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*** The fourth film has [[a TimeSkip to Possessed!Katie raising 6 year old Hunter and haunting people next door.]]
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We never know when Julie decided for herself that she didn't actually want more kids, we just know when she told her mother about it. Prior to that decision, the demon had been focusing on Julie to the extent that Julie was willfully ignoring it to preserve her sanity (which is why she's so adamant that it doesn't exist and refuses to watch Dennis' tapes until it drops a kitchen on her). Because why would the demon focus on the girls - who are too young to have kids of their own - when it still might get that coveted firstborn son out of Julie? Either Julie was fudging some details to her mother and actually ''couldn't'' have more kids, or it just never occurred to the demon that it could sabotage her birth control somehow and it immediately jumped ship.

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We never know when Julie decided for herself that she didn't actually want more kids, we just know when she told her mother about it. Prior to that decision, the demon had been focusing on Julie to the extent that Julie was willfully ignoring it to preserve her sanity (which is why she's so adamant that it doesn't exist and refuses to watch Dennis' tapes until it drops a kitchen on her). Because why would the demon focus on the girls - who are too young to have kids of their own - when it still might get that coveted firstborn son out of Julie? Either Julie was fudging some details to her mother and actually ''couldn't'' have more kids, or it just never occurred to the demon that it could sabotage her birth control somehow and it immediately jumped ship.ship.

[[WMG: The demon just wants a wife and son.]]
That's why it [[spoiler:possessed Katie and took Hunter.]] It just wanted to settle down and have a family, it just has a different way of doing that than most people think cause amongst demons, terrorizing people is considered a sign of affection.
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*Near the end of the third movie, when Katie starts to scream and freak out about Toby messing with their bedroom, Kristi tells her to stop screaming and "Just ignore it!", so it could be. Things only get worse the more the main characters freak out about Toby.
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* The cultists from the third movie offered the first born son to Nyarlathotep in exchange for wealth and prosperity. Nyarlathotep is a sinister and highly intelligent entity. He's just screwing around because ''that's what he does.'' He's just hanging around the family waiting for someone to have a son, And seeing as all horrors in the world stem from the Mythos, it's entirely possible 'Toby' is just another one of [[EldritchAbomination Nyarlathotep's]] avatars.

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* The cultists from the third movie offered the first born son to Nyarlathotep in exchange for wealth and prosperity. Nyarlathotep is a sinister and highly intelligent entity. He's just screwing around because ''that's what he does.'' He's just hanging around the family waiting for someone to have a son, And seeing as all horrors in the world stem from the Mythos, it's entirely possible 'Toby' is just another one of [[EldritchAbomination Nyarlathotep's]] avatars.avatars.

[[WMG: The demon started focusing on Katie and Kristi as soon as Julie decided that she wasn't going to have more children.]]
We never know when Julie decided for herself that she didn't actually want more kids, we just know when she told her mother about it. Prior to that decision, the demon had been focusing on Julie to the extent that Julie was willfully ignoring it to preserve her sanity (which is why she's so adamant that it doesn't exist and refuses to watch Dennis' tapes until it drops a kitchen on her). Because why would the demon focus on the girls - who are too young to have kids of their own - when it still might get that coveted firstborn son out of Julie? Either Julie was fudging some details to her mother and actually ''couldn't'' have more kids, or it just never occurred to the demon that it could sabotage her birth control somehow and it immediately jumped ship.
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* [[spoiler: Plus, the demon is never seen on . And we all know the effect Slendy's mere presence has on . And how he just enjoys fucking with people]].

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* [[spoiler: Plus, the demon is never seen on . And on camera, and we all know the effect Slendy's mere presence has on .on those. And how he just enjoys fucking with people]].

