The Paramount produced Paranormal Activity 3 hit theaters officially Midnight on October twenty-first. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman the paranormal theatrical film had horror movie goers on the edge of their seats. The prequel introduced the real origins of how the lives of two sisters have been turned upside down due to unexplained supernatural events. The recovered video footage is set in a rural town in 1988. Strange occurences begin after a recording for a kinky love-making tape goes awry and an earthquake shakes things up in the house. Both girls Katie and Kristi are a few years apart and for the most part share everything. Katie starts communicating with an imaginary friend name Toby. Kristi is a little more disconnected from the entity until he begins to grow violent towards her. Activity in the house increases. While the intensity that the directors deliver through the script and camera shots, the audience is suspicious of any and everything. The unique shots also create an eerie feeling that draws the audience in. The girl’s mother is in complete denial about what is happening but at the same time the live in Boyfriend feels the urge to get everything on tape.
Fully aware of what is happening around him Dennis(the boyfriend) shows some of his footage to a colleague. The colleague is open to the activity. But it is not until he is face to face with a major supernatural encounter that scares him so much that he is willing to risk his job over it. The events escalate to the point where the girls mom is made aware of the dark presence. She and the family flee to her mother’s house where things just get weirder by the minute. The climax of the movie is defiantly a shocker that you can expect from the franchise. The fast moving film ties lots of loose ends together that were hanging in Paranormal Activity and the sequel.
I expect that there will be at least one more alternate ending for the film because there are a few clips from the trailer that did not even appear in the final production edit. If you are looking for a good movie that will scare you this Halloween season then Paranormal Activity 3 is the movie for you. I give this movie four stars.
Definitely better than the second one and even though it’s a little bit of the same thing around again, it still is totally freaky and has so many chilling moments that will stay in your mind forever. Good review. Check out mine when you can.