After a series of strange occurrences, the families use cameras to document what they’re experiencing. The first four films pretty much utilized the same beat-by-beat premise, following a white, upper middle-class family living in a large, suburban home. However, by the time of the release of the fourth installment, something was starting to become very clear: these Paranormal movies were looking and feeling all the same.
So began the tradition of releasing a new installment almost every year, satisfying the hunger that both mainstream audiences and genre fans were beginning to crave. With the overwhelming success of the first film– and backing from multiple producers– sequels to the handheld-phenomenon were eagerly demanded. But in 2014, the Paranormal franchise may have had a similar plan in mind when the fifth entry in the franchise came along, the underappreciated The Marked Ones - it may have just been a few years ahead of its time.Īs history goes, the first Paranormal was released in 2009 and would soon become a smash hit. More filmmakers of color like Jordan Peele and Karyn Kusama are at the genre forefront– leading the charge into the next decade– and they’ve introduced fresh perspectives and characters that come from different cultures and backgrounds, adding to the brand of inclusivity we’re now seeing more of. Since then, horror as a whole has come a long way. Its wide-release debut brought the once-dormant found footage subgenre back into the subconscious and helped spawn a plethora of imitators that would attempt to emulate and capitalize upon its narrative success.īut as quietly disturbing and as memorable as Paranormal may have been, the diversity within its cast was far from remarkable. This year marks 11 years since the first Paranormal Activity film scared its way onto the horror scene, and there’s no denying how much it shook up the genre.
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