Paranormal activity the marked ones real7/25/2023 The furniture in the apartment where teenaged Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) lives with his abuelita is perfectly mismatched. Writer-director Christopher Landon did his research, visiting botanicas in Los Angeles, and hiring language and Latino cultural consultants to ensure he got it right. The audience must believe that a regular person picked up a camera and started shooting at their house, not a fake movie set. It realistically mixes the supernatural elements of the original films with a SoCal brand of Catholic-tinged Mexican-American mysticism.Ī found footage movie lives and dies by its authenticity it has to look real. It turns out, The Marked Ones is a pleasant surprise. An industry that has historically portrayed Latinos as maids, gardeners, and gangsters who barely speak English is not to be trusted. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones features an all-Latino cast and is set in a working class neighborhood (emphasis on hood) in Oxnard, California.Ī few months back, when we here at Remezcla heard that Paramount, a big Hollywood studio, was making a “Latino-themed” horror flick we were skeptical, naturally. The newest film in the multimillion dollar franchise is a little bit different. They capture demonic noises, swaying chandeliers, and unexplained bite marks. A young, white family in an affluent suburb picks up a camera and starts filming the weird, spooky stuff that starts happening to them. All shot using the found footage style, it’s at this point a familiar story. You’ve probably seen at least one of the Paranormal Activity movies.
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