Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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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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Dallexandra S Too much slow walking and slow movie in general Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/24/24 Full Review R-T T I won't even comment on that. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • 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 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review Cayden P How do they keep getting worse? 1.5/5 Rated 1.5/5 Stars • 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 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/02/23 Full Review Daniel W The film did get a bit intense at the end, but up to the last 15-20 minutes, it was very slow and at times I almost fell asleep.I would give it 4/10 - It was not Ok but maybe you could fast forward to the goodish bits. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Henry Joost Director Ariel Schulman Director Kathryn Newton Alex Matt Shively Ben Aiden Lovekamp Wyatt Brady Allen Robbie

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