Deadline’s review praises the Broadway stage adaptation of Paranormal Activity as an unusually effective and entertaining horror production, arguing that it translates familiar film scares into a distinctly theatrical experience. The production generates frightened shrieks followed by relief laughter, while using stagecraft, sound and lighting to make well-worn horror devices feel fresh.

Rather than repeating the films’ plots, the play follows Lou and James, an American couple newly living in London after Lou experienced unexplained blackouts and “lost time” in Chicago. James initially doubts Lou’s perceptions and questions her medication, invoking the familiar “unreliable woman” horror trope, but the review says the play soon establishes that a supernatural presence is real; it particularly commends Levi Holloway’s writing, Felix Barrett’s direction, and the work of the cast and design team.