Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman return to the Paranormal Activity franchise with a new tale of ghostly intervention. In this fourth installment, we pick up where the second film left off, five years after the disappearance of Katie (Katie Featherston) and her nephew Hunter. Now, Katie has reemerged in Henderson, Nevada, where she moves into a house across the street from teenager Alex (Kathryn Newton) and her family. When Alex takes notice of strange occurrences at home, she begins to suspect that her new neighbors may have something to do with it. Soon, she embarks on a documented investigation, along with the help of her good friend Ben (Matt Shively).
As far as the structure is concerned, Paranormal Activity 4 isn't that much different from its predecessors, and it's basically all the same schtick: moving doors, swinging chandeliers, levitating bodies -- the usual fare. But the creators do a good job of bringing something new to the table with each passing film. In PA2 it was security cameras, in PA3 it was oscillating cameras and in PA4, we now have the addition of modern technology.
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