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** The Demon could very well be Slender Man. The strongest argument for this is the fact people end up filming themselves continuously. Yes, it is said so that they can catch activity on tape, but the lengths to which the protagonists go becomes a little obsessive. Putting a camera in nearly every corner of nearly every room in your house because of one break-in? [[SarcasmMode Not obssessive at all.]] Also, in the third film, Kristi mentions to her mother that 'Toby', the Demon/Imgaginary friend is ''tall''.



Beating the shit out of Cthullu.

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Beating the shit out of Cthullu.
Cthulhu.



The demon comes from the warp, (explaining it's alien footprints and dickish behavior,) and Dr. Johan is the Emperor (also BatMan).


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The demon comes from the warp, Warp, (explaining it's alien footprints and dickish behavior,) and Dr. Johan is the Emperor (also BatMan).

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** The cultists in the third film worship Khorne. The Demon is a Daemon of Khorne; it is decidedly violent, but as of yet, nowhere near as strong as it will be in the 41st millenium. It can't attack people constantly, but as nerves get stressed and tensions run high, the negativity and rage feed it, allowing it to act out.




She's survived into the modern era, and the whole demon thing is just her using her magical powers, or perhaps her abomination side to spy on and mess with the family. Her entire aim is to possess Katie or Kristi, because that's kind of her M.O. The Grandmother even looks like Flemeth, is a creepy old lady who acts nice at first, and is possessed by a demon. Fits surprisingly well.

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She's survived into the modern era, and the whole demon thing is just her using her magical powers, or perhaps her abomination side to spy on and mess with the family. Her entire aim is to possess Katie or Kristi, because that's kind of her M.O. The Grandmother even looks like Flemeth, is a creepy old lady who acts nice at first, and is possessed by a demon. Fits surprisingly well.well.

[[WMG: The Demon is [[CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep.]]]]
* The cultists from the third movie offered the first born son to Nyarlathotep in exchange for wealth and prosperity. Nyarlathotep is a sinister and highly intelligent entity. He's just screwing around because ''that's what he does.'' He's just hanging around the family waiting for someone to have a son, And seeing as all horrors in the world stem from the Mythos, it's entirely possible 'Toby' is just another one of [[EldritchAbomination Nyarlathotep's]] avatars.
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* Beatrice is a major Troll, so that would explain the demon's major sadistic tendencies, but then where are her minions? The Stake Sisters? Ronove? And shouldn't Battler come leaping in, pointing his finger at the footage and explaining how it is all fake?
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[[spoiler: The ancestor of Katie and Kristi wanted to get rich so she made a deal with The Slender Man. Since she didnt pay her part of the deal in the form of [[MemeticMutation 20 dollars]], he decided to go after the first born son... Besides, when Slendy is in town, kids usually go bye-bye]]

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[[spoiler: The ancestor of Katie and Kristi wanted to get rich so she made a deal with The Slender Man. Since she didnt didn't pay her part of the deal in the form of [[MemeticMutation 20 dollars]], he decided to go after the first born son... Besides, when Slendy is in town, kids usually go bye-bye]]



[[WMG: Dr. Johan is the most badass demonlogist on the face of the planet.]]

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[[WMG: Dr. Johan is the most badass demonlogist demonologist on the face of the planet.]]



[[WMG: Katie wasn't possesed when she stabbed Micah.]]

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[[WMG: Katie wasn't possesed possessed when she stabbed Micah.]]



[[WMG: The Demon has Yellow Eyes...]]
Katie and Kristi were two of it's special children. It even culminates the third movie by killing their mother...

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[[WMG: The Demon has [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Yellow Eyes...]]
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Katie and Kristi were two of it's special children. It even culminates the third movie by killing their mother...
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[[WMG: The next PA film will revolve around Ali]]
It'll be a few years in the future and have her desperately searching for her little brother Hunter, and looking for incidents similar to what happened to Katie and Kristi.

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*** Supposedly 3 AM is the magic time because it is the opposite of 3 PM, which was (traditionally) the hour of Jesus's death on the cross, so this is when demons appear to mock the faithful. [[TheExorcismOfEmilyRose Or so Ian Holm told me...]]

