9 Movie Franchises That Completely Spiraled Out Of Control
2. Paranormal Activity
Considering Paranormal Activity made nearly $200 million and cost only $15,000, there was no way we werent getting a sequel. Paranormal Activity 2 tries its best to continue the story, following Katies sister Kristi and pretty much just doing the same thing again. It starts to build in an overall storyline when Katie kidnaps Kristis son for some mysterious purpose. Paranormal Activity 3reveals that as kids, Katie and Kristi were taken by a coven that brainwashes women and steals their children. Of course they dont remember any of it, though. Like with Halloween, a lot of the fear in the first movie was from what was unexplained. But by forcing this to become a franchise, the creators had to come up with this complicated plot about demon worshipping witches who brainwash kids, and that just makes everything far less interesting. Fatally, that also makes the series lose its feeling that this could happen to you. Watching the first movie, Katie and Micah are pretty much just a typical couple who start experiencing strange supernatural events. This could happen to us too; it's just that these people happened to get it all on tape. But later in the series, they're actually at the center of this huge conspiracy involving a coven of witches, and now, this no longer feels like something that could happen to anyone. If that wasnt enough, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones actually introduces time travel when the main character warps back into the events of the first movie. The series is often pretty cool and innovative as an exercise in minimalist filmmaking, but by its fourth sequel, the storyline is really getting out of control.
