![]() ![]() We had milked it for all it was worth so to speak. I felt that we had done the static thing. Film: Paranormal Activity, which you've been involved with for a while now, has always been about the locked camera. When was the decision made that The Marked Ones would be handheld found footage? Christopher Landon: That decision was made when 4 came out. In our interview, we talked about the decision to change the aesthetic of the franchise, how the editor plays into an overall consistency, potential comparisons to the film Chronicle, and more.īut most importantly, Landon broke down every story strand potentially changed by the shocking ending and told us whether they would be important, or not, in the upcoming movies. ![]() He wrote the second, third and fourth films before writing and directing The Marked Ones, which tells the spin-off story of a recent high school graduate who is possessed by a demon. This is a clever expansion of the scope of the franchise, while also putting newer followers in an easy place to follow the mystery of the hidden forces behind the titular events, if they weren't so inclined to do so from the earlier chapters.įans of the found footage horror will not find "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" offering the best there is from the format or the franchise, but it builds good anticipation for those who have already invested four movies in to the franchise to see it to the end.The architect behind it all is Christopher Landon. This culminates in the climax, where not only the brunt of the shocks are kept, but also to open up even more overarching questions for followers as to imagine where the series is headed. As viewers follow closely to understand the transformation of Jesse, Landon has inserted several discreet clues and minor details that actually provides actual implications to the motivating cause of events in "The Marked Ones" and to the franchise as a whole. "The Marked Ones" is not a shameless attempting of milking the cash cow with the distilled formula of the "Paranormal Activity" franchise, but far from it. ![]() Although Landon's staging of frights leaves much to be desired, his grasp on the variety of pacing and tone for the found footage format is evident here when he takes the viewers through the spectrum, from action to comedy to survival horror, almost seamlessly even under the unflinching gaze of the first-person camera perspective. While the lacking amount of subtle scares, suffered even more for being unmemorable when compared to the ones seen previously, may hurt the first impressions of the terrifying levels expected by first-timers, the themes and plot threads of the series are cleverly compressed into a nutshell here. Since that visit though, Jesse begins to notice some supernatural changes to his body and temperament that starts out being awesome before gradually turning abyssal.įrom the standpoint of the franchise, "The Marked Ones" is both a poor and poignant introduction to the series. When strange events lead to Anna's death, Jesse and Hector decide to explore her unoccupied apartment, only to find disturbing idols, implements, and iconography pertaining to her demonic practices. First of all, any potential viewer who thinks that they are going to be watching hauntings from the safe distance and confined motions of sweeping security cameras, you might want to go in with an empty stomach because there is barely a long enough still shot in "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" to prevent you from regurgitating, especially if you cannot last for more than two minutes on a rocking boat.Īway from the white suburbia, "The Marked Ones" centers on Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) a young, mischievous Latino and recent high school graduate, and his best friend Hector (Jorge Diaz), who both live in the same apartment complex where a cloistered neighbour named Anna (Gloria Sandoval), is believed to be dabbling in witchcraft. Long-time series screenwriter Christopher Landon, who has been the mastermind the screenplay since "Paranormal Activity 2", directs his first installment from the franchise to be a spin-off to take us away from the Kristi and Katie story for a while. Watch this if you liked: “Paranormal Activity" series.
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