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Katie and Kristi were two of it's special children. It even culminates the third movie by killig their mother...

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Katie and Kristi were two of it's special children. It even culminates the third movie by killig killing their mother...mother...
** And even burns their house down. Might be on to something here...

[[WMG: Katie and Kristi's Grandmother is [[DragonAge Flemeth]] from Dragon Age]]
She's survived into the modern era, and the whole demon thing is just her using her magical powers, or perhaps her abomination side to spy on and mess with the family. Her entire aim is to possess Katie or Kristi, because that's kind of her M.O. The Grandmother even looks like Flemeth, is a creepy old lady who acts nice at first, and is possessed by a demon. Fits surprisingly well.
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* If I recall correctly, [[spoiler:wasn't it implied in PA2 that Julie had killed herself? It would make sense that the cult somehow erased the girl's memories and introduced the fire to cover everything up.]]

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* If I recall correctly, [[spoiler:wasn't it implied in PA2 that Julie had killed herself? It would make sense that the cult somehow erased the girl's memories and introduced the fire to cover everything up.]]]]

[[WMG: The Demon has Yellow Eyes...]]
Katie and Kristi were two of it's special children. It even culminates the third movie by killig their mother...
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*** Maybe the demon got more interested in Katie as time went on?
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*** And, as revealed in the third film, the tapes that documented their experiences as children. The demon couldn't have them seeing '''that'''...
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[[WMG: Katie and Kristi have [[spoiler: false memories of their childhood]]]]
Because of the events at the end of the third movie, [[spoiler: it looks like Katie and Kristi will have been living with their grandma for at least another 10 years or so. However they never mention spending years with their grandmother, only that their house burned down in their childhood. It is possible that they have had their memories... [[MindRape altered]] either by possession by the demon or as a result of the cult's ritual. Then when they were old enough to have children, the grandmother let them go out into the world with false memories of a house fire and repressed knowledge of the demon.]]

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*** ^^ After the events of Paranormal Activity 3, that ''is'' pretty likely.

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*** ^^ After the events of Paranormal Activity 3, that ''is'' pretty likely.
*** Then why was it Kristi's "imaginary friend" and not Katie's?



[[WMG: After [[spoiler:Dennis and Julie]] were killed, [[spoiler:Lois and the rest of the cult]] took their bodies back to their home and set it on fire.]]

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[[WMG: After [[spoiler:Dennis [[spoiler: After:Dennis and Julie]] Julie were killed, [[spoiler:Lois Lois and the rest of the cult]] cult took their bodies back to their home and set it on fire.]]]]]]
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* [[spoiler: It is possible Julie is alive. I looked carefully at her body and could only see her arm is broken. PA2 Katie states their mother was freaking out all the time, so it is possible she is crippled after this event. People have survived crazy stuff before, it isn't implausible the same could be here.]]

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* [[spoiler: It is possible Julie is alive. I looked carefully at her body and could only see her arm is broken. PA2 Katie states their mother was freaking out all the time, so it is possible she is crippled after this event. People have survived crazy stuff before, it isn't implausible the same could be here.]]
* If I recall correctly, [[spoiler:wasn't it implied in PA2 that Julie had killed herself? It would make sense that the cult somehow erased the girl's memories and introduced the fire to cover everything up.
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** Well, the demon ''did'' slash out Micah's face in the photograph...the idea that it doesn't like Micah specifically doesn't seem too far off.

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** * Well, the demon ''did'' slash out Micah's face in the photograph...the idea that it doesn't like Micah specifically doesn't seem too far off.




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*** ^^ After the events of Paranormal Activity 3, that ''is'' pretty likely.

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*** This is entirely a prequel. Oren Peli might use that idea for the fourth one, but is not present in the third.




