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MovieReviewsMar 30, 2014

"Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" does not deliver the scares that a Paranormal Activity movie should present, and it does not follow the last movie, this is one of the proofs that it is not a direct sequel, therefore it connects the"Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" does not deliver the scares that a Paranormal Activity movie should present, and it does not follow the last movie, this is one of the proofs that it is not a direct sequel, therefore it connects the last four or at least the first and the third, it is absurd how it is all connected, with a scientific twist that might shock you and please you or it might upset you.… Expand

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Dust987Jan 3, 2014

This is the first horror movie of 2014 and man was I disappointed. The movie awkwardly transitioned from humor to cheesy jump scares at an alarming rate. I am a horror movie fanatic and this movie only scares little kids. I'm not joking. IThis is the first horror movie of 2014 and man was I disappointed. The movie awkwardly transitioned from humor to cheesy jump scares at an alarming rate. I am a horror movie fanatic and this movie only scares little kids. I'm not joking. I found myself laughing more at the actual movie than the parts that were funny. If you're looking for a horror film that will scare you making you have nightmares look elsewhere. But if your're looking for a movie that is more comical than frighting this is the movie for you. Rating: 4/10. Not a movie worth watching in the theater, it's a rental at best.… Expand

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LamontRaymondJan 10, 2014

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've seen every Paranormal Activity film, and this is by far the least scary. There are even a few laughs (when the gang members enter the witch ranch house in the end with a scatter gun and Mac 10). I like the shift to Oxnard and the Mexican community, and I appreciate the new story (women are marked by witches and then killed after giving birth so that their first-born sons can form some sort of future army...) but when the guy walks into the wardrobe at the ranch and winds up on the first floor of the house owned by the couple from the first films, it loses a lot of credibility with me. Sure, the ranch house looks a lot like the house the babysitter runs to at the end of part IV, but how the hell does this dude get teleported to that San Diego house? Bizarre and a bit of a cheat in my book.… Expand

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BrianMcCriticApr 8, 2014

Going in I expected the normal first of January garbage horror movie instead I got an average but nonetheless harmless one. While the film adds very little to the mythology it does have some decent suspense. C

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FleshWorldJan 11, 2014

Amusing flick, but really a horse crap ending. These found footage flicks really need to up the ante on the scares. Paranormal 2 had me pooping my pants.

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JOSHDILISIJan 15, 2014

i wouldent say it was a bad movie, i just didnt like it as much as the other paranormal activity movies. I found that i couldent take the movie seriously at most parts due to it just being more cheesy and silly than scary, it actually made mei wouldent say it was a bad movie, i just didnt like it as much as the other paranormal activity movies. I found that i couldent take the movie seriously at most parts due to it just being more cheesy and silly than scary, it actually made me laugh at some points. i did think it had good acting and effects tho, just a silly movie overall, and when going to see a horror movie you dont wanna leave calling it silly.… Expand

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hassallDec 22, 2016

I liked the paranormal activity Franchise but the Problem is they keep doing the same movie every single time.The characters in this are stupid and dump.But this movie was fun watching with my mates.

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RevRonJan 15, 2014

I’ve never cared for any of the “Paranormal Activity” films. Aside from being bored by them, I’ve always found them to be impossible to scare me, filled with unlikeable characters played by terrible actors and to be, all around, cheaplyI’ve never cared for any of the “Paranormal Activity” films. Aside from being bored by them, I’ve always found them to be impossible to scare me, filled with unlikeable characters played by terrible actors and to be, all around, cheaply made. For the most part, this latest installation isn’t much different. The story is still simple and doesn’t have much meat to it and I wasn’t scared at all. However, this film finally brought some decent acting to the franchise and characters that really seemed to have some depth and culture to them and was not the usual privileged rich white people who all have faces that look like a demon haunting them is only slightly worse than having a poor signal for your Wi-Fi.… Expand

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choc_raisinsMar 26, 2014

Genuinely, my hopes were not high. Having watched and reviewed all of the Paranormal Activity franchise thus far, I have looked on as what was once an admirable and innovative idea slowly descended into nothing more than a numbers game,Genuinely, my hopes were not high. Having watched and reviewed all of the Paranormal Activity franchise thus far, I have looked on as what was once an admirable and innovative idea slowly descended into nothing more than a numbers game, generating more and more revenue for less and less quality. When the first PA was made, it was for next to nothing, but for the love of film-making, regardless of its potential profit. As time has gone on, the film-making appeared to be less important, the story more confusing and convoluted and with the best will in the world, it seemed like the audience was the last consideration of a juggernaut that relied on them, yet didn't really care enough about them to offer what they thought they'd paid for.

Therefore, it was not altogether beyond belief to maybe give this an airing with something of a cynical back foot. Not for the first time since this series began did I sit down to view the offering, all the while wondering if my life would be better spent doing something else. On occasions such as this, I always end up considering my position on my death bed, as a draw my last breath. How much would I pay to have the time again that I wasted on some of the **** I have sat through in the name of entertainment?

Thankfully this 'cousin' of the franchise decides to change the perspective a little, focusing its attention on Jesse, who has recently graduated from high school. It is on the night of this celebration at the end of his education that we are introduced to him and his friends and family. Continuing to shoot the project from largely a first-person perspective, much like its predecessors, you are immediately familiar with the PA universe and writer/director Christopher Landon improves upon his previous writing gigs on earlier PA movies by bringing a much needed lighthearted sense of mischief to proceedings in the early scenes. Like all PA movies, of course, things start slow, even pedestrian, and you can be sure that if you're just there for the scares, you probably don't even need to take your seat for the first twenty to thirty minutes, as this time has traditionally been reserved for character development and plot setups.

