Paranormal Activity 4

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Paranormal Activity 4

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Released Oct 18, 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

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

Rated: 2/5

Oct 24, 2012

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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

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

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

Rated: 2/4

Oct 21, 2012

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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

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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

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

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

Rated: 1.5/4.0

Sep 19, 2020

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Jude H.

This is the worst Paranormal activity movie by far. This movie offers nothing like the first three did. The characters are really good but i wish they had more to do. The whole movie is spent of the daughter and her super funny boyfriend trying to find out whats going on with this little annoying kid Hunter who lives across the street with demon Katie. The movie is terrible and the scares aren’t good at all. All though there is two scares I enjoyed. The first scare is when we see the kids running around living room and the second is in the finale but thats about it. Paranormal activity 4 is nothing fun and its boring

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/11/25

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James B

It's slightly better but it's still boring like the rest but it can catch you off guard with it's scares.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/20/25

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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

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Dallexandra S

Too much slow walking and slow movie in general

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/24/24

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R-T T

I won't even comment on that.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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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

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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

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