Paranormal Let Down!

I am a true believer in paranormal activity. Everytime I hear a noise late at night, I look over at my wife and give her the "OMG did you just hear that?" look.  I am so certain of it that I have convinced myself that there is a ghost or maybe even a demon assigned to mess with just me. So the thought of Paranormal Activity 3 was a bit freaky yet intriguing. I mean come on now, who wouldn't believe that if their house is haunted and they set up a camera to catch it in action that it wouldn't get worse? After watching the previews and seeing the grab-you-in quote of "the last ten minutes will mess you up" made me super excited and a little nervous to watch it. My wife Ty and I get all set up by shutting down the house and making it all dark and download the movie (yes I cheated and watched a boot leg). Finally we can start the horrish nightmare screams I am sure to let out for one of the scariest movies of the year.
The movie is about Dennis, the boyfriend of a mother of two daughters who decides to shoot the strange things happening in his very average house. Convinced something odd is going on after he spots a strange dust swirl that took place during an earthquake (I didn't see it even after they pointed it out), Dennis installs cameras in every room. He even devises an automatic-pan device by taking apart an oscillating fan. The result is a sadly taped piece of voyeurism. We experience the footage as a running piece of real-time footage. Making it even more exotic is the fact that the footage is from the ’80s. A box of  VHS tapes is dropped off at the start of the movie, and then stolen. We know they are old, because the phones have a long antennae, the clothes are silly and the kitchen table is the one every household from the late 80's had in it.


The writers were good at making it seem like there were a few good laughs in the movie, but they only seem funny, because you’ve been holding your breath waiting for the next shriek. Which I will admit there was a few that made me jump, one even made me slap Ty's arm for some reason. Not really sure what abusing my wife while I was freaked out is going to accomplish, but hey, it worked!


There is a part that we were really looking forward too, which was them playing Bloody Mary! I am sure everyone has at one point in their life tried or chickened out of playing this game. ( I still refuse!) Sounds scary right? Well it's not! It is more of a boring attempt to make us fear the everyday. Paranormal Activity 3 proves Hollywood can make endless, mind numbingly, steal a few hours of your life away movies, with no real acting or storyline over and over again, while making mountains of money from them. All they have to do is hype up the previews and give a somewhat visible boogyman, put it out at the right time of year, and the crowds will pour in. After wasting my time and part of my day off on this movie all I can walk away with is at least I didn't throw away money and pay to watch it. After all, I have more scary stuff happen in my own home than they did and you don't see us making a movie about it and trying to sell it do ya? Although I did just hear my floor squeaking. Where is my video camera again?