This time does enable the audience to engage with the characters, as Jesse and his friends waste time in the days after school has finished, getting into trouble with local gangs, playing with the dog and poking around in places they shouldn't. All of this, of course, is recorded on Jesse's new camera, bought from the local pawn shop with money given to him as a graduation gift. The portrayals of these characters are very good and the actors involved inhabit them completely, making the script appear natural or even improvised.

Things only really start to get 'interesting' upon the event of Jesse's neighbours death. Anna, who lived directly underneath him had already been classified as a little odd by Jesse, given that she covered her windows in newspapers so no-one could see what she was doing inside. Furthermore, events taking place shortly before her mysterious death only confrm to Jesse and his friends that she was indeed at least a little bit unhinged.

If you're familiar with the franchise (and you need to be, or the latter stages of the film will make no sense whatsoever) then you will know the drill. The format is pretty much unchanged, really, but with a good degree less navel-gazing. Previously, as audience members, we have been left to our own devices somewhat, sitting for long periods throughout each film at an aparently static screen, waiting for something to happen. Not so here, as the fixed point perspective of the camera in question has gone, now being carried around throughout. In this respect, and in the respect of Jesse's new abilities in the first act, you could rightly be reminded of Chronicle, for example, where the spare character is the camera itself. Not so much a prop, but more an intergrated tool lodged firmly into the narrative.

Without giving too much away, you can guess that things go from playful, to awkward, to uncomfortable, painful and then ending somewhere around terrifying. This is not new territory for makers or viewers alike and to suggest that you get pretty much what you expect from this will come as no great surprise. It is not particularly original, but based purely on performance and a pleasant upskill in terms of scripting and direction, this episode may well have saved what was becoming a predictable money-making bore.… Expand

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MarickJan 18, 2015

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is a 2014 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Christopher B. Landon. Released on January 3, 2014 in the United States, it is the first spin-off of the Paranormal Activity film seriesParanormal Activity: The Marked Ones is a 2014 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Christopher B. Landon. Released on January 3, 2014 in the United States, it is the first spin-off of the Paranormal Activity film series and the fifth installment of the franchise.… Expand

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horcrux2007Mar 20, 2015

I guess it's just not my taste, but The Marked Ones sorta let me down. This is a spin-off from the main series, so it doesn't have much to do with Katie, Hunter, or the other characters other than expanding the more vague aspects of theI guess it's just not my taste, but The Marked Ones sorta let me down. This is a spin-off from the main series, so it doesn't have much to do with Katie, Hunter, or the other characters other than expanding the more vague aspects of the mythology. The Marked Ones does have a decently interesting story with an ending that kinda aggravated me, and there is a bit more action in this film than the other four installments, but I felt like it was missing something. The movie was filled with a lot more jump scares than the rest of the series, most failed and only some warranted a slight jump, and there was no suspense or real fear throughout this movie. This focused more on the action and humor rather than any scares, which wouldn't be a problem for most horror movies, but when I see a Paranormal Activity movie, I don't expect to see some guy draw a dick on another guy's face. It has some mildly scary scenes, and the change of setting does give a bit more variety to the series, but The Marked Ones mostly fails to live up to the impossibly high standards set by the franchise by being a by-the-numbers found footage flick.… Expand

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FilipeNetoFeb 14, 2020

This film is the fifth in the "Paranormal Activity" franchise. It's a spinn-off which tells the story of Jesse, a young man who ends up being a victim of the witch society to which belonged the grandparents of Katie and Kristi, mainThis film is the fifth in the "Paranormal Activity" franchise. It's a spinn-off which tells the story of Jesse, a young man who ends up being a victim of the witch society to which belonged the grandparents of Katie and Kristi, main characters in the initial films.

I confess that I expected worse. The story is not as bad as I thought it would be and has its moments and some tension. However, there are continuity flaws, lack of logic and several inconsistencies. The scares, in turn, are excessively predictable. The biggest problem is that it does not present anything really new, in a kind of film whose recipe has come to wear out very quickly. Something I felt was an attempt to moderate the dead moments, one of the most tangible problems in previous films. An effort was also made to make a shorter film, where the pace of events was faster. This was a positive development.

The cast is, for me, a group of illustrious strangers, in that I have never seen any of them in other works or, if I did, they went completely unnoticed by my eyes. It is not the kind of film we see for the brilliance of its actors, and thankfully ... the cast does what it needs to do but does not shine, nor does it have the material or direction that allows it.

Personally, I feel that this film is quite warm: it is not bad enough to hate but it is also far from good. It suffers from many of the endemic problems in the franchise, but there is an effort to alleviate some of the most criticized points in previous films.… Expand

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ErikTheCriticSep 26, 2018

A slight improvement over the last film does not really invigorate the series.

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Sosmooth1982Jan 7, 2023

It wasn't a bad movie, but it doesn't really go with the other 4. It went to like a completely different type of movie. Until the end where it looked like the ending was forced to interact with the others.

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ALAMLEDPJan 21, 2023

"Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" fails to live up to the success of the original film in the franchise. Despite introducing a new family, the story feels unoriginal and the use of familiar camera techniques falls flat. The characters"Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" fails to live up to the success of the original film in the franchise. Despite introducing a new family, the story feels unoriginal and the use of familiar camera techniques falls flat. The characters lack depth and the only one who evokes sympathy is the matriarch, Irma. The film attempts to tie the series together but ultimately falls short in delivering a satisfying conclusion.
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"Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" no está a la altura del éxito de la película original de la franquicia. A pesar de presentar una nueva familia, la historia se siente poco original y el uso de técnicas de cámara familiares fracasa. Los personajes carecen de profundidad y la única que suscita simpatía es la matriarca, Irma. La película intenta unir la serie, pero finalmente no logra llegar a una conclusión satisfactoria.… Expand

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