Retaining the series’ trademark of casting relatively unknowns, Andrew Jacobs portrays Jesse, a recent high-school graduate slowly being possessed by a demonic entity after investigating the death of a downstairs neighbor who also happened to have had a questionable black magic obsession. This setting alone delivers a grounded feeling not truly utilized since the original thanks to Christopher B. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones heaves middle-class suburban homes aside for an apartment in Oxnard, California’s predominantly Latino neighborhood. More of an offshoot than sequel, numerous clever touches sufficiently reinvigorate a series many simply abandoned due to staleness. Missing last year’s Halloween season, the series makes a surprisingly fresh return in Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. Like many horror sequels however, quality and creativity suffered with each installment. Subsequent follow-ups became successful enough to go blow-for-blow against then yearly fright-flick champion Saw. Eventually becoming one of the most profitable films ever, it spawned three sequels normally released around Halloween. One of the genre’s biggest beneficiaries post- Blair Witch Project was 2009’s Paranormal Activity. He overpowers the officers and drives away in one of their squad cars.Stylistically, found footage cinematography has almost become as synonymous with contemporary horror as zombies and torture porn.
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