THE MARKED ONES: --: 2013: HRR: The new Paranormal didn't live up to the original, but really, at this point, how could it? The first one broke all sort of records for an independent movie and really set the whole "found footage" stage on it's head.
So is there a reason to watch this? Well, it depends how much time you have. It is a little bit of a time sink, but the mythology and some of the effects are decent. Overall, it had many of the elements that made the original a hit, but fell short on many of the others.
Where is this scene in a bodega?
The primary thing that this movie fell short on was the fact that the focus of the fright was a tangible figure, an adolescent kid. In the previous movie(s), it was a being or entity. This made it quite the bit more frightening. I'm going to be a lot more scared of an evil entity than a skateboarding kid. That in itself, makes the move not as good as the previous ones. Plus the way in which the scares were delivered, were a little more obvious.
Why be afraid of this kid?
I would be more afraid of this, as was the case in the first one!
Again, there was a nice buildup, a nice backdrop, and overall a great discovery scene, but it was just a let down because it was a possessed kid instead of a being or "ghost".
There was a cultural element in the movie which was entertaining and made it unique, plus the found footage element did lend to it's supposed reality, but overall it just didn't deliver. The original movie had some people in it as "experts" that gave it a bit more of a real feel and perhaps this missed that.
There were some scares, but few and far between...
I wanted to like this movie, I just couldn't give it my all out endorsement. Let's face it, it's the 6th one. Give it a break. If you want a scare and LOVE the Paranormal movies, this one won't disappoint. Just based on it's own merit, it does fall short.::::65%
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