Trailer Trash: Paranormal Activity 3

August 04, 2011  •  Leave a Comment
NOTE: This is a weekly post idea I’m thinking of trying out. If people like it, I’ll turn it into a Haywire Effect-style vlog talking about upcoming movies, so feel free to comment.

The Paranormal Activity series is a polarizing one for a simple reason: If you don’t believe in the paranormal, it’s not going to scare you. Whether or not I believe in it is immaterial – I think that our understanding of our own reality is stunted enough for me to never discount the possibility of alternate realities crossing over into our own. Regardless, I think this is the best horror series to be introduced in well over a decade, and I believe it deserves a lot of credit for that simply because it’s the first in many years to actually be about suspense – not just a body count.

 

These movies are deceptively effective because we’re made to wait and watch for stuff to happen.

That being said, will the new one hold up the current streak of great writing and truly scary atmosphere? Who knows. If the “Bloody Mary” scene from this trailer is actually the jumping off point for this prequel, I may have to storm into the projection booth and defecate on the reels. If it’s just a scene of little girls being little girls, then fine.

Paranormal Activity pointed out a sad truth that putting a camera on a tripod in 2009 was innovative again. Paranormal Activity 2 upped the ante with multiple cameras and better effects. We’ll see what part three has in store on October 21.

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