Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) poster
2011 · horror · mystery · supernatural

Paranormal Activity 3

Directed by Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost1h 23m2011
ElsewhereIMDb5.8104kRT68%Metacritic59
  • heavy
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, steady, extreme horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.

Our read · Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · mystery · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want found-footage dread slowly building around kids and a household entity.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 35attention 4/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upchild periljump scares

Skip it tonightYou scare easily or found-footage slow burns test your patience tonight.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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