his support to the venture, but will only return as executive producer. He has spoken of the sequel, saying:

“These guys get it, and the fans won’t be disappointed.”

So what can we expect? Buckets of grue and eviscerations a la Saw? Probably not. This is also not a direct follow-up either. Instead, scriptwriter Michael R Perry has bashed out a new story and will probably be more of the same.

Or will it?

This is pure Hollywood exploitation of an unexpected hit film.

Paramount will surely have to ramp it up a little in terms of effects and “happenings”. Let’s just hope it doesn’t turn into Poltergeist 2…or 3. They’ll be high expectations for this title come Halloween. And please, somebody end the Saw franchise!