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** [[spoiler:Confirmed. It is learned the coven initiates women through some sort of brain-washing and they have no recollection of it happening.]]



[[WMG: After [[spoiler: Dennis and Julie]] were killed, [[spoiler: Lois and the rest of the cult]] took their bodies back to their home and set it on fire.]]
This troper had been waiting for the house to catch on fire, except it never happened. However, how could they have covered up the deaths of [[spoiler: Julie and Dennis]]? [[FridgeBrilliance Unless their bodies were put in their house and set on fire...]]any injuries they have would be unnoticeable, thanks to the fire.

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[[WMG: After [[spoiler: Dennis [[spoiler:Dennis and Julie]] were killed, [[spoiler: Lois [[spoiler:Lois and the rest of the cult]] took their bodies back to their home and set it on fire.]]
This troper had been waiting for the house to catch on fire, except it never happened. However, how could they have covered up the deaths of [[spoiler: Julie and Dennis]]? [[FridgeBrilliance Unless their bodies were put in their house and set on fire...]]any injuries they have would be unnoticeable, thanks to the fire.fire.
* [[spoiler: It is possible Julie is alive. I looked carefully at her body and could only see her arm is broken. PA2 Katie states their mother was freaking out all the time, so it is possible she is crippled after this event. People have survived crazy stuff before, it isn't implausible the same could be here.]]
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* [[spoiler: Plus, the demon is never seen on . And we all know the effect Slendy's mere presence has on cameras. And how he just enjoys fucking with people]].

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* [[spoiler: Plus, the demon is never seen on . And we all know the effect Slendy's mere presence has on cameras.on . And how he just enjoys fucking with people]].



[[WMG: Paranormal Activity 3 will still revolve around Ali.]]

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[[WMG: Paranormal Activity 3 [[WMG: will still revolve around Ali.]]



[[WMG: After Dennis and Julie were killed, Lois and the rest of the cult took their bodies back to their home and set it on fire.]]
This troper had been waiting for the house to catch on fire, except it never happened. However, how could they have covered up the deaths of Julie and Dennis? [[FridgeBrilliance Unless their bodies were put in their house and set on fire...]]any injuries they have would be unnoticeable, thanks to the fire.

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[[WMG: After [[spoiler: Dennis and Julie Julie]] were killed, [[spoiler: Lois and the rest of the cult cult]] took their bodies back to their home and set it on fire.]]
This troper had been waiting for the house to catch on fire, except it never happened. However, how could they have covered up the deaths of [[spoiler: Julie and Dennis? Dennis]]? [[FridgeBrilliance Unless their bodies were put in their house and set on fire...]]any injuries they have would be unnoticeable, thanks to the fire.

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* [[spoiler: Plus, the demon is never seen on camera. And we all know the effect Slendy's mere presence has on cameras. And how he just enjoys fucking with people]].

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* [[spoiler: Plus, the demon is never seen on camera.on . And we all know the effect Slendy's mere presence has on cameras. And how he just enjoys fucking with people]].



[[WMG: There will be a Paranormal Activity 3, focused on Ali.]]

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[[WMG: There will be a Paranormal Activity 3, , focused on Ali.]]



* Oren Peli has said that part of the movie will focus on Possessed!Katie, so it could very well also end up showing Ali. Perhaps Katie will show up while she's watching the tapes, and the security cameras will record it?

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* Oren Peli has said that part of the movie will focus on Possessed!Katie, so it could very well also end up showing Ali. Perhaps Katie will show up while she's watching the tapes, and the security cameras will record it?it?

[[WMG: After Dennis and Julie were killed, Lois and the rest of the cult took their bodies back to their home and set it on fire.]]
This troper had been waiting for the house to catch on fire, except it never happened. However, how could they have covered up the deaths of Julie and Dennis? [[FridgeBrilliance Unless their bodies were put in their house and set on fire...]]any injuries they have would be unnoticeable, thanks to the fire.

