And I say theoretically because they also had to find a way to completely ruin The Marked Ones by, somehow, without any explanation or thought put behind it, tying it to the events that are happening in the main franchise. The Marked Ones, while I wouldn't call it a good movie, was a moderate success because it, theoretically, shifted away from the contrivances of the main franchise and nonsensical plot developments. It's hard to maintain the quality of a franchise when you put out a new movie every year. A lot of it is also the fact that, until The Marked Ones, the films were released on a yearly basis. It's just a matter of fact, simply because a lot of it felt like repeating the same scares that were established in the first movie. Every sequel in this film, minus the Marked Ones, has been worse than the one that came before it. Ever since then, however, the film has seen a steep decline in quality. The first film was really good, the second movie was good, but it fucked with the timeline so much that it really hurt that second installment a lot. I was gonna start off this review by saying how the mighty have fallen but, let's be fair, the Paranormal Activity franchise was never mighty. I would only recommend this movie to those who wish to make sarcastic remarks about its terrible quality, as I did. Rather than thinking about negatives to bring my rating down, in this film I've grasped at straws to find shreds of affirmative elements of this monstrosity. To conclude, I am officially saying that Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension is the worst movie I have ever seen, and I've seen some garbage. It did expand on Katie and Kristi's intriguing story, and left me yearning for an end to their tale, for the sake of closure and cinematic quality. And that wasn't the only moment where the plot turned silly.Īlthough idiotic, the connections to the old films is at least half positive. Unlike its predecessor, The Ghost Dimension tries to relate back to the same world as the rest of the Paranormal Activity series through the tapes, an old set, and time travel. The final thing I want to mention is the connection to the previous films. No deeper meaning either, this film is one dimensional along with its characters. The only genres you'll find here us flimsy attempts at horror, thriller, and comedy. The characters themselves were one dimensional with hardly any back story. The only incident where I felt any emotion from these characters performances was a pleading look from Brittany Shaw as the last line of defence from keeping Leila from the demon. It's almost as if there was a competition for the worst possible actor. Murray, Michael Rawic and Ivy George join old faces Chloe Csengery (young Katie), Jessica Tyler Brown (young Kristi), Hallie Foote (Grandma Lois), and Aidan Lovekamp (Hunter Rey). New faces Olivia Dudley, Brittany Shaw, Don McManus, Cara Pifko, Dan Gill, Chris J. With a small low budget film of course comes a small low budget cast. This movie should be rated PG-13 for no sudden jump scares, no invincible antagonists, and no reason to fear anything in this film. And without any spoilers what is seen is by far the most ridiculous thing and quite possibly the worst executive decision ever made in a film.Īnother element that was excised was the actual horror in this horror film. The 'evolution' of this demon culminated at this films' conclusion. At parts during the film, this mass was given a hideous face that stunk of cheap CGI and was almost comedic to look at. It looks like some sort of black liquidy mass darting around the room not posing any legitimate threat to its victims. Now with the magical camera, we can actually see the demon, and it's not a good look. The invisible entity unleashing chaos, murder, and destruction everywhere it went was a credible threat. Along with that, Gregory Plotkin (who is not known for any decent work) removed all elements that made this saga engaging. There was a point in the movie where two characters were having an in depth conversation about Santa Clause and I knew that there was nothing the movie could do at that point to redeem itself. Often in the script you can see the writers killing time. The sheer boredom of this movie is unbearable, and 90 minutes was far too long. The plot itself has been recycled TOO MANY TIMES. It is evident that the writers have run out of ideas this time. This is the Paranormal activity series' 6th film and is by far the worst installment. I want to start off by saying that this movie is disappointing in every sense of the word.
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