Paranormal Activity 3

I saw the first installment of this franchise at Fantastic Fest back in 2009.  It was formulaic and clinical in its execution, which left me wanting more.  Alas, this was not it.  (I never saw the sequel.)  This wasn't nearly as frightening as the first film.  All the setups are now so obvious.

It was really strange watching commercials for this over the next few months and thinking to myself, "Wait, that scene wasn't in the film!"  Yes we were told that the version we watched wasn't 100% done, but seriously half the scenes in the commercials weren't in the movie itself.  Either they used cutting-room scraps to promote the piece, "not 100% done" meant "half the scary bits aren't in yet", or, just maybe, they read bad reviews like this one and choose to spruce it up with the more mildly frightening bits.  It's unlikely I'll ever bother to watch it again to find out if any of that extra film made the final cut.


Paranormal Activity 3
2011, 84 minutes, directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Shulman

Before the film began, I had a brief one-on-one conversation with Elijah Wood which went something like this:
Me: "Glad you came this week and glad you stayed.  Usually the stars all leave."
Mr. Wood: "Fuck all that."

Awesome