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* Oren Peli has said that part of the movie will focus on Possessed!Katie, so it could very well also end up showing Ali. Perhaps Katie will show up while she's watching the tapes, and the security cameras will record it?

[[WMG: The Demon can affect people's minds.]]
This explains not only why Micah is a jerk, but it also explains why all the tropers act like he is the biggest douchebag to ever breathe oxygen, yet pretend that Katie is justified in all her actions and that she's being logical, level-headed and pleasant all the time: The demon is corrupting your minds across the fourth wall.

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* Oren Peli has said that part of the movie will focus on Possessed!Katie, so it could very well also end up showing Ali. Perhaps Katie will show up while she's watching the tapes, and the security cameras will record it?

[[WMG: The Demon can affect people's minds.]]
This explains not only why Micah is a jerk, but it also explains why all the tropers act like he is the biggest douchebag to ever breathe oxygen, yet pretend that Katie is justified in all her actions and that she's being logical, level-headed and pleasant all the time: The demon is corrupting your minds across the fourth wall.
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* Oren Peli has said that part of the movie will focus on Possessed!Katie, so it could very well also end up showing Ali. Perhaps Katie will show up while she's watching the tapes, and the security cameras will record it?

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* Oren Peli has said that part of the movie will focus on Possessed!Katie, so it could very well also end up showing Ali. Perhaps Katie will show up while she's watching the tapes, and the security cameras will record it?it?

[[WMG: The Demon can affect people's minds.]]
This explains not only why Micah is a jerk, but it also explains why all the tropers act like he is the biggest douchebag to ever breathe oxygen, yet pretend that Katie is justified in all her actions and that she's being logical, level-headed and pleasant all the time: The demon is corrupting your minds across the fourth wall.
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** So the demon is essentially a non-romantic version of a [[Yandere Yandere]]?

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** So the demon is essentially a non-romantic version of a [[Yandere [[YanDere Yandere]]?
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** So the demon is essentially a non-romantic version of a [[Yandere Yandere]]?
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Well, we already have seen a Fallen that manifests as a living shadow.....maybe Nicodemus is younger than we think...
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[[WMG: The Demon is Katie]]
Connected to the WMG above. Suppose Katie really is a witch, but she doesn't know it. Her repressed witch side manifests as psychic phenomena, that strikes out at people she knows and acts out her unconscious wishes. The phenomenon carries to every member of her bloodline. In the first movie, Katie's repressed anger at her Jerkass boyfriend Micah manifests as a 'demon' that torments him. In the second movie, the mother's demonic aspect attempts to 'protect' the baby at all costs from outside threats (read: everything, including the unaware human aspect of the mother). In both cases, both personalities merge, however, in Kristi's case, her human side wins out, due to her overriding urge to protect Hunter. However, Katie's repressed anger bites her in the ass, and her [[AxCrazy Ax Crazy]] demon persona takes over. Hunter is going to be some kind of mage messiah, and now that Demon!Katie has him, she is free to corrupt him in any way she pleases.
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*** He's a demonologist that the psychic repeatedly recommends but never actually makes an appearance in the movie.



** Who is Dr. Johan???

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** Who is Dr. Johan???

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** Who the hell is Dr. Johan?




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** Who is Dr. Johan???




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** [[FridgeBrilliance Which explains]] why in the two alternate endings, she either goes catatonic or slits her own throat.



And her bodyguard. It knew Micah was bad for her and was jealous of his relationship with her. Anyone who ever dated a woman who has a pomeranian knows exactly what I am talking about. Katie likes being possessed once she gets used to it--it's why she smiles so much. She and the demon go off to live happily ever after, fighting crime. Without Micah to hold them back.

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And her bodyguard. It knew Micah was bad for her and was jealous of his relationship with her. Anyone who ever dated a woman who has a pomeranian knows exactly what I am talking about. Katie likes being possessed once she gets used to it--it's it — it's why she smiles so much. She and the demon go off to live happily ever after, fighting crime. Without Micah to hold them back.



