Paranormal Activity 3

Phony Scott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90r3CnPI0AM

Another year, another Paranormal Activity. I enjoyed the first film, thought the second one was laughable, but still enjoyable. I think this could still be fun, though the video quality isn't realistic at all for something shot in 1988.

Professional Griefer

Just came across this as well.

Out October 21st, hopefully better than the last one.

jaykhunter

As the SAW hating ends, the Paranormal Activity hating starts.

It's probably asking too much but I hope this doesn't follow the same 'security camera' footage of the first two. I'd be interested in fleshing out more of the story though. Maybe it'll be edited home video footage.

johnny_ultimate

My my, they're crapping these out at a pace that's hard to keep track of!

This one is directed by the directors of the quite excellent Catfish - the only thing that has me even ever so slightly curious about this.

Hmmm... As said, the camera quality is far too good for something pertaining to be from 1988, and I'm *really* hoping they'r not going down the candyman route

faceman

The Bloody Mary superstition inspired the Candyman series so it looks like it's going down that route

There was a film released a few years ago called Bloody Mary about the same thing but I haven't seen it

chin_grin

I'd like to see a Paranormal Activity without the use of the "viewed through the home video\security camera" technique.

Although the ending of the trailer put the sh!ts up me I don't think it's going to offer any more than what we've seen as we know a few of the twists already.

I'm referring to the burned picture in the prequels so, of course, the house burns down.......maybe.....Pretty sure that's what happens.

Also would've liked to see a proper sequel and what

Katie and Hunter end up doing\possessing.

Meh, the original was decent enough when it first came out but the hype which surrounded its rerelease was way over the top. It's an average film which didn't really do anything that a dozen other films hadn't all ready.

evad_lhorg

I really enjoyed the first two and enjoyed how they linked them and it wasnt just another possesion thing. Terrified the pants off me.

lLooking forward to this

Goldstein

I must say I do enjoy watching them, even if they inevitably disappoint by failing to explore even 10% of the potential that the premise grants them. The second one was especially sparse in the originality / imagination department and there was a definite feeling that you'd just been conned with a long buildup that went nowhere. I'm all for patient buildups but they better be going somewhere with it and not run for the credits when the time comes to deliver. But hey, at least they're trying. I'd take an averagely executed attempt at a scary horror over more mutilation movies any day.

Tipsy McSwagger

First one scared the living shyte out of me and the gf but the second one was really boring. Will defo check this one out though.

Niallwithaz

faceman wrote: »

The Bloody Mary superstition inspired the Candyman series so it looks like it's going down that route

There was a film released a few years ago called Bloody Mary about the same thing but I haven't seen it

Dont think they are going to go down the "Bloody Mary is what started it all" route. If I'm remembering the 2nd film right they think that it all started with their grandmother. Could be wrong though. I'd be highly disappointed if they went the bloody mary route also.

jaykhunter

at some point i bet they're gonna recount something similar to the end of Silent Hill

(some witch being burnt alive and the evil spirit haunts the grandmother)

or something like that.

I know what PA brings to the table; jumps rather than scares, and i'm cool with that. It'll be fun!

Tindie

I love the first movie, it was a great movie but i did not like the second one at all, (Due to fake stuff in the trailer that was not showing in the movie)

But there 3rd one looks awesome and second trailer made me
jump 3 times!
Check out this awesome trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V389T9J5QYY

Mr Freeze

Tindie wrote: »

But there 3rd one looks awesome and second trailer made me
jump 3 times!
Check out this awesome trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V389T9J5QYY

Good Trailer, dunno how the girls forget all that happens to them for PA1 and PA2, if all this happened when they were kids, I'd be scarred for life.

All they mentioned in the PA1, is that there was a blob/presence at the bottom of the bed the odd time with they were kids.

Still, the film should be fun though, another one I will have to watch on my own and near sh1t myself as the GF will not watch these films.

Galvasean

Saw a trailer for this in the cinema before Apollo 18. The jumpy scary bits were awfully signposted and just didn't seem to work. Looks very poor.

Red Hand

Galvasean wrote: »

Saw a trailer for this in the cinema before Apollo 18. The jumpy scary bits were awfully signposted and just didn't seem to work. Looks very poor.

