Paranormal Activity 3

Turns out that the third time is the charm: This one delivers the jolts with subtlety and brio.

"...by sibs Katie and Kristi (Featherston and Grayden in Paranormal 1 and Paranormal 2, respectively) and their horror-prone kinfolk?..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

In this final film in the series, found footage causes more trouble

"...I really disliked the original Paranormal Activity when it was released in 2007, calling it..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paranormal Activity 2

Although this follow-up is considerably spookier than the original, there are only so many gotcha moments that can transpire without feeling wholly contrived.

"...Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat and Vivis. Believe the hype: Paranormal Activity 2 is exactly what you think or hope..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paranormal Activity

Should you believe the viral marketing hype about this techno-era haunted-house movie that's been playing sold-out midnight runs? Or Marc Savlov?

"...Micah Sloat and Michael Bayouth. Don't believe the hype: Paranormal Activity may be a lot of things, but the..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

The franchise is back and this time the paranormal forces are targeting Latino victims.

"...In what is technically Paranormal Activity 5, longtime series producer Christopher Landon takes both..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paranormal Activity 4

Five years after the end of PA3, things are still going bump in the night.

"...It's tempting to think that the Paranormal Activity franchise is subtextually trying to say something about..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour

A 17-year-old girl encounters, um, paranormal activity.

"...screened before press time. A 17-year-old girl encounters, um, paranormal activity. Lisa Comrie directs, John Comrie scripts, and Brian..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin's Paranormal Activity

Four places to check out if you ain't afraid of no ghosts

"...filmmaker Stephen Belyeu pursues his lifelong passion for the paranormal by seeking out haunted sites based on stories people..."

Oct. 10, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: Central Texas Paranormal Conference

Norris Conference Centers, Saturday, October 8, 2011

"...New bumper sticker: Keep Austin Paranormal. That's pretty close to weird, isn't it? OK, so..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Fantastic Fest to Kick off Nationwide Sneaks of ‘Paranormal Activity’

This isn’t like chain mail, is it?

"...still, even head-in-the-sand horror-phobes such as us know that Paranormal Activity is the fall’s buzz film. Those who’ve seen..."

Sept. 15, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Review of 'Paranormal Activity' Wrong in so Many Ways

"...respect you a lot more for it. You say Paranormal Activity is nothing more than a very elaborate vid/prank..."

Oct. 22, 2009 Postmarks

Break on Through

Paranormal show 'El Otro Lado' investigates an untapped market for Spanish-language scares

"...meeting, he had started writing a pitch for a paranormal show aimed at Hispanic viewers. He was no expert..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Things That Go Bump in the Blumhouse

As "Oculus" opens, producer Jason Blum on suburbs and franchises

"...If there's one constant in Blumhouse films like Paranormal Activity and Sinister, it's this: Never move into a..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hellboy

Hellboy is back, and this time he's R-rated

"...Things' Harbour) is an agent of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, and so humanity's ultimate defense against..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ghost Team

A group of losers stumble onto paranormal activity

"...the one hand, an increasingly stale parody of the paranormal television subgenre of reality shows, and on the other,..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Conjuring 2

Semi-retired ghost hunters make a comeback in the second installment of James Wan's spooky series

"...to 1979, James Wan’s follow-up to his 2013 husband-and-wife paranormal investigators creep-out, itself loosely based on the Amityville “horror,”..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Exists

This found-footage horror film shot in Austin finds a Bigfoot chased from its home by the Bastrop fires.

"...the genuinely good news is that it’s not another Paranormal Activity outing, but there should be more of a..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Quiet Ones

The venerable Hammer Film studio gets into the found-footage horror genre.

"...to manifest negative emotional energy in the disguise of paranormal events, such as telekinetically slamming doors and summoning other..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Haunted House 2

More horror/comedy in the Marlon Wayans vein.

"...Cedric the Entertainer. Not reviewed at press time. More paranormal activity occurs in this horror-comedy follow-up...."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oculus

A dark force lurks in the looking glass in this paranormal outing that's a notch above, but barely.

"...Oculus is notch above the usual paranormal activities that seem to arrive in theatres fully formed..."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Conjuring

This supernatural thriller from the director of Saw could be mistaken for The Amityville Exorcist.

"...bodies, and the dead make spectral appearances. Enter husband-and-wife paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren (Wilson and Farmiga), to..."

July 19, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Scary Movie 5

This parodic auto-mash-up of Paranormal Activity, Black Swan, The Evil Dead, and more is even worse than you think.

"...Headlined by Lohan and Sheen, this parodic auto-mash-up of Paranormal Activity, Black Swan, Mama, and The Evil Dead remake..."

April 19, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

A Haunted House

Marlon Wayans spoofs Paranormal Activity.

"...the real rub: By the end of this witless Paranormal Activity spoof, you’ll think the soiled carpet got off..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Cabin in the Woods

Cabin in the Woods is the most intoxicating morsel to hit the horror circuit since Scream or, at least, Paranormal Activity.

"...hit the horror circuit since Scream or, at least, Paranormal Activity. In fact, we'd be surprised if these filmmakers..."

April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Innkeepers

With slow-burn shudders, Ti West's haunted-inn story provides a stellar model for creeping dread.

"...audiovisual equipment hoping to record some of the alleged paranormal activity for which the inn is known. Claire, for..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Devil Inside

A woman tries to determine whether her incarcerated mother is criminally insane or demonically possessed.

"...faux found-footage film in the weak tradition of the Paranormal Activity juggernaut, The Devil Inside trades suburban creepiness for..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

Brandon Routh stars as this film's titular paranormal investigator.

"...and released in the U.S. by Dark Horse Comics, paranormal private eye Dylan Dog (Routh) goes up against werewolves,..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Army experiments in the paranormal become a warped platform on which George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey run narrative circles.

"...on Jon Ronson’s book about Army experiments in the paranormal because it all sounds so deeply ludicrous. Never uninteresting..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Is Anybody There?

Michael Caine stars as a magician who's come to live in a retirement home when his mental faculties start to fail.

"...Clarence, a dyed-in-the-wool skeptic toward all things supernatural and paranormal (not counting the magician's trickery, mind you), it's as..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II is the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since his Pan's Labyrinth netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.

"...red one" and his pals at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. Co-scripted with wild abandon and plenty..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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