Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

"The haunted house setpieces provide reliable doses of jolts, even if one can see the scaffolding of each scare being built from miles away, and director Landon has fun with some clever camera placement here and there."

"A sort of-sequel that only dovetails with the 2007 original via a strained coda and its use of the increasingly tired-looking found-footage gimmick."

"As ever with this series, the shocks are cheap but effective, and the shaky-cam aesthetic adds an unsettling layer of realism (if you’re willing to overlook the innate ridiculousness of the film-everything concept)."

"There's no escaping that the found-footage phenomenon has gone from fresh and original to just plain annoying."

"The shocks are no less effective than the ones in the other Paranormal Activity movies, but no more original, either, with only the whipping of a handheld camera to set it apart from the offscreen gamesmanship that’s long been the series’ stock in trade."

"The script succeeds by expanding the Paranormal Activity mythology with additional details and even a few surprising twists."

"Better than your average Part 5, this delivers enough scares and twists to satisfy longtime fans."