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Paranoia (2013 film)
Paranoia (2013) is Robert Luketic's corporate-espionage thriller starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, and Amber Heard, adapted from Joseph Finder's novel; released August 16, 2013 by Relativity Media, it earned 8% on Rotten Tomatoes and grossed about $16 million on a $35 million budget.
Paranoia (role-playing game)
Paranoia is a satirical tabletop RPG first published by West End Games in 1984 by Dan Gelber, Greg Costikyan, and Eric Goldberg, set in Alpha Complex under Friend Computer; players are traitorous Troubleshooters with six clones, mutant powers, and secret societies.
Paranoia Agent (妄想代理人)
Paranoia Agent (妄想代理人, Mōsō Dairinin) is a 2004 13-episode psychological suspense anime directed by Satoshi Kon, produced by Madhouse, aired on WOWOW, about the bat-wielding assailant Shōnen Bat (Lil' Slugger) and post-bubble Japanese anxiety.
Paranoiac-critical method
The paranoiac-critical method (método paranoico-crítico) is Salvador Dalí's surrealist technique of systematically organizing delirious associations into double images, first published in 1930 and applied to painting, architecture, and research.
Paranoid (album)
Paranoid is the second studio album by Black Sabbath, released in 1970; it contains "War Pigs," "Iron Man," and "Paranoid" and was their first album to reach number 1 in the UK.
Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)
Paranoid (Black Sabbath song): 1970 single and title track of the album Paranoid, written as filler in about 30 minutes, UK No. 4, Billboard Hot 100 No. 61, the band's signature song.
Paranoid (TV series)
Paranoid is a 2016 British eight-part ITV/Netflix crime drama and conspiracy thriller written by Bill Gallagher, starring Indira Varma, Robert Glenister, and Lesley Sharp as detectives investigating a playground murder in fictional Marshwell, Cheshire.
Paranoid Android
Paranoid Android, Radiohead song (also Marvin the Paranoid Android reference), lead single from OK Computer released May 26, 1997; a six-and-a-half-minute multi-section track fused from three compositions, named for Douglas Adams's character.
Paranoid Earthling
Paranoid Earthling is a Sri Lankan rock band from Kandy, active since 2001 and fronted by founder Mirshad Buckman, considered the first rock act from the city.
Paranoid ideation
Paranoid ideation (ICD-11 MB26.7) is suspiciousness or beliefs of being persecuted or unfairly treated, held below delusional intensity; distinct from persecutory delusion, common in the general population, and measured by the R-GPTS.
Paranoid personality disorder
Paranoid personality disorder (PPD), ICD-10 F60.0, a Cluster A personality disorder of pervasive unwarranted distrust and suspicion without delusions or hallucinations; prevalence about 3.2%, treated with CBT, no proved effective treatment.
Paranormal
Paranormal: phenomena and claims (telepathy, ghosts, precognition) that cannot be explained by current science, studied by parapsychology and anomalistic psychology, and quantified psychologically via paranormal belief measures.
Paranormal (2020 TV series)
Paranormal (ما وراء الطبيعة, Ma Waraa Al Tabiaa) is Netflix's first Egyptian original series, a six-episode 2020 horror drama by Amr Salama adapting Ahmed Khaled Tawfik's 15-million-copy novel series about hematologist Refaat Ismail in 1960s Egypt.
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American found-footage supernatural horror film directed by Oren Peli, in which a young couple's home videos document a demon haunting their San Diego house.
Paranormal Activity (play)
Paranormal Activity is a horror stage play by Levi Holloway, directed by Punchdrunk's Felix Barrett, telling an original story of couple James and Lou in London; premiered at Leeds Playhouse 2024, West End 2025, Broadway 2026, with illusion design by Chris Fisher.
Paranormal Activity 2
Paranormal Activity 2 is a 2010 American found-footage supernatural horror film directed by Tod Williams, the second installment in the Paranormal Activity franchise and a prequel to the 2007 original.
Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 3 is a 2011 American found-footage supernatural horror film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, a prequel set in 1988 when the haunting of sisters Katie and Kristi began.
Paranormal Activity 4
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012), also called PA4, is the fourth found-footage horror film in the Paranormal Activity franchise, directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, following Alex's family and the boy Robbie; it opened number one but earned the series' weakest reviews.
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021) is the seventh Paranormal Activity film, a Paramount+ original directed by William Eubank, written by Christopher Landon, starring Emily Bader as Margot in a standalone Amish-community story.
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) is the sixth Paranormal Activity film, directed by Gregory Plotkin. The Fleege family finds a camera that records spirits; made in 3D, it grossed about $78 million worldwide on a $10 million budget, the franchise's lowest.
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014) is the fifth Paranormal Activity film and first spin-off, a Latino-themed found-footage possession story directed by Christopher Landon, starring Andrew Jacobs and Jorge Diaz, grossing $32.5 million in the US.
Paranormal Lockdown
Paranormal Lockdown is an American paranormal documentary series (2016–2019) created by Nick Groff with co-host Katrina Weidman, featuring 72-hour lockdowns at haunted sites across four seasons and 47 episodes on Destination America and TLC.
Paranormal Witness
Paranormal Witness is an American paranormal drama-documentary series produced by RAW TV. It presents first-hand accounts of hauntings and unexplained experiences using witness interviews and scripted reenactments.
ParaNorman
ParaNorman is LAIKA's 2012 stop-motion 3D horror-comedy directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell, about Norman Babcock, a boy who speaks to the dead, notable for 3D-printed puppet faces and an Oscar nomination.
Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse
Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse (PARANORMASIGHT FILE38) is Square Enix's 2026 supernatural mystery adventure visual novel, sequel to The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, directed by Takanari Ishiyama, set on the fictional island of Kameshima in Ise bay with mermaid folklore, a diving minigame, and a February 19, 2026 release on Switch, PC, and mobile.
Paranthropus
Paranthropus, robust australopithecine hominin genus with species aethiopicus, boisei (Nutcracker Man, Zinjanthropus), and robustus; massive chewing anatomy, C4-rich diet, extinct by 1.2 million years ago, side branch not ancestral to Homo sapiens.
Paranthu Po (பறந்து போ)
Paranthu Po (பறந்து போ, Fly Away) is a 2025 Tamil musical comedy-drama directed by Ram, starring Shiva, Grace Antony, and Mithul Ryan. A father-son road trip film, released 4 July 2025, CBFC U, 20 songs by Santhosh Dhayanithi, streamed on JioHotstar.
Paraoxon
Paraoxon (E-600, Phosphacol) is an organophosphate compound that is the toxic active metabolite of the insecticide parathion, formed by oxidation and a potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.
Paraparetic variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome
The paraparetic variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare GBS form in which leg weakness and areflexia spare the arms, cranial nerves, and respiratory muscles.
Parapariya Thera
Parapariya Thera (परापरिय) was an early Buddhist arahant, a brahmin's son of Sāvatthī who ordained after hearing the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta, to whom the Theragāthā ascribes three groups of poems.