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Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) 5.9
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Reviews: 312 user | 248 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home. |
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Cast
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| Christopher Nicholas Smith | ... |
Dennis
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Jessica Tyler Brown | ... |
Kristi
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Hallie Foote | ... | |
| Dustin Ingram | ... | ||
| Johanna Braddy | ... | ||
| Katie Featherston | ... | ||
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William Juan Prieto | ... |
Hunter
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Jackson Xenia Prieto | ... |
Hunter
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Paitoon Cheng | ... | |
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Eddie Medrano | ... | |
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In 1988, in California, cinematographer Dennis moves to the house of his girlfriend Julie to raise a family with her daughters Katie and Kristi. Little Kristi has an imaginary friend named Toby while weird things happen in the house. Dennis decides to place cameras in the house to capture images during the night and soon he finds that there is an entity in the house. Dennis's friend Randy Rosen (Dustin Ingram) researches the events and learns that his house might be a coven of witches and the children may be in danger. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords:
imaginary friend | woman wearing only a man's shirt | animate object | whispering | reference to macgyver |Taglines:
It Runs In The Family See more »Genres:
HorrorMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some violence, language, brief sexuality and drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
21 October 2011 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Actividad paranormal 3 See more »Box Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$52,568,183 (USA) (21 October 2011)Gross:
$104,007,828 (USA) (30 December 2011)Company Credits
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Daniel: [documenting behind the camera] You'll be spending a lot of time in here. This is gonna be your room. There's some kind of animal being de-liced or something. Compression chamber, that's your crib. It's hermetically sealed. And this is your paint color. What color is that, hon?
Adult Kristi: Jamaica bay blue.
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Written by Rodney Saulsberry & Peter Brown
Performed by Rodney Saulsberry
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation
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Towards the beginning of the film, Julie takes a picture of young Katie standing in the driveway shortly before a group picture is taken. The photo being taken appears in both Paranormal Activity and Paranormal Activity 2 as an indication that the demon has started haunting them. See more »Goofs
Dennis gave Kristi and Katie some M&Ms the night they slept outside in the tent. One of the girls ate a blue M&M. This movie was set in 1988, but blue M&Ms weren't introduced until 1995. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Daniel: [documenting behind the camera] You'll be spending a lot of time in here. This is gonna be your room. There's some kind of animal being de-liced or something. Compression chamber, that's your crib. It's hermetically sealed. And this is your paint color. What color is that, hon?
Adult Kristi: Jamaica bay blue.
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Who Do You LoveWritten by Rodney Saulsberry & Peter Brown
Performed by Rodney Saulsberry
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To be honest, I never liked Paranormal Activity movies. It's about people who lived in a house with cameras and there are evil spirits haunting them then all of the events are caught on tape. The idea is interesting but the execution always end up being unsatisfying. Paranormal Activity 3 is the very beginning of the series. It's not actually a prequel. It's more of a backward trilogy to make the ending of the rest of the Paranormal Activity films mysterious. Although, the twist is a little bit predictable but Paranormal Activity 3 has a decent story to tell with these found footage. And it really has the scares. Finally, this series has a genuine scare.
Paranormal Activity 3 reveals all the mysteries of the first two movies. Unlike the first two, instead of watching the lives of these people and wait for the spirits to come out, this one really tells a story through the videos. The story is not anything new though but the execution is decent. The second Paranormal Activity narrates almost everything in the story. Here you don't need it, you just have to look at the video footage to know the story.
Aside from its storytelling, Paranormal Activity is all about the scares. They improved the scares by moderating the slow burns and keep the objects floating. The ghosts aren't quite invisible like the first two. Here, it's campy. You can see its shadows. And of course, there's a lot of threat from the ghost. The scares are more than just jump scares. It has more terror and gumption to the thrills which is kinda fun. The cameras are well shot. Everything is well made. But the twist remains predictable for some reason.
Paranormal Activity 3 is not earning the fear anymore. It's now earning the scares. It's great to see Paranormal Activity with exact scares than wait for more than five minutes to be scared. It's not the scariest horror movie of the year but it's the best part of the series and also the most decent horror of the year. I still wanna see the parts on the trailer that wasn't show in the actual film but Paranormal Activity 3 is satisfying enough in its short runtime. Decent enough as a found-footage-horror-film.