Paranormal Activity 4 Reviews

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

They could have called this Paranormal Inactivity.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4

The mood is often playful, with teases and fake-outs that are sometimes humorous and usually right before shocks. Violence is rare, quick and devoid of lingering close-ups.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

There are at least a half-dozen or so decent jolts to be enjoyed over the film's running time, but prepare for a long wait to actually get to them.

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Screenwriter Christopher Landon, along with co-directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, make a truly lame attempt at establishing a supernatural mythology to explain all this ...

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It's all faint-by-numbers this time, without even a cool device like the low-tech fan cam from PA3 to interest us or really scare us.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

There is still activity, I regret to report, and none of it is of the normal variety.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

The scares are hit-and-miss, but at least Alex and Ben are fun to hang out with.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Mostly, it plays like a overlong prologue for the already-in-the-works PA5. Here's hoping this is just the tension-racking lull before the next big scream.

Full Review | Original Score: C

The franchise that capitalized on the found-footage craze has gotten lost.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

This film's strong suit is that it finally feels contemporary.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Of course, a promise of more activity to come. But unless moviegoers think it's worth watching another whole cast of characters sleep while their furniture moves around them, only diehard fans will stay awake for that next entry.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

There's a point at which movies become only merchandise, and the Paranormal franchise may be heading for that nexus, that nadir.

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There's nothing very new to the shocks. (Even the sound of them is the same.)

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

This once-innovative series rolls on without much regard for either plot or character development.

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Less reliant on slow-burn suspense and larded with fake-out jump scares, this is the first sequel in the series that fails to advance the overall mythology in any meaningful way.

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