Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) [Blu-ray]
Horror

Paranormal Activity 3 takes you back to where it all began and the activity is more intense than ever. The cameras are on and recording the chilling moments when evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristie for the first time. Brace yourself for the horror phenomenon that delivers "heart-exploding scares" so frightening that "the last 15 minutes will mess up your life."

User Comment: *** This review may contain spoilers *** jmcb002 from United States, 21 October 2011 • I thought I went to go see Paranormal Activity 3... you know, like the one in the trailer with a seance gone brutally wrong, house on fire, jumping girls from the upper story, medium coming to rid the house of bad spirits, closet ghost knocking games, crying girls huddled in cars, mom being flown out of bedroom, and water being thrown on a ghost to reveal that its shape is actually there. But no, I ended up seeing a crappy excuse for producers thinking they are being creative and edgy by changing it from the trailer and making it a story about satanic women rituals. I've already seen that horrible remake. I wanted to see a Paranormal Activity, not "The Wicker Man / The Last Exorcism".

I hope someone sues the creators for false advertising by not making ANY scenes from the trailer into the final cut. That honestly makes me mad. The Paranormal movies were made on the premise of being about a haunting of demons; adding in the "cult" aspect just changes things. We were drawn in on the fear of the supernatural, not satanic women. I want to see the movie from the trailer, not what they decided was the best and scariest cut for theaters, because that version was terrible.

Summary: Different movie than the trailer.

User Comment: *** This review may contain spoilers *** DarnMacs from United Kingdom, 20 October 2011 • I am not a professional critic, nor am i a critic in a general circumstance. But after watching this film it really inspired me to create an account on this site to express my views and opinions.

Well i understood the story line of this film and thought it could be a great concept, going back to before all the shenanigans of the first and second paranormal activity to when Katie and Kristi were children who are influenced highly by a spirit called "Tobi". Which in turn gave me great expectations for this film, i was terribly mistaken.

The first hour of this film is filled with nothing more than the usual scare tactic employed in the last 2 films which does work to a certain degree but also grows old very quickly as its all be done before in the last 2 films. A slight mix up was the camera attached to a fan trick, which i did find a good idea although even that wore thin. Also took away from the fear aspect of the film was the comedy factor which they seemed to incorporate which personally i believe has no place in the PA films. I also thought that the scene in the kitchen was a ridiculous play on the scene in the 2nd PA, could have been a bit more creative there.

After the first hour passed i believed the film was beginning to pick up and bit and actually had me frightened for a short period of time. Before i continue after this is a SPOILER!!. Why this film turned into somewhat of a cult film was beyond a joke. It completely took away from the main isolated fear aspect that the film was famous for. The ending was completely ridiculous leaving and unbelievable amount of questions unanswered.

1. Where does it show you anything to do with the house burning down?
2. Why weren't any of the clips in the trailers in the actual feature?
3. It never explains what the entity actually is?
4. How did the mother actually die in the film? And where does it show that she is actually dead at the top of the staircase?
5. Why does the ghost haunt the children although it is meant to haunt the first born son?
6. Where did a cult ever play a part in any of the other films?

All in all this film was a complete let down, and i wouldn't recommend anyone to pay any amount of money to go and view this, even just to understand the story its not worth seeing, as it does not answer any of this.

P.S as well as all of this, the reaction of the people in the cinema watching this took away from the fear as a lot of laughs were had.

Summary: Couldn't believe this.

[CSW] -2.1- If you've seen any of the previous Paranormal Activity movies don't go see this one. It is the same as either of the other two movies only by now you know what to expect. D-Box intelligent vibration added a lot to the longer vibration scenes and accented all of the bump scares. Still I could have missed this movie with no regrets. I am very glad I didn't see any of the trailers or I would have been even more disappointed. They definitely needed to do something new and different.
[V3.5-A4.0] MPEG-4 AVC - No D-Box motion codes but D-Box intelligent vibration added greatly to this movie (even though it couldn't save it).

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