Paranormal activity 4
And even though she's gotten progressively cuter, I think it's time to drop Katie Featherston and that entire plot altogether. I don't want to sound like a sadist here, but it's time to up the ante and start chopping off some heads and tearing some people in two like a couple of phone books. It's still been very tame up to this point (and remains as such in the 4th).
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At the end of the third, when Dennis is twisted like a pretzel we almost got there, but then his lifeless body simply collapsed to the floor. They're rated R but it's all for language. As it stands the films have yet to elevate themselves into adulthood. If you're seeing some couple snoozing on their bed and one of them is risen into the air and ripped in half and it's "caught on camera", there's going to be some serious OMG!'ing heard in that theater. I'm not usually one to advocate for gore or violence purely for the sake of it, but I think that's been the one thing lacking in the PA sequels that would add a bit more scare. If the plan is to keep the found footage gag then the only way for the franchise to step up its game is to start getting a little blood on its hands. Considering the popularity of Insidious and now Sinister, it's safe to say there's some comfortable room to grow into a film that is about spiteful spooks whilst taking it to the next level and addressing it as a third person narrative. It's lost its zing and it's time to step it up by, whoah what's that, creating an honest to God narrative Horror film. If anyone saw the small film Apartment 143, which is just a sad, sad rip from what PA has already done well, you realize that further sequels will only be filled with yawns and groans if the writers try to stretch out the found footage trick in the same vein as they have been. But how many times can creaking ceilings and spooky happenings caught on your Canon 5D actually scare millions of people? Not often these days. When the first premiered it was what everyone said it was, cool, original, and scary. In fact you've seen it three times before. Unless you're thirteen and on a first date with your freckle faced, popcorn stuck in his braces boyfriend, this latest sequel isn't going to provide many scares.
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Clearly the studios aren't burying it so we're only left with the latter. So acknowledging the inevitable, that next October we can expect PA5 and probably 6 the following year, where can the franchise go from here? From my perspective, this body is starting to stink and we need to either get rid of it or Frankenstein the heck out of it and give it some new life. When your profit is umpteen times your budget it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.
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Whether or not you are a fan of the films you can't deny that they're absolute cash cows and its safe to say there will be more. It's hard to believe that we're already four films deep, but come Friday the newest chapter in the Paranormal franchise makes that a reality.
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The 4th remains safe, but it's essential to discuss the specifics of the past of the franchise to also discuss its future. As a heads up, this post does contain potential spoilers for the past three Paranormal Activity films.