Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)

When a young man becomes the target of a malevolent entity, he must uncover its true intentions before it takes complete control of him.

Director:

Christopher Landon

Writers:

Christopher Landon, Oren Peli (based on the film "Paranormal Activity" by)

Stars:

Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Andrew Jacobs	...	Jesse Arista
Jorge Diaz	...	Hector Estrella
Gabrielle Walsh	...	Marisol Vargas
Renee Victor	...	Irma Arista
Noemi Gonzalez	...	Evette Arista
David Saucedo	...	Cesar Arista
Gloria Sandoval	...	Ana Sanchez
Richard Cabral	...	Arturo Lopez
Carlos Pratts	...	Oscar Lopez
Juan Vasquez	...	Santo
Carlos Romeo Arana Figuera	...	Mauro
Molly Ephraim	...	Ali Rey
Brent Gutierrez	...	Diego
Alonso Alvarez	...	Eber
Chris Puckett	...	Cop (as Christopher M. Puckett)

Storyline

Jesse begins experiencing a number of disturbing and unexplainable things after the death of his neighbor. As he investigates, it isn't long before Jesse finds he's been marked for possession by a malevolent demonic entity, and it's only a matter of time before he is completely under its control...

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Plot Keywords:

demonic possession | blood | pentagram | younger version of character | looking at oneself in a mirror | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language, some violence, graphic nudity and some drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Takes place six years after the events of Paranormal Activity (2007) and immediately after the events of Paranormal Activity 4 (2012).

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Goofs

During the beginning of the film, Jesse tests out his GoPro. Although GoPro can record sound along with videos, there are few limitations on sound quality. Here the few scenes that the camera is in use, the audio sounds high quality and there are no noises coming from the camera when it's moved around.

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Quotes

Jesse Arista: [looking through a book from Ana's apartment] They're basically saying that if you build this door, it's like, you could travel through time.
Hector Estrella: Man, if she could travel through time, why the hell is she staying in this shitty-ass apartment? I'd timeportal my ass to the Bahamas.

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Crazy Credits

The Paramount opening credit is shown having glitches like when demon presence get caught by the video camera

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Alternate Versions

The Unrated version has an extra 17 minutes of footage incorporated into the film; half of it being humorous.

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Connections

Referenced in Honest Game Trailers: Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2015)

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Soundtracks

Vete con él
Written by Nelson Jose Jimenez
Performed by Nelson Jose Del Perú
Courtesy of Music Dealers, LLC

User Reviews

Fans of the series will enjoy

If you're a die hard PA fan and this will be a great movie. One of the best.

Good acting, and the twist at the end relative to the first PA was a good surprise

Details

Official Sites:

official site Official site [Brazil]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

3 January 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Paranormal Activity: The Oxnard Tapes

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,343,611, 5 January 2014

Gross USA:

$32,462,372

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$90,894,962

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Solana Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min 101 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1 SDDS Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1