Paranormal Activity 3 serves as the end to the trilogy that changed horror. The film continues the paranormal theme of real time horror scenes with no music. Since the first two films focused on the adult sisters Katie and Kristie respectively, the third film provides us with their childhood background which fills the audience in on how/why they ended up dealing with paranormal events as adults. To do so the third film takes place in 1988. The plot of the movie does a decent job of maneuvering around the technological lacks of that time when it comes to videotaping, as the mother of Katie and Kristi just happens to be with a man (Dennis) who makes wedding videos as a job. This makes him a camera expert if you will, and that seemingly drives his desire to catch the paranormal events taking place in their house on camera. Paranormal Activity 3 did not seem to have as many scary moments as the first two movies, it instead focused more on having a stronger plot. This movie will definitely make you think twice if you ever encounter a young child that has an imaginary friend. The ending plot twist is what really solidifies this film as a solid horror movie; it is a twist that you just do not see coming.
The good: The real time horror that Paranormal Activity 3 contains, while somewhat expected, is still almost guaranteed to scare even the toughest horror movie enthusiast. The ending plot twist is just magnificent.
The bad: It is hard to understand how Katie and Kristi, who are children in this film, seemingly forget these life changing events.
Rating: 7.1 out of 10
