When a young man becomes the target of a malevolent entity, he must uncover its true intentions before it takes complete control of him.
The franchise had now reached the point where people reacted by saying “Another one?!”
In all honesty I had zero interest in this film, the way I saw it the story was over and the introduction of a new story was just not needed. That’s exactly what this film tried to do, make a new story with new characters whilst trying to please fans that enjoyed the first couple of films.
This entry takes place six years after the events of the first film, not that it really matters as their isn’t much play on timelines here. The story isn’t exactly anything fresh either, it’s not exactly a format that you can do much with really.
I’ll give it some credit, there are a few comedic moments that did genuinely make me laugh and there were a couple of moments of true Horror inspiration but it just wasn’t enough to justify sitting through for 85 minutes. A highlight reel would’ve worked better or even a series of gif’s.
By this point the novelty of he franchise had worn well and truly thin, there were people doing short films on youtube of the same thing that were so much better and that showed at the box office, what was once a big draw had now grown weak.
“Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” was a weak film that should’ve just been left as an idea and not made
Miscellaneous facts about the film:
Due to the longer production, filming didn’t wrap until late July 2013 resulting in the original release date of October 25, 2013 being pushed to January 3, 2014. Making it the only Paranormal Activity film to not be released in the month of October.
The Marked Ones has the lowest box office opening weekend of the franchise.
Features cameos from previous franchise actors Micah Sloat, Molly Ephraim, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, and Hallie Foote.
In real life, Andrew Jacobs, who plays Jesse, has several tattoos covering his neck, hands and arms, among others. The only scene where any of his tattoos are visible is the scene before the gangsters jump Jesse; when Jesse is kneeling at the vending machine you can see a tattoo above his right knee.
The first film in the series to open with the Paramount title card.
First film in the franchise not to feature any “nights”.
Andrew Jacobs feature film debut
This is the only film in the franchise whose cover does not feature a camera POV
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