# Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

> A surveillance-camera prequel turns a suburban family home into a pressure cooker of occult dread as two young sisters encounter an unseen entity.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/50780

## Facts

- Runtime: 83 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery
- Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
- Cast: Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, Marilyn Alex, Dustin Ingram
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1778304/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: eerie, foreboding, claustrophobic, late night horror marathon, halloween viewing

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- [The Possession of Michael King (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/160071)
- [Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/166588)
- [Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/91478)
- [The Visit (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/181990)
- [Apartment 143 (2011)](https://ember.film/movie/67021)
- [Insidious: The Last Key (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/271297)
- [The Conjuring 2 (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/149155)
- [Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/130285)
- [The Conjuring (2013)](https://ember.film/movie/88019)
- [Lights Out (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/222452)

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