However, the unnecessary