There was an inkling around town that Fantastic Fest’s secret screening Wednesday would turn out to be Paranormal Activity 3, what with the viral VHS tapes surfacing in Austin this week and the seemingly perfect timing for the horror sequel, which hits theaters nationwide on Oct. 21. By the time the surprise world premiere was confirmed to a packed audience at midnight on Wednesday, it was a surprise many folks saw coming. So how did Paranormal Activity 3 measure up to its predecessors — and what does it mean that it doesn’t match up at all with its recent trailer?
First, the setup: In the summer of 2006, just prior to the events of the first two films, adult sisters Katie (Katie Featherston) and the pregnant Kristi (Sprague Graydon) discover a batch of old family VHS tapes from their grandmother’s house, one of which is ominously labeled “September 1988.” Flash back to that month in their totally ’80s childhood (stocked with Teddy Ruxpins and hair scrunchies) when, as two young girls living with their mother Julie (Lauren Bittner) and her new-ish live-in boyfriend Dennis, the entire family is slowly accosted by a mysterious unseen force that shakes the walls, opens and closes doors, and does generally creepy things at night. Coincidentally, young Kristi (an astoundingly natural Chloe Csengery) happens to have a new invisible friend named Toby who talks to her at night and tries to get her to do strange things.…
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