Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones(2014)
2014 · Christopher Landon · 84 min
Seventeen-year-old Jesse has been hearing terrifying sounds coming from his neighbor’s apartment, but when he turns on his camera and sets out to uncover their source, he encounters an ancient evil that won’t rest until it’s claimed his very soul.
Horror · Thriller
5.41.6k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How scary is Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones?
It starts with ordinary teenage horsing around on camera, then slowly shifts into stranger, darker territory as the found-footage setup catches stuff that shouldn't be there. Once it locks onto its haunted-neighbor plot, the movie leans hard into sudden jolts and loud jump scares timed to hit during quiet, shaky-cam moments. There's a bit more physical chasing and running in this one compared to earlier entries in the series, giving it a slightly more active, chased-through-the-house feel. It's more of a jumpy fun ride than something that will haunt you afterward.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones rates psychological 2/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 10 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 30 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, everyday found-footage start that gradually piles on unsettling moments before erupting into a nonstop, chaotic sprint at the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5.
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