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“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Paranormal Activity 3
Horror · Mystery · 2011
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
Movie details
Paranormal Activity 3
“Discover how the activity began.”
2011 Horror · Mystery 1h 23m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Paranormal Activity 3?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.
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Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Horror · 1986
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religious zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Henry Joost · Ariel Schulman
Written by
Christopher Landon
Katie Featherston
Katie Featherston
Sprague Grayden
Kristi Rey
Lauren Bittner
Julie
Christopher Nicholas Smith
Dennis
Chloe Csengery
Young Katie
Jessica Tyler Brown
Young Kristi
Marilyn Alex
Creepy Lady
Court is in session
Put Paranormal Activity 3 on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.