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Chernobyl Diaries Writer Oren Peli on Why He Set a Horror Movie
at a Nuclear Disaster Site and Radioactive Terrors  When Oren
Peli directed the breakout horror hit Paranormal Activity in
2007, he had virtually no filmmaking experience, having come
from a software programming background. Since then, however, the
Israeli-born Peli has quickly become a horror-movie machine,
producing (and occasionally writing) the Paranormal Activity
sequels, the James Wan chiller Insidious, and now, The Chernobyl
Diaries. Chernobyl is about a group of young Euro travelers who
take a trip to the abandoned Ukrainian town of Pripyat (where
the 1986 Chernobyl disaster took place) and are pursued by what
appears to be an entire ecosystem of radioactive, man-eating
things. While it’s directed by Bradley Parker, Peli says he and
producing partner Brian Witten were also involved heavily in the
making of the film. Peli recently spoke to us about his decision
to set a horror film