The demon only seemed to get strong enough to mess with a large amount of stuff after an extended period of haunting in both movies. However, we see someone/something had completely trashed their house in the beginning of Paranormal Activity 2, way beyond what the demon should have been capable of that early on. Not only that, a necklace that Katie had given Krisiti in their youth had been stolen yet nothing else had.

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The demon only seemed to get strong enough to mess with a large amount of stuff after an extended period of haunting in both movies. However, we see someone/something had completely trashed their house in the beginning of Paranormal Activity 2, way beyond what the demon should have been capable of that early on. Not only that, a necklace that Katie had given Krisiti Kristi in their youth had been stolen yet nothing else had.



[[spoiler: So we have their house burned down while they were kids (hinted to be the demon), and this picture that apparently burned with the house. So why Katie? and why leave it with Kristi? Simple. The demon wanted to eliminate the last traces of their blood-line. We can assume there are no other blood relatives to the sisters because the demon only goes for Katie when exorcised. ]]

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[[spoiler: So we have their house burned down while they were kids (hinted to be the demon), and this picture that apparently burned with the house. So why Katie? and And why leave it with Kristi? Simple. The demon wanted to eliminate the last traces of their blood-line. We can assume there are no other blood relatives to the sisters because the demon only goes for Katie when exorcised. ]]



*** According to Dread Central, Oren Peli has said that it will also partly be a sequel with its focus on Possessed!Katie.



In both movies. When was the biggest demonic event? After someone was freaking out. And it used its new found energy to stir up more fear and panic to become even stronger. He wasn't doing it ForTheEvulz, but to get stronger. And after being excersiced he didn't have enough strength to repossess Kati.

[[WMG: The Demon was fighting Kristi's [[MamaBear Maternal instincts]]]]

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In both movies. When was the biggest demonic event? After someone was freaking out. And it used its new found energy to stir up more fear and panic to become even stronger. He wasn't doing it ForTheEvulz, but to get stronger. And after being excersiced exorcised he didn't have enough strength to repossess Kati.

Katie.

[[WMG: The Demon was fighting Kristi's [[MamaBear Maternal maternal instincts]]]]




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* Then why are they so baffled as to why the demon is after them? Also, PA2 seems to imply that it's their grandmother who made the deal.



Part of the viral campaign for the movie is a flyer advertising "Darren's Timeless Memories", a company that transfers VHS to DVD. Ali will discover the tapes of Katie and Kriti's childhood and use this company to watch the movies in an attempt to discover what exactly is happening. The movie will cut between the tapes of Kristi and Katie as children and Ali in the present day.

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Part of the viral campaign for the movie is a flyer advertising "Darren's Timeless Memories", a company that transfers VHS to DVD. Ali will discover the tapes of Katie and Kriti's childhood and use this company to watch the movies in an attempt to discover what exactly is happening. The movie will cut between the tapes of Kristi and Katie as children and Ali in the present day.day.
* Oren Peli has said that part of the movie will focus on Possessed!Katie, so it could very well also end up showing Ali. Perhaps Katie will show up while she's watching the tapes, and the security cameras will record it?
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It makes sense. Part of the viral campaign for the movie is a flyer advertising "Darren's Timeless Memories", a company that transfers VHS to DVD. Ali will discover the tapes of Katie and Kriti's childhood and use this company to watch the movies in an attempt to discover what exactly is happening. The movie will cut between the tapes of Kristi and Katie as children and Ali in the present day.

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It makes sense. Part of the viral campaign for the movie is a flyer advertising "Darren's Timeless Memories", a company that transfers VHS to DVD. Ali will discover the tapes of Katie and Kriti's childhood and use this company to watch the movies in an attempt to discover what exactly is happening. The movie will cut between the tapes of Kristi and Katie as children and Ali in the present day.

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