Paranormal Activity 3

Paranormal Activity 3
Movie · Horror

In a quick prologue, set in 2005, Katie (Katie Featherston) drops off a box of old videotapes to be stored in her sister Kristi's basement. The content on these tapes consists of 1988 footage of young Katie (the main character of Paranormal Activity) and Kristi (the main character of Paranormal Activity 2). As kids, the girls live with their mother Julie (Lauren Bittner) and Julie's loving boyfriend, Dennis (Christopher Nicholas Smith). Kristi starts spending time with a sinister-sounding "imaginary friend," Toby, and strange, terrifying things start happening in the house. Dennis videotapes everything, but is anyone really prepared for the true horror behind it all?

2011 · 1h 24m
  • 67%
  • 16+
Starring Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner
Director Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

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Related

  • Paranormal Activity 4
  • Paranormal Activity 2
  • Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
  • Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
  • Paranormal Activity
  • Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
  • Insidious: The Last Key
  • Insidious: The Red Door
  • Insidious: Chapter 2

Cast & Crew

  • Katie Featherston
    Katie
  • Sprague Grayden
    Kristi Rey
  • Lauren Bittner
    Julie
  • Chris Smith
    Dennis
  • Chloe Csengery
    Young Katie
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    Mark Fredrichs
    Dr. Fredrichs
  • Brian Boland
    Daniel Rey
  • Dustin Ingram
    Randy
  • Jessica Tyler Brown
    Kristi
  • Henry Joost
    Director
  • Ariel Schulman
    Director

Bundles

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Paranormal Activity 3

Horror

In a quick prologue, set in 2005, Katie (Katie Featherston) drops off a box of old videotapes to be stored in her sister Kristi's basement. The content on these tapes consists of 1988 footage of young Katie (the main character of Paranormal Activity) and Kristi (the main character of Paranormal Activity 2). As kids, the girls live with their mother Julie (Lauren Bittner) and Julie's loving boyfriend, Dennis (Christopher Nicholas Smith). Kristi starts spending time with a sinister-sounding "imaginary friend," Toby, and strange, terrifying things start happening in the house. Dennis videotapes everything, but is anyone really prepared for the true horror behind it all?

16+

COMMON SENSE

Slightly more violent prequel connects the first two movies.

67%

TOMATOMETER
Average 6
Reviews 125
Fresh 84
Rotten 41

Information

Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
2011
Run Time
1 hr 24 min
Rated
R for some violence, language, brief sexuality and drug use.
Region of Origin
United States
© 2011 PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION All Rights Reserved

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English
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English (United States) (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

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English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Bulgarian , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Dutch (Netherlands) , Estonian , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hebrew , Hindi , Hungarian , Indonesian , Italian , Korean , Latvian , Lithuanian , Malay , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Slovak , Slovenian , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish , Ukrainian , Vietnamese

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