Some people have an interest in the paranormal, such as haunted houses, graveyards, ghosts, and such. The one thing many people search for is proof that paranormal things exist.

White Noise is a movie based around EVP or Electronic Voice Phenomenon. EVP is a way that ghosts or spirits contact living people. Sometimes people can hear voices on cassette tapes and see fuzzy faces behind the snow on video tapes. If a spirit is strong enough, they can leave a message or their image on a tape while it’s recording.

White Noise, stars Michael Keaton, who plays architect Jonathan Rivers who becomes obsessed with EVP. Rivers looses his pregnant wife, Anna, in a bizarre mystery that is never solved. Some time passes after Anna’s disappearance, then Rivers is contacted by a man that believes he has been receiving messages from Anna. If these messages are in fact from Anna, it confirms that she is dead. After Rivers realizes that the recordings of Anna are not fake, he grieves for his dead wife. He quickly becomes obsessed with trying to capture Anna’s voice or image on tape. He buys video and audio recording equipment and becomes alienated from the world in an effort to connect with Anna. After seeing Anna, Rivers starts to believe that his wife is showing him people that are not dead yet so he can save them. However, three dark and evil spirits does not like Jonathan meddling in the paranormal and will do anything to stop him.

White Noise is directed by Geoffrey Sax with Universal Pictures. Michael Keaton and Deborah Kara Unger stars as Jonathan and Anna Rivers. White Noise was released on January 7, 2005. Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune says, “Hollywood and Michael Keaton try to make a decent thriller out of ghosts in the machine but come up with lousy reception and static.”

I was pleasantly surprised with the movie. I was scared at many points, but the scary parts only involved something suddenly appearing on a television. Do I think White Noise was worth the $6.75 admission to see it? I think so. It’s not the scariest movie I’ve ever seen, but it’s definitely not the worst either. No matter if viewers are skeptical of EVP, they will see a good movie that will make them wonder if EVP and contact with the paranormal is really possible.