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In fact, the one attempt at a shocking plot twist creates more questions than it does a wholly satisfying piece of entertainment. So, we sit, listening to pointless conversations while waiting for a clever surprise that never comes. It's not this direct sequel fails as satisfying those expectations, but that we know they're coming far in advance. Part of the problem comes from a set of expectations already established by the other films. It only manages to send a few chills up your spine here and there as we struggle to see what's hiding around the corner or wonder what the other cameras are capturing instead.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 SERIES
Picking up five years after the events of part two, this fourth installment to the 'Paranormal' series is ultimately a repeat of the first three - unknown noises and loud bumps generate a hair-raising vibe - except it's rarely ever scary. They also surpass part three's "fan cam" segment with the unnervingly bizarre and nightmarish sequences involving Xbox's motion-sensing Kinect device. Aside from standard digital camcorders and cellphones, the filmmakers use laptop cameras for some rather ingenious angles, with the video chats creating the most uneasy moments.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 MOVIE
The directing duo, who we remember from the last movie and as the masterminds behind the eerie faux-documentary ' Catfish,' devise a few new spins to the franchise's signature style in the found-footage subgenre. And filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost definitely work at outdoing the previous three, along with not letting Allen handle all the scares. Then again, any kid who acts as worryingly as this pint-size actor does is sure to make any movie creepier than its other intended parts. Her boyfriend Ben (Matt Shively) constantly looks at the camera to remind us what a creepy kid Robbie is. Wyatt's teenage sister Alex (Kathryn Newton), who's largely responsible for babysitting the two while mom and dad (Alexondra Lee and Stephen Dunham) work on repairing their marriage, is on the receiving end of the terror and abnormal noises in the house. He's tasked with mostly appearing emotionless and unresponsive to others around him, except when it concerns his playmate, Wyatt (Aiden Lovekamp), the neighbor's boy with whom he's staying and shares a bedroom. Ignoring the plot's obvious similarities to Damien of Richard Donner's ' The Omen,' Allen genuinely elevates the movie's disturbing factor with his odd behavior and blank stares.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 TV
As is the franchise's stock and trade, all manner of recording devices are readily available and in perfect functioning order to capture the events with better clarity, visibility and suspense than your typical ghost-hunting reality TV show. When mom falls ill and is hospitalized, the boy stays with the neighbors for a few days, and all sorts of strange-happenings and paranormal activities begin to occur. That terror comes by way of a creepy little boy named Robbie (Brady Allen) and his imaginary friend moving in next door with his mom (Katie Featherston) and walking uninvited into the neighbor's backyard. Just when you thought the nightmare was over, 'Paranormal Activity 4' offers another vision of an invisible terror that scares by making a racket throughout the house.