![]() Our story begins back in June 2012, at a graduation party in an apartment building in Oxnard, California where we meet our lead protagonist, Jesse (Andrew Jacobs), family and friends. And so, arming you with that trivial information, I guess I have beat around the bush as long as possible and it’s time to start talking about how Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones really is, huh? I’ll give it that, it is a much larger playground. Remember I said that the film got delayed last year and was reissued a January date this year? Well, supposedly that was to address the longer and larger production and shooting it needed compared to the previous entries. We need to get back on the main subject here, people. Wow! Has it been that long? If there’s ever a time to insert an unhappy face, it’s now. That’s a good thing for me as mine’s a little rusty since I left high school some twenty-one years ago. And although the film is targeted towards and plays out onscreen in a Latino environment, its dialogue is not in Spanish. While the film maintains the look of the found footage and style of its predecessors it is only a cousin to the series like I mentioned before as opposed to a direct sequel, prequel, reboot, re-imagining or all of the above. And if nothing else, you have to admit…that’s some pretty good Blu-ray cover art, huh? Seeing a press screening is better than paying for it any day if it sucks, right? You see how my twisted mind works? I always have to justify things. I have to say, initially I was really kind of nervous heading into this one theatrically. ![]() It’s only his second directorial effort to date and to make matters a little shaky this one is billed as a spinoff of the Paranormal Activity found footage, horror franchise, not a direct sequel. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is both written and directed by Christopher B. So you could see my conundrum I had this past January, could you not? How could I not see this one? Could all my fellow reviewers in the business be so wrong? I took one for the team and I guess you can say I’m doing so again with my second viewing, now on Blu-ray. I actually read this with my own two discernable eyes on more occasions than I care to openly admit. Say whaaat?! I can’t blame this on dirty ears and not hearing the information correctly. Reports started flooding in on my RSS feeds saying low and behold, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones actually isn’t that bad and that revered writers praised it for reinvigorating their interest in the franchise and further installments. The answer they all shout out unanimously is not very good ones. What movies play in January? A million arms raise high. When they announced the delay of the fifth film this past year from its lavish Halloween spot to a January play date, I just chuckled heavily. I made ignorant comments such as I don’t care how long this franchise carries on, I want nothing to do with it, etc. After my last go around with Paranormal Activity 4 in 2012 after Gerard Iribe flipped me the disc, I swore myself off the franchise for good.
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