QWhy does Julie refuse to watch the footage or give credit to what Dennis and her children tell her?
AJulie does not say why she reacts the way she does in the film and we can only theorize on her motives. The first easy explanation could be that Julie is obtuse. Another explanation however could be that Julie had similar experiences in her own childhood and refuses to let it happen again, following the idea that if you ignore it completely, it will eventually go away. Her reluctance to believe might also be due to her being brainwashed as a child.
QWhat does the entity want from Kristi?
AIt's never explained in the film, but there are some strong hints. The sequence that would appear to hold the answer is intentionally edited, cutting away from Dennis each time he begins to elaborate upon something he's learned in his research. What the audience does find out is that (1) there existed a "coven" of women in the 1920s who summoned demons, (2) after summoning a demon the women would wait until a daughter of the coven had reached child-bearing age. The girl would be brainwashed and "remember nothing," though what event(s) were being wiped out is not explained, and (3) these events all lead up to the birth of a male child. In the girls' bedroom Julie tells her mother she doesn't want more kids. The grandmother replies with "but you always wanted a boy." Basically, the grandmother (a witch) has made some kind of deal with a demon to allow it to marry a girl in the family and have a demon-possessed male child. It is even possible that grandma Lois herself was once married to the demon, but since she had not produced a male child, Julie became the next 'bride'. Since Julie doesn't plan to have a boy anymore, the demon and the grandmother set their sights on the next generation (Kristi). In Paranormal Activity and Paranormal Activity 2, Kristi and Katie indeed seem to have no memory of the ritual and the death of Dennis. It can be surmised that Kirstie was secretly married to 'Toby', and both girls brainwashed to forget about this (although the girls both remember childhood memories of being haunted). When Kristi got a husband and a son years later, the demon came back to claim his bride (Kristie) and collect the boy (Paranormal Activity 2). However, Kristie's husband managed to exorcise the demon from Kristie, and transfer it to Katie (Paranormal Activity). Eventually, the demon got its way when a possessed Katie killed Kristie and her husband, and walked away with their son.
QWhat scenes from the trailer are not in the movie?
AThe movie differs significantly from the full length trailer and many of the tv spots. Scenes that actually make it into the movie include Randy saying you have to record this, Julie hanging at the top of the stairs, scenes from the initial birthday party, and some scenes of Kristi talking to the demon off-screen. Scenes that were cut include the girls playing the Bloody Mary, the girls huddling in the kitchen, the girls knocking on the closet door, the mother being flung onto the bed, the house on fire, any scene with the priest, the scribbles all over the storage space walls, Kristi throwing water on the demon and it flinging furniture around in front of the mother, the mother watching footage of Kristi walking along the balcony railing, jumping off, then running back up the stairs.
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