Paranormal Activity 3 film review

Paranormal Activity 3 Theatrical Poster

            There are some films that shouldn’t be made. With horror films, audience members have become so picky with finding a “good” one, they almost forget to appreciate those classical and less tacky films.

           

            Paranormal Activity 3 is film that sets the backdrop of the previous two films. Surprise, surprise. We hardly get anything new here.

An anticipated scene that is not in the actual film.

            My biggest problem with Paranormal Activity 3 was not its concept, but its execution. The film mainly relies heavily on cheap scares consisting of people barging through doors, light bulbs popping, and always something dropping. And the saddest part is that the “ghosts” do not cause most of these.

            I do, however, appreciate its attempt to redeem itself with a “classic” Paranormal moment where the character attaches his camera onto a rotating fan, which puts the audience members in a voyeuristic point of view. With each slow spin, audience members wonder what might be in that corner, or maybe the other corner. But, unfortunately, this becomes repetitive and dry.

Did you hear that? It's probably just some cat that will make an absurdly loud noise because it needs to in order for it to scare audience members.

            Apart from this measly compliment, there were much more gripes I had about the film. One, being the “twist,” that completely rips off of other mockumentary-style of horror films. First time with Blair Witch was creative. The next few times were O.K., but now…is it really that shocking? The audience constantly demands for a breadth of fresh air for horror films, but what we get is another big cliche, sadly.

            What’s more appalling is the enormous amount of money the film earned at the box office, setting the record for an opening horror film. If this will dictate the new horror genre, then mother of lord be with me.

1/4