This it the third entry for this franchise and as sequels go especially in the horror genre they tend to lose a lot of luster as they age this far. For the first 30-40 minutes this was the case as well but when it picks up after that it really picks up and moves at a very exciting pace.
I love how they have been able to tie in all the movies together without resorting to some stupid and obviously unreal connection. The reasoning actually makes since for each one. This movie shows the two sisters back in 1988 when all this drama started. Just like the first two their story is shown via home video but the one quirk in all this is that the videos are shown missing/stolen from their home in present time and are now shown to us the audience. So who stole them and who is watching them with us?
The story picks up during an earthquake that happens to shot because the sisters parents are making a sex video. Once the husband replays the footage to see the earthquake he notices dust coming down from the ceiling and falls upon a some type of figure. Let the fun begin. Katie the youngest sister seems to have some invisible friend named Toby and as the parents start to take offense to any reference of him the spirit starts acting out violently. I don't want to state too much as I think good old horror stories are best to be seen and experienced than to be told of certain things that happen so you sort of expect it. Let's just say that some of the "scary" parts are original and if it was me I would have issues for the rest of my life. Seeing how this movie ends it surprises me that the sisters would ever have a video camera around again in their lives as we see in the first two movies.
Rating : 3.75 / 5 - I still think the second movie is the best overall of the three but the second half of this one is the best part. There is nothing liking having kids in scary movies as the either the "evil" ones, i.e. Omen or the ones being tormented. Its just seems more real and raw. I like the new tricks this adds to the trilogy and the story fits right in to everything. We now have seen the full circle of the story as this movie has an ending that can be considered an ending to the series but noting the money this has made and the demand for good horror movies I expect to be reviewing Paranormal 4 this time next year.
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