Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

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2021

1h 38m

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Mystery & Thriller

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A documentary filmmaker follows Margot as she heads to a secluded Amish community, in the hopes of meeting and learning about her long-lost mother and extended family. Following a string of strange occurrences and discoveries, she soon realizes this community that welcomed them into their home might be hiding something sinister…

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Critics Consensus

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin gives the long-running found-footage franchise a new level of visual polish; unfortunately, effective scares are few and far between.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

This incarnation of the Paranormal Activity films is plenty effective... These actors are just excellent at playing the material.

Nov 6, 2021

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

It's clearly an original story that's been slapped with the Paranormal Activity label and that only adds to the sense that there's little creative depth here.

Rated: 1.5/4

Oct 29, 2021

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

No longer bound by tired mythology, Next of Kin presents a new supernatural mystery through its most polished effort yet. If only it included tension and scares, too.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 29, 2021

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Rebecca Johnson

Film Focus Online

The underutilization of found footage is completely unforgivable, causing the movies best asset to become its weakest link.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 27, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

There are too many elements of film that never quite land

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 16, 2022

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Terry Mesnard

Gayly Dreadful

Once it gets to the third act, it goes hard. It also has one of my favorite climaxes I’ve seen in a found footage film, as the action and horror become unrelenting. It knows what it wants to be and it delivers on the scares in the third act.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 27, 2022

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Travis Y

The movie was great, fun to watch something a little different.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/02/25

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Jude H.

This one feels like a new start that we don’t care about. Its not bad but if your fan of Paranormal activity then i don’t see you enjoying it as much

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/11/25

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Audience Member

Maybe not as believable as the first Paranormal Activity, some of the acting isn't so great and some of the camera angles are obviously not filmed by them as they are meant to be in the film. Having said that I still found it gripping and very creepy as the other Paranormal Activity films are. I think the overall rating here seems unfair and well worth a watch if you're into the other movies in the franchise!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/22/25

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Tank B

Don't believe the ignorant critics and armchair keyboard warriors, folks. This entry into the series is amazing! Best one yet! The right amount of suspense and scares, it peppers in bits of folklore and chills to give the franchise a whole new flavor. B+ and that's probably being conservative. A must watch for fans of the franchise and a definite "you gotta see it!" for horror fans. Now streaming on Paramount+.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/09/25

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Justin K

Not a huge fan of the series but this was actually pretty good.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/05/24

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Korra N

Wildly better than The Ghost Dimension but still far from great, PA: Next of Kin is a mess of a movie with some decent scares & performances, but unprompted changes from found-footage to cinematic film cameras and some bland writing make this a lesser entry.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/29/24

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Roland Buck III

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Dan Lippert

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin: Official Clip - The Creepy Hole

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin: Official Clip - The Two-Headed Goat

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin: Official Clip - Killing The Cops

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin: Official Clip - Demon in the Barn

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin: Official Clip - Killing the Demon

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin: Official Clip - Ghost in The Bedroom

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin: Official Clip - The Demonic Ritual

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin: Official Clip - Ripped Apart

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin: Official Clip - Kidnapped by Cultists

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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin: Official Clip - Demon Worshippers Attack

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Synopsis

A documentary filmmaker follows Margot as she heads to a secluded Amish community, in the hopes of meeting and learning about her long-lost mother and extended family. Following a string of strange occurrences and discoveries, she soon realizes this community that welcomed them into their home might be hiding something sinister…

Director: William Eubank
Producer: Jason Blum, Oren Peli
Screenwriter: Christopher Landon
Production Co: Paramount Players, Solana Films, Blumhouse Productions, Room 101 Inc.
Rating: R (Violence and Bloody Images|Language Throughout)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 29, 2021
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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