![]() He scratches Randy, violently tosses over furniture, and overall terrifies both Randy and a crying Katie. After Katie convinces him to play a very ill-advised game of Bloody Mary in the girls' bathroom, Tobi apparently sees it as an opportunity. The next day, when Kristi falls mysteriously sick, Dennis and Julie rush her to the doctor, leaving Katie in the hands of Dennis' friend and colleague Randy (Dustin Ingram). As fans of "Paranormal Activity" have suggested, Tobi is in fact Asmodeus, a powerful demon from the real-life Book of Tobit, and referenced in all three major Abrahamic faiths. Paranormal activity 3 series#We also begin to see Kristi talking to an unseen presence, who she calls "Tobi." This is the first time in the series that the malevolent entity is given a name. Dennis sets up cameras around the house and even has his friend and colleague Randy (Dustin Ingram) grab some books on the supernatural to explain the activity. There are unexplained noises, items moving or breaking without explanation, and an increasing sense that something very unwelcome is watching this otherwise happy family. We then cut directly to the content of those video tapes, which follow young Katie (Chloe Csengery) and Kristi (Jessica Tyler Brown) in 1988, living with their mother Julie (Lauren Bittner) and her wedding videographer boyfriend Dennis (Christopher Nicholas Smith) in Santa Rosa, California.įrom here events play out much like the other two films. ![]() So, there might never be a better time to look back and see what the third chapter of this ghostly saga was trying to tell us. Currently it has a 66% on the Tomatometer, well above the dismal 30% currently held by the latest series entry "Next of Kin." And while "Next of Kin" was only tenuously connected to the other films, word is that the "The Other Side" will return to the source material and heavily reference the events of the third film. Though by no means the best of the series, it's also far from the worst. In this regard, the central component is "Paranormal Activity 3." Taking place more than fifteen years before any of the other films, it serves as a kind of prequel origin story, without which none of the subsequent events would be possible. Though there's legitimate debate and frustration from fans about how skillfully the events of all the films are woven into each other, one has to admit that piecing them all together can be a lot of fun. Found footage horror movies are relatively cheap to produce, and - as we learned from the smashing success of the first film - the format provides a unique way to tell a poltergeist story. In some ways, the appeal of the "Paranormal Activity" series is easy to understand. ![]()
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