10 Best Number 3s In Horror Movie History
4. Paranormal Activity 3
The first Paranormal Activity movie changed the horror landscape forever when it was released in 2007. It took over the mantle of "Most Profitable Film of All Time" from The Blair Witch Project and helped boost the found footage craze that that film had started.
It's not surprising that the success of the original led to a wave of sequels, the first coming in 2010, and the second just one year later.
This prequel - boy, horror franchises do love their third movie prequels don't they? - to the original movie - is set during the childhood of main protagonist, Katie, who appears as a young girl through old home movies.
Paranormal Activity 3 pays off the conversations Katie and her sister Kristi had in the second film about being haunted by a demon in their youth. This nicely ties the first three films together, creating a fuller, more well-rounded universe.
The scares as strong as ever, the atmosphere as unsettling as ever, and the older setting breathes some new life into a franchise that was in danger of getting stale.
Whilst the series would take a nosedive after this film, Paranormal Activity 3 is still a great follow-up to a horror innovator.