Hmmmmm.....

Phony Scott

After the second film, I'll be seeing it purely for giggles, though I do honestly hope for something much better.

jaykhunter

Mr Freeze wrote: »

dunno how the girls forget all that happens to them for PA1 and PA2, if all this happened when they were kids, I'd be scarred for life.

i'm just spitballin' here but maybe they were traumatised and mentally blocked the whole ordeal as a coping mechanism. And someone said "hey that happened" as an explanation.

More likely they haven't thought it through and "just go with it" is your answer :P

senordingdong

jaykhunter wrote: »

at some point i bet they're gonna recount something similar to the end of Silent Hill

(some witch being burnt alive and the evil spirit haunts the grandmother)

or something like that.

I know what PA brings to the table; jumps rather than scares, and i'm cool with that. It'll be fun!

I thought the back plot was

that someone made a deal with a demon for wealth in exchange for their first born son, but the boy in PA2 was the first boy born for a few generations

With the way that the story went in the second one, it seems kinda inevitable that the story would continue to go backwards.

I loved the first one but hated the ending. The sequel did what it said it on the tin but I wasn't impressed with the back story. I think the premise of the third one makes the second excusable in terms of a better story arc.

Mr Freeze

jaykhunter wrote: »

More likely they haven't thought it through and "just go with it" is your answer :P

Then "Just go with it" is what I will have to do.

Eirebear

TBH, the first was a surprise to me in that it actually seemed to get me somewhere in the back of my head and scare me - something a horror hasnt done for a very, very long time.
The second was "meh!" although i liked the overlapping timeline angle.

I'll go see this one for ****s n giggles.

funky penguin

Tindie wrote: »

I love the first movie, it was a great movie but i did not like the second one at all, (Due to fake stuff in the trailer that was not showing in the movie)

But there 3rd one looks awesome and second trailer made me
jump 3 times!
Check out this awesome trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V389T9J5QYY

Feels like they just shared all their scary moments.... Hope this isn't the case!

Tindie

funky penguin wrote: »

Feels like they just shared all their scary moments.... Hope this isn't the case!

I have seen number of TV spots that on Bloody Disgusting some creepy scenes have not been showed in trailer (I wish i didn't see those tv spots lol )

Unless you want to see them?

Galvasean

Red Hand wrote: »

Hmmmmm.....

Hmmmmm.....?

The trailer is all over the place atm and the more I see it the less interest I have in the film. Had they gone ahead and shot it on cameras which were available to the home market at the time of the films setting then I'd be fare more interested. The whole Bloody Mary aspect is also rather off putting, Candyman used that mythos and did wonders with it and what with the uncut Candyman appearing on Blu Ray atm I have far more interest in revisiting and old favourite than I do in watching the latest entry in the new Saw franchise.

Tindie

Deleted User wrote: »

The trailer is all over the place atm and the more I see it the less interest I have in the film. Had they gone ahead and shot it on cameras which were available to the home market at the time of the films setting then I'd be fare more interested. The whole Bloody Mary aspect is also rather off putting, Candyman used that mythos and did wonders with it and what with the uncut Candyman appearing on Blu Ray atm I have far more interest in revisiting and old favourite than I do in watching the latest entry in the new Saw franchise.

I was on a horror site, few days back and one of the posters said that Blood Mary part will not be part of the movie, its only made for Adverts!

Dose seem a bit odd!

Tindie

Here few clips on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7uwtm_Gwrg&feature=channel_video_title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=zHLuvcu-Rag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=zYwqOVsmOCc

TV spots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsyaO-CNFPs&feature=channel_video_title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeUEcrvpzG4
(This is really gives me creeps)

Tindie

Paranormal Activity 3
I Just got back from seeing Paranormal Activity 3

I liked it, it had a lot more going on then the second one, there were few good moments that really clever and some really good jumpy moments and i didn't really understand the ending of movie at all!

Another thing , you should know is that any of the Scary scenes you saw in the trailer are not in the movie at all, I can't remember seeing any scenes that was in the trailer that was in the movies i just saw!

This was lot more fun then then the second one!
7 out of 10

Really annoying girl sitting be hide screaming at every little thing that happens, she was screaming like she was being killed or something, my hear still bloody ringing because of her screaming!

leposean

Scared the absolute bejebus out of me!!!

