#The marked ones movie
There’s a good built-in audience for this movie and there will be a good built-in audience for “Paranormal Activity 6” if it’s given a chance. Why can’t the film open at Halloween? Why can’t it cut between four cameras? Why is there a colon in the title when “Paranormal Activity 5” would have been just fine? Still, I wonder why we have to put up with all these changes that undermine a winning formula. But if you’re not sick of the franchise by now, this will probably make for another fun go-’round. If you’re hoping that “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” will do something drastically different from the other “Paranormal Activity” movies, you will be disappointed. I think these scenes are supposed to be simultaneously silly and creepy, but in actuality they’re all the way silly. I do have to question the film’s decision to have the kids communicate with an otherworldly being using the electronic game Simon. Even Oscar’s dangerous gang-member brother (Richard Cabral) isn’t as standoffish as one might expect the film could have actually used more of him. The kids themselves are pretty agreeable characters, even if they’re a little too mischievous for their own good. Unique to this film are scenes of Jesse having fun with his supernatural affectations - shades of 2012’s underrated “Chronicle.” This means that the film can’t do the standard “cut between four cameras” device, which is sorely missed. The only difference this time is that the main characters are a group of teenagers instead of a family and it’s pretty much all handheld camera footage as opposed to wall-mounted cameras. It’s still “found footage” of a gradual demonic possession. The release date may be bafflingly different from the rest of the series, but the film itself isn’t. I saw the movie in a crowded theater with lots of loud, excited people.
#The marked ones update
Did the filmmakers miss their deadline?ĭid the studio not want to compete with that lousy “Carrie” update for Halloween horror crowds? Or, after 2012’s “Paranormal Activity 4” barely made $50 million, did they think that people had just lost interest in the franchise? The franchise had carved out a nice little niche as an annual Halloween tradition (thankfully replacing those disgusting “Saw” movies) and I don’t know why anyone would want to mess with that. I have to wonder why the new “Paranormal Activity” movie is coming out now instead of October.
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