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Watch: First New Trailer for 'Catfish' Directors' 'Paranormal Activity 3'

by Alex Billington
July 21, 2011
Source: YouTube

Discover the Secret Behind the Activity. Out of nowhere today comes the first trailer for the next iteration in Paramount's incredibly successful found-footage horror-thriller series Paranormal Activity. This originally popped up on YouTube via The Film Stage this morning. As many remember, they hired Catfish directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman to helm this new sequel, and it looks like they've decided to focus on two young girls this time, not a new family with a baby. It looks pretty much like more of the same, but gets very interesting/creepy when the "Bloody Mary" game comes into play near the end. Remember the rules?

Watch the first trailer for Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman's Paranormal Activity 3 via YouTube:

Paranormal Activity 3 continues the found footage horror franchise started by director Oren Peli and producer Jason Blum back in 2009 with their first thriller Paranormal Activity. This time, New York City based directors of the Sundance hit documentary Catfish, Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, are taking over, picking up presumably where the last one left off. As always, the story and any other details about this sequel are being kept a big secret, but I'll gladly say they've been doing everything to keep me hooked even though I'm trying to break free from this micro-budget franchise. Paramount Pictures, who acquired the first one, will be releasing Paranormal Activity 3 in theaters everywhere starting on October 21st this fall.

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Dieselblues

It's actually the two girls from the first film, and how the problem started it seems.
Craig S. List

Story is obviously about the girl from the first one and her sister as kids. Like when she talked about that "thing at the foot of her bed" when she was a kid. This is that.

Anonymous

Yeah alex, how did you missed this?! Are you seeing too many films? I've only seen the first one, worst film I've seen in years. I wouldn't call it a movie anyways. So so overrated...

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1033930596 Christopher Goudos

While PA2 was nowhere near as good as the first one, I might check this one out. Problem, of course, is we know the girls live and the house burns down in the end (as mentioned in one & two), so they have a limited amount of scare there.

Danimal

well if the house burns down then this was probably their most expensive installment of the franchise
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5111584 Nate Carroll

Say what!?! The first one, save for the last 10mins or so was one of the worse films ever! Slow, boring, monotonous to a degree I can't describe! While the second was so00o0o much better. Still nothing great but was an actual movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9emWB_rrMt0 Crapola

Oh ma gawd, ahm scared noo.
http://twitter.com/Killsclowns Luke Hanna

As cheesy as the first 2 were the bloody Mary thing actually has me intrigued, i actually watched the second the other day and must say the first was better.
Danimal

I thought I'd give up after the 2nd...but this actually looks pretty well done. Loved Catfish, so I'm startin to have hopes for this one
Hattori Hanzo

Other than the next door neighbor look of the stars and sets, I have no logical reason as to why I like this series. There’s just something 'haunting' about them I guess. Anyway, as with the first two I look forward to seeing number three when it’s released on Blu Ray.
Rusty Shackelford

i don't think this whole movie is going to be about their lives as children. from what i've found out, i thought it was supposed to have a little bit of what happened after the first two; where the girl from the first went disappeared to, where she took her sister's baby when the second one ended, etc...
http://www.facebook.com/danielvutran Daniel Vu Tran

Holy shit I was fucking scared at :56 LOL
http://www.skonmovies.com/ Sean Kelly

As much as I hate to say it, I am looking forward to seeing the film now.
Jericho

you might as well just play these movies backwards......
http://twitter.com/SkyNetCyberDyne Vinnie Cipollone

Why are they still making sequels to this? I guess for anyone dumb enough to watch a 3rd rehash of the first.
Hans

Candyman, Candyman, Candyman... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lFxWo_C2qs&feature=related

Jericho

the bloody marry saying has been around for over a few hundred years so....

http://www.facebook.com/danielvutran Daniel Vu Tran

yeah lol.......

ZODSOUL

YOU ARE THE MAN! I STILL WON'T SAY IT

Voice of Reason

That didn't take long at all.
Ictimerlsf

i was REALLY hoping that would freak me out..but..it didnt. ugh i wanted io be scared, too
http://DaftBot.com DaftBot

so we're really just going to watch a house burn down... awesome. I don't like prequels that aren't necessary. We won't learn anything here that affects the future of the franchise or the characters. We know the girls live, lose their house and that's it. I did like the choice to not actually have any ghosts or spirits do anything in the trailer though.

Jericho

but Daftbot...its bloody marry that causes it.... -we need a sarcasm font-

http://DaftBot.com DaftBot

to be honest I'll have an easier time buying into this than I will into Catfish.

http://www.facebook.com/brianriccimoviereview Brian Ricci Movie Review

Catfish was such a letdown. I was so psyched when I first saw the trailer. It looked so scary. What a disappointment it turned out to be.

http://www.facebook.com/brianriccimoviereview Brian Ricci Movie Review

that's a very good point.

Anonymous

pass.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5111584 Nate Carroll

With an overall plot finally revealed, I must sadly admit to looking forward to this unlike the last two.
Chanel

I read the November 17, 2010 article by Ethan Anderton the other day. He did mention that he would rather see the third movie about the mother and not the girls. I agree. The mothers back story would have been better. Not really looking forward to it but I can't lie. I'll see the movie -__-
ZODSOUL

It looks too high def for an 80's camera. It just need some more grit. Still awesome though.

ZODSOUL

I looked at again. I take it back. It does have that retrieved 80's video tape look. Awesome...

http://www.soloparolesparse.com soloparolesparse

Have you seen the way the trailer has been relased? This is the start of a new viral http://bit.ly/PA3-trailer
http://www.facebook.com/brianriccimoviereview Brian Ricci Movie Review

I really liked the first 2 movies a lot so I'm trying to get into this but there's a few things I don't get. The point about the tape is exactly right. Everything was supposed to be destroyed in the fire. They ran back in to grab some vhs tapes? Also, this is obviously what started it all so why is Bloody Mary involved? They established in the other movies that it was some kind of demon with hooves and shit. I'm guessing that's who the woman is? Unless it's someone the demon possessed? I don't know. I don't know if I even care. I also agree about the mom. I want to know what she did to cause this all.
Anonymous

i can wait to laughing so hard at all the stupid people who will go see this and believe it is real hahahaa