Review of Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014) by Horcrux2007 — 20 Mar 2015

I guess it's just not my taste, but The Marked Ones sorta let me down. This is a spin-off from the main series, so it doesn't have much to do with Katie, Hunter, or the other characters other than expanding the more vague aspects of the mythology.

The Marked Ones does have a decently interesting story with an ending that kinda aggravated me, and there is a bit more action in this film than the other four installments, but I felt like it was missing something.

The movie was filled with a lot more jump scares than the rest of the series, most failed and only some warranted a slight jump, and there was no suspense or real fear throughout this movie. This focused more on the action and humor rather than any scares, which wouldn't be a problem for most horror movies, but when I see a Paranormal Activity movie, I don't expect to see some guy draw a dick on another guy's face.

It has some mildly scary scenes, and the change of setting does give a bit more variety to the series, but The Marked Ones mostly fails to live up to the impossibly high standards set by the franchise by being a by-the-numbers found footage flick.