Overview
Genre :
Horror, MysteryRelease Date :
October 21, 2011MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Henry Joost, Ariel SchulmanStarring :
Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Chloe Csengery, Mark Fredrichs, Brian Boland, Jessica Tyler Brown
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
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“..you can get on with jumping out of your skin..”
by Ian Berriman [SFX Magazine]
Review rate : C-
“..trying to offer a quasi-logical explanation for the ghostly goings-on it comes a-cropper..”
“..trying to offer a quasi-logical explanation for the ghostly goings-on it comes a-cropper..”
by Frank Swietek [One Guy's Opinion]
“..this is the rare third film that is arguably better than its predecessors..”
by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]
“..there's not much to the characters, and the final twist doesn’t make much sense in the context of the film..”
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]
“..the staging and editing is highly sophisticated and the special effects used sparingly and precisely as the tension ratchets to a surprising ending..”
by Simon Weaving [Screenwize]
Review rate : B-
“..the flick indulges in the deplorable but all-too-common horror trope of placing children in mortal danger..”
“..the flick indulges in the deplorable but all-too-common horror trope of placing children in mortal danger..”
by Corey Hall [Metro Times]
Review rate : B
“..the climax of the 81-minute film comes rather suddenly..”
“..the climax of the 81-minute film comes rather suddenly..”
by Adam Graham [Detroit News]
“..offers more laughs and somewhat more character development than the previous installments..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
“..no one will watch it twice..”
by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
Review rate : B-
“..more of the same, though creepier than it was the last time around..”
“..more of the same, though creepier than it was the last time around..”
by William Goss [Film.com]
“..it may be that the best way to see this picture is at a latish show in a house packed with a bunch of zonked or slightly tweaked urban teens, which was how this reviewer experienced it..”
by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies]
Review rate : A-
“..features variations on every one of the tricks I just mentioned, and a few additional ones (they all work), but more than the first two films, it tweaks our desire to put a face on evil..”
“..features variations on every one of the tricks I just mentioned, and a few additional ones (they all work), but more than the first two films, it tweaks our desire to put a face on evil..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
“..earns points for its low-key ability to keep viewers primed over long stretches to expect that something very bad, or even worse, may happen at any moment..”
by Joe Leydon [Variety]
“..camera movement gets tedious and repetitive..”
by Wilson Morales [BlackFilm.com]
“..although not exactly breaking any new ground with its by now all too familiar found-footage format, Paranormal Activity 3 hews to the formula in expertly crafted fashion, mustering up the requisite scares and then some..”
by Frank Scheck [Hollywood Reporter]
