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While it does manage to wring a few more screams out of the franchise's surprisingly durable premise, Paranormal Activity 4 provides fans of the series with dismayingly diminishing returns.

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Chris Blohm Little White Lies A rickety old ride and no mistake, this instalment is for franchise fans only. Rated: 2/5 Oct 24, 2012 Full Review Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine/Vulture We're still seeing things through handheld devices and built-in laptop cameras, even though nobody seems interested in looking at the footage the cameras were supposedly recording. Oct 22, 2012 Full Review Wesley Morris Boston Globe Even for a something about supernatural shenanigans, this ending is embarrassing. Rated: 2/4 Oct 21, 2012 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Squanders all the good will the franchise earned with the previous installment for a gimmicky, dull, repetitive sequel. Rated: 1/5 Sep 22, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Like the Saw franchise before it, the Paranormal Activity movies have outstayed their welcome. Rated: 1/4 Sep 23, 2022 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com As you can probably guess, things get a bit creepy. Rated: 1.5/4.0 Sep 19, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Member 68% the most boring one so far ending was interesting like the last movie but that’s really it Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/12/24 Full Review Dallexandra S Too much slow walking and slow movie in general Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/24/24 Full Review R-T T I won't even comment on that. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/22/24 Full Review Alec B The movie never really justifies itself and it seems like continuing to lean heavily on the existing mythology of the previous movies is a boring choice. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review Cayden P How do they keep getting worse? 1.5/5 Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/27/23 Full Review Mu S É um filme que não assisti até o final, pois não tem a essência dos primeiros, os personagens são burros e irritantes e parece mais uma comédia do que um terror, com o que eles estavam na cabeça para escrever esse enredo, seria legal se ele explicasse melhor a história dos personagens originais, ele até chega a dar um medo no começo, mas depois vira comédia pura. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis It has been five years since Katie (Katie Featherston) murdered her sister and disappeared with her infant nephew, Hunter, in tow. Now, a new family is about to fall prey to nighttime terrors. A mysterious accident next door leads to teenage Alex (Kathryn Newton) and her family becoming the temporary guardians of Robbie (Brady Allen), a very creepy neighbor boy. Cameras installed throughout Alex's home capture the sinister events that unfold after Robbie's arrival.

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 (Some Violence/Terror|Language)

Genre

Horror, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Oct 18, 2012, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)

Oct 12, 2014

Box Office (Gross USA)

$53.9M

Runtime

1h 27m

Sound Mix

Datasat, Dolby Digital