Review of Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) by Josh M — 10 Jun 2012

Much better than PA2, but still not as good PA1. Many scares are recycled for the 2nd and 3rd times. While they are definitely effective, I found myself numb to many of them after the initial shock. It's like: "Oh.

Ok. Got it. She was dragged across the room...again." PA1 was so good, because we had no idea what was coming. It's to the point now, where you start looking for the doors, shadows, sounds, quick cuts, etc; it's ironic that those familiar devices are actually comforting.

I'm not quite sure how I feel about the direction this movie takes the franchise. The introduction of mythology makes this much less scary to me. I hope they finish the series with PA4 and catch us up with Hunter and Katie from the end of PA2 rather than delve even further into the witches, covenant, demon origins.