Paranormal Activity 4

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Paranormal Activity 4

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2012

1h 27m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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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.

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Critics Consensus

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

10/24/2012

2/5

A rickety old ride and no mistake, this instalment is for franchise fans only.

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

10/22/2012

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.

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

10/21/2012

2/4

Even for a something about supernatural shenanigans, this ending is embarrassing.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

09/22/2023

1/5

Squanders all the good will the franchise earned with the previous installment for a gimmicky, dull, repetitive sequel.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

09/23/2022

1/4

Like the Saw franchise before it, the Paranormal Activity movies have outstayed their welcome.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/19/2020

1.5/4.0

As you can probably guess, things get a bit creepy.

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Amor A

@RT69281217 3d

I like the part where Alex starts floating off the bed

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Stephen C

@bob25009 4d

The worldwide gross is $142,802,657.00 over a production budget of $5,000,000.00. Over 28 times more than the production budget.

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Ben F

@RT55993606 Apr 18

Subpar to movies 1 and 2. 3 is similar to this one in which the story is very dull and uninteresting. The activity didn’t really develop a lot in this movie and focused way too much time on developing Robbie. And for what…? The ending was truly embarrassing. All it shows is a huge witch coven. Cannot recommend, but watch it because it is part of the series.

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Declan D.

@filmbuffkid Apr 6

I thought it was a pretty ok movie, as the conclusion to the main saga it had all the good charm as 1 and 3 did, but the best part about this movie… “Ben my goat!!” 6.9/10

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Bret M.

@BretM-3 Mar 21

I quite enjoyed this movie. I like that it continues to do new and creepy things with the Paranormal Activity series. I enjoyed the creepy neighbor and weird kid aspects of the movie that gave it the feeling of an old classic. I also liked that we get our best look at "Toby" in this movie with some of the Night Vision stuff. That was a different way to take things and I really enjoyed it. I also thought that the reveal of Wyatt being Hunter instead of Robbie was cool and unexpected. But other than that I don't think I have much to say. The rest of this movie is a lot like the other 3 and continues to be a little creepy. Worth giving a watch if you enjoyed the first 3 like me!

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Damon G

@Dmoney420 Feb 22

This one was good as well

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Henry Joost

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Ariel Schulman

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Kathryn Newton

Alex

Matt Shively

Ben

Aiden Lovekamp

Wyatt

Brady Allen

Robbie

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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