Rotten Tomatoes
Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Paranormal Activity 3

Play trailer 1:50 Poster for Paranormal Activity 3 R 2011 1h 21m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
67% Tomatometer 125 Reviews 51% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
A videographer becomes obsessed with finding the source of disturbing late-night noises in his home and discovers its terrifying origin.
Watch on Fandango at Home Stream Now

Where to Watch

Paranormal Activity 3

Paranormal Activity 3

What to Know

Critics Consensus

While the jolts and thrills are undeniably subject to the diminishing returns that plague most horror sequels, Paranormal Activity 3 is a surprisingly spine-tingling treat.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View More
Dylan Scott Vox 10/19/2018
Fresh feeling and a gloriously gonzo finale. Go to Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com 01/27/2012
2.5/4
It's another low-budget, high-concept excursions into shock horror filmmaking that once again uses the audience's imagination against them to produce a wild flurry of shrieks and scares. Go to Full Review Jim Schembri The Age (Australia) 10/24/2011
3.5/5
PA3 not only delivers quality jolts in spades, it turns out to be much scarier than The Blair Witch Project. Go to Full Review David Day Horror Movie Talk Sep 23
10/10
Producers, take note. For the low cost of some fishing line, you can scare me way more than if you pay a huge crew of computer animators to design a monster that runs around and skins people. Go to Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 9
3/5
A step down from the original but a step up from its predecessor, this is less of a success due to era-appropriate gags and more the ambitious reveals in the final act. Go to Full Review Iván Kazi EscribiendoCine 09/20/2023
4/10
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman's new collaboration doesn't irritate but doesn't excite either. The film tries to scare us but instead delivers insignificant bursts of repeated jolts. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
KerryWhite's S. @KerryWhite77 Nov 11 7/10. 70/100. | With Chloe Lainhart See more Deshawn F. @Poof94 Oct 27 Well definitely my favorite out of the first 3 hope it stays like this one glad it broke the jus average cycle great watch in my opinion See more stefan C Oct 6 This was freaking scary top 5 scariest movies ever! See more Affleberry F @JimSnow Aug 12 One of the better installments, I'd still put the original & part 2 ahead of it, but still a very good horror flick, if you like found footage of course. See more Tommy D @Thomas005 Jul 13 The best prequel and great film. 8/10 See more Jude H. @Horrorlord Jul 11 This is a perfect prequel. This is by far the scariest entry of the series. Katie and Chrissy are young girls and this is where it all begins, this entry adds more lore to the series and it actually is interesting. It’s a hard thing to do with horror movies series that go on for more than two movies. The ending is spooky and theres a lot of good jumpscares in the second half See more Read all reviews
Paranormal Activity 3

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

View All

Henry Joost

Director

Ariel Schulman

Director

Katie Featherston

Katie

Sprague Grayden

Kristi Rey

Lauren Bittner

Julie

Christopher Nicholas Smith

Dennis

More Like This

View All
Paranormal Activity 4 23% 34% Paranormal Activity 4 Watchlist Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 40% 35% Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones Watchlist TRAILER for Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension 15% 27% Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension Watchlist Paranormal Activity 82% 57% Paranormal Activity Watchlist Mara 28% 23% Mara Watchlist TRAILER for Mara Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Paranormal Activity 3

Movieclips: Paranormal Activity - Try Not to Get SCARED! Movieclips: Paranormal Activity - Try Not to Get SCARED! 57:27 3: Trailer 1 3: Trailer 1 1:50 View more videos
View All

Paranormal Activity 3

Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) A scene from "Paranormal Activity 3." A scene from "Paranormal Activity 3." Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis A videographer becomes obsessed with finding the source of disturbing late-night noises in his home and discovers its terrifying origin.
Director
Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Producer
Jason Blum, Oren Peli
Screenwriter
Christopher Landon
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Blumhouse, Room 101 Inc., Solana Films
Rating
R (Drug Use|Brief Sexuality|Language|Some Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 21, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 20, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$104.0M
Runtime
1h 21m
Most Popular at Home Now