Why so much hype?

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

This was the scariest movie I have ever seen in my entire life. Take that for whatever it's worth.And if the actual movie wasn't already scary enough, to make things even more horrifying, my television set turned off within minutes after the movie ended. I was never able to get it to work again, and it wasn't even 2 years old. True story I swear to God.That was back in 2005. Finally, almost 10 years later I saw White Noise again for the 2nd time last night. It really is that bad azz, mainly because it touches on a supernatural phenomenon, then offers tons of scientific evidence to back-up the story's validity.I would only recommend this movie to people that spiritually are well grounded and have some backbone, people that have strong convictions about their beliefs regarding the unknown. And for anybody else, if curiosity twists your arm past the point of no return, just try to remember that after all, it is still only a movie. Regardless of how real the content actually is, it's a horror movie, so Hollywood is behind it specifically aiming to scare the be-Jesus out of you. Like with alien movies, 99% of them portray aliens as evil, when in actuality, 99% of them are actually friendly and have been assisting humans ever since the Earth was seeded for life billions of years ago. Just like you'll never see movies that show aliens building the pyramids when they really did, you'll never see movies about speaking to the dead that have happy endings, even though there have been many very successful mediums and psychics helping people speak to their deceased in non-scary ways since the beginning of time. Yes, White Noise is a must-see. Just don't watch it alone!!

After his wife's disappearance and subsequent death, a man delves into the world of using electronic capturing to study the strange messages left by his wife's ghost to help lost souls like here find the peace she now has.This turned out to be quite a frustrating and utterly troubling effort, mainly due to how it destroys such a potentially intriguing and novel concept. The idea of the continued contact at the same exact time and frequency is a cheat that takes away the fact that there's hardly anything done to search for her, it's all right there to start with and that's quite annoying to get through. It also manages to take away the paranoia and obsession of why he's being contacted, since he just falls right in and begins believing in such a topic after only one visit, which is a normal mark in such films but here comes off as another cheat. The class and slick-feeling this leaves behind is also quite damaging, since it's not going to get really terrifying due to it's placement and standing, so despite the few potentially intriguing scenes it showcases there's not going to be a whole lot that really gets out-of-hand so it can get the widespread appeal, and that overall is it's biggest problem. There's potential here with the contact and mysterious messages she leaves behind, but overall this is a wasted opportunity.Rated PG-13: Violence and Language.

I don't think I saw this in full before, I loved the sequel, as is got no onnection to this movie, i thought sequel was really good.I decided to fully checked this out. I know it was not going to better then second movie, it was not bad movie at all. I found some part of really in trusting and some scene did drag a little to long, there was good jumpy momment. But i did not all those stranger effect with black shapes or what ever they are called, it kinda took all the creepiness away from the movie. The acting the movie was really good from the cast and some people may find some scenes a little moving. I think it worth watching movie, you don't need to see this movie to see the sequel. as both movies are stand alone.. I think White Noise 2 is a much better movie then this.

Despite its many down points (and there are several) and obvious borrowings from Spiehlberg's Poltergeist, this film manages to hold its own identity among the touchy subject of supernatural thrillers, a genre that is quite good at falling into clichés. Our story begins with a simple quote and static-y opening sequence-a pertinent and interesting opener to an interesting movie. Geoffrey Sax's unique directorial style becomes very clear within the first few minutes, including shots from angles uncommonly seen from the human eye and several long fades-which can be awkward at times. However, Sax does a great job at directing the emotion in Michael Keaton's struggle with his wife's passing. However, as soon as Anna dies and we start seeing this EVP maniac for the first time, the plot becomes really incomprehensible. Due to limited dialog with Anna's spirit through the static, the plot becomes so garbled it takes a lot of thinking to tell what's going on. However, if you can comprehend this screwed-up second act Niall Johnson crapped out, you will be rewarded with Geoffrey Sax's superior direction of suspense, character reaction, and stuff popping out at you. His style almost echoes that of terror master Sam Raimi, sometimes building you up to where you know something's going to pop out at you and you know from where, and you brace yourself, and it just...doesn't...happen.So overall, if you're not a perfectionist and can stand a really messed- up, disjointed script, watch this film because of the interesting story, excellent acting, and superior direction. You won't regret it.