In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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- Directors
- Writers
- Christopher Landon
- Oren Peli(film "Paranormal Activity")
- Stars
Top credits
- Directors
- Writers
- Christopher Landon
- Oren Peli(film "Paranormal Activity")
- Stars
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
Videos10
William Juan Prieto
- Hunteras Hunter
- (as William Prieto)
Jackson Xenia Prieto
- Hunteras Hunter
- (as Jackson Prieto)
Bailey Michelle Brown
- Baileyas Bailey
- (as Bailey Brown)
- Directors
- Writers
- Christopher Landon
- Oren Peli(film "Paranormal Activity")
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
In 1988, in California, cinematographer Dennis moves to the house of his girlfriend Julie to raise a family with her daughters Katie and Kristi. Little Kristi has an imaginary friend named Toby while weird things happen in the house. Dennis decides to place cameras in the house to capture images during the night and soon he finds that there is an entity in the house. Dennis's friend Randy Rosen (Dustin Ingram) researches the events and learns that his house might be a coven of witches and the children may be in danger. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Taglines
- It Runs In The Family
- Genres
- Certificate
- K-15
- Parents guide
Did you know
- Trivia(at around 5 mins) Towards the beginning of the film, Julie takes a picture of young Katie standing in the driveway shortly before a group picture is taken. The photo being taken appears in both Paranormal Activity (2007) and Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) as an indication that the demon has started haunting them.
- Goofs(at around 22 mins) Dennis gave Kristi and Katie some M&Ms the night they slept outside in the tent. One of the girls ate a blue M&M. This movie was set in 1988, but blue M&Ms weren't introduced until 1995.
- Quotes
Randy Rosen: [arguing about the demon] This isn't... Casper the fucking friendly ghost you're chasing man!
- Crazy creditsIn the middle of the closing credits, in keeping with the 1988 period of the film, the Paramount logo that was used circa 1988 is shown.
- Alternate versionsIncludes an unrated director's cut and "lost tapes" (Dennis' pranking Julie and a commercial of his video company.)
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hävyttömät: A Great Cause (2012)
- SoundtracksHappy Birthday to You
Written by Mildred J. Hill (as Mildred Hill) & Patty S. Hill (as Patty Hill)
Top review
An effective prequel.
The first two Paranormal Activity films were quite random. They were essentially a contemporary haunted house tale that took things to a comical level. I know I'm not alone in thinking those movies were hilarious. In the third installment, however, the frights start to creep in. We do get a lot of the usual antics that have become trademarks of the franchise, but as the story progresses, we begin to understand the cause of it. Fans of the series will love it... and those who are not, may be tempted to give the franchise a second chance. This is a very effective prequel and allows you to look at the other two films in a whole new light. Plus, now that we know the whole story, the fourth installment sounds very promising.
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- MannyCastro
- Oct 19, 2011
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $104,028,807
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $52,568,183
- Oct 23, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $207,039,844
- Runtime
- 1h 23min
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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