Bit in the dressing room with Denis' cameraman mate and the older of the sisters, EPIC!!!

Sasquatch76

Thought it was alright.

The pair of child actors were very good I thought. The

oscillating fan contraption was a gimmick that worked particularly well, especially for the scene with the sheet

. I enjoyed it, despite it being particularly daft!

bad2dabone

just back from it, strongest of the 3 i thought, but left with more questions than answers!
I enjoyed it.

Tonto86

Anyone else a bit pissed half the movie seemed to be missing from the trailers?

chin_grin

Tonto86 wrote: »

Anyone else a bit pissed half the movie seemed to be missing from the trailers?

I preferred that. It's like you take comfort in a scene that you've seen in the trailer when it comes up so every part of the film is new.

The few scares that got me where when

the babysitter was taking the mick (boo-ing at the camera). The sheet that disappeared behind her. When the table\pots\pans everything was levitating in the kitchen. And the climax with the coven.

They were all very well done.

Of course it lines up another one seeing

that the house never burned down (did we find that out in the first or the second one?).

H8GHOTI

Saw it last night. Didn't think it was very good. Enjoyed the first two much more.

It was too similar to the others. I know that was to be somewhat expected but they used a lot of the same tricks again, like someone standing in the same place for a few hours just staring straight ahead. If I hadn't seen the first two it might of been better.

Tonto86 wrote: »

Anyone else a bit pissed half the movie seemed to be missing from the trailers?

I avoided the trailer beforehand & only watched it now and there's loads missing from the film. The scenes they cut would of made the movie better, had they been left in.

Anita Blow

They purposely dont include trailer footage. They did it for 2 aswell.

I thought it was great. Big step up from 1 and 2. Usually felt a bit at ease when the day scenes came in 1 and 2 because you knew not much would happen but that went out the window in this one with loads of the scares coming during the day!
Compared to the first 2 which I felt had their boring/nothing happens moments, this had loads of stuff happening. That last 10 or 15 minutes in

the grannys house

had me ****ting myself. Same with

the bloody mary bit and the sheet!

whatislife

The movie didn't make much sense to me plot wise, but if you don't take it too seriously then you will enjoy it.

I found the first Paranormal Activity to be very boring but this has a nice number of little jumps, scares.

PARKHEAD67

whatislife wrote: »

The movie didn't make much sense to me plot wise, but if you don't take it too seriously then you will enjoy it.

I found the first Paranormal Activity to be very boring but this has a nice number of little jumps, scares.

Ive never watched any Paranormal film.My wife is a complete horror-phobe.Would you recommend me to watch part 1?

nix

Honestly there isnt much story in the movies, you could watch them in any order and it wouldn't make a difference. I didnt think much of the first 2, they are very slow moving and not many scares at all. The third one was alot better and had a decent amount of scares in it.

If you were to only watch one of them ,go with the third one, first is ok but a bit boring and second one i thought was complete crap.

If you cared about the sequence of the on going story, just leave the second one till last, the third movie is a prequel to the first 2.

PARKHEAD67

nix wrote: »

Honestly there isnt much story in the movies, you could watch them in any order and it wouldn't make a difference. I didnt think much of the first 2, they are very slow moving and not many scares at all. The third one was alot better and had a decent amount of scares in it.

If you were to only watch one of them ,go with the third one, first is ok but a bit boring and second one i thought was complete crap.

If you cared about the sequence of the on going story, just leave the second one till last, the third movie is a prequel to the first 2.

Fellas I work with told me they were completetely freaked out after 1 and 2. Maybe their not" Hardcore horror fans". Im 50/50 as to watch PA1 to be honest.(I know I will though.Im a bit stupid like that)

nix

PARKHEAD67 wrote: »

Fellas I work with told me they were completetely freaked out after 1 and 2. Maybe their not" Hardcore horror fans". Im 50/50 as to watch PA1 to be honest.

One of my friends from work had to leave the cinema when watching part 2 he was so scared, i went to see it based on that, i was gonna skip it as i didnt think much of the first. Turned out my friend from work was just one giant vagina with legs as i didnt find it scarey at all.

But the third had me on edge a few times, not many horrors can do that..