#Paranormal activity marked ones story movie#
I hated the 4th movie and thought that it was just filled with potholes, until seeing The Marked Ones. That movie ends by the coven repossessing Hunter and killing his adoptive family. Hunter has been adopted by a new family and Katie moves in across the street with a random little kid who introduces Hunter to the demon "Toby". This is why the 4th movie doesn't make much sense when you first view. She kills both Kristi and her brother-in-law (Kristi's stepdaughter Ali was on a school trip), and steals Hunter. Cutting back to PA2, we see Katie leaves her house and goes to Kristi's. Moments later, Katie throws him bodily into the camera. At the end of the movie we hear Katie screaming downstairs and Micah running down to help her. The original movie follows Katie's terrorization and eventual possession. Trying to ease the family's strife from the demon's presence, Kristi's husband performs a ceremony to sic the demon on Katie instead. Kristi has the firstborn son and the demon comes after him. It continues with PA2, which intertwines a bit with the first movie. The story really begins with the prequel (PA3), showing Katie and Kristi's family being terrorized by "Toby".a demon with whom the girls' grandmother has made a pact (to deliver the firstborn son of the family line). I think some people are very confused by the progression of the Katie/Kristi story so I want to explain this a bit better. The very best aspect of the movie is the highly touted surprise ending, which ties up all of the loose ends of the franchise. I also found the main characters very likable and funny.character development did not fall short at all like it did with the 4th film. Some you know are coming because they managed to create the tension, but some are completely unexpected. You will definitely find some great "jumpy" scenes. The 4th movie had so much potential but fell completely short, and the 5th movie relies on all of the tried and tired possession plot lines.
Unfortunately, the fourth and now fifth installments of the franchise have fallen by the way of generic horror films of our day. What I loved about the first three installments of Paranormal Activity was that the scares were subtle and tension was built over time. There are worse found-footage movies out there, but The Marked Ones is definitely one you can skip over. You just want these stupid jump scares to stop so you can go about your life not watching this movie.
Near the end I was just waiting for it to be over because you know there's not going to be any explanation or any depth to the story at that point. It just got really uninteresting really fast. I won't say it's terrible because I didn't hate myself watching it. It basically went from being an intriguing murder mystery to a generic possession movie. And that's how the entire third act feels: rushed and lazy. Let's just make a bunch of supernatural crap happen to these characters we developed and wrap this up as quickly as possible". It's like halfway through the movie the filmmakers were like "oh crap, this has to be a Paranormal Activity movie. Easy jump scares, stupid mythology that isn't even explained and makes no sense, people running around from room to room with no suspense. I liked the characters, I thought the filmmakers were doing something interesting and fresh, there are some comedic bits thrown around, it was just enjoyable to watch. The first 30 or so minutes I was invested in the movie. It's the same premise though - found-footage, teenagers, ghosts, demons, and what have you. I've only seen the first Paranormal Activity so I'm reviewing this as a standalone movie, even though it's actually a spin off or whatever.
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