The entertaining chemistry between the two young leads almost saves this tired entry in the "found footage" horror genre.

Screenwriter Christopher Landon directs the fifth installment of Paramount's long-running franchise.

Some movie critics feel 'Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones' gives the series a jolt, but others find it more tired.

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones isn’t as scary as its predecessors, but strong characters & clever story layers prove the mythology is worth expanding.

The horror series is re-energized with a charismatic cast, more unexpected scares and humor.

Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) wants to contact an unearthly spirit he thinks has begun to inhabit him, so naturally he uses the old electronic game Simon as a medium. "Do you think I'm handsome?" he asks, laughing. A beep signals Yes. More seriously, "Are you my guardian angel?" Another beep: Yes.

With "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones", this found footage franchise abandons the lull you to sleep creepiness of found surveillance footage for full on shaky cam and an altogether more conventional horror movie plot.But as exhausted as this series and the genre it comes from is, it still manages a few decent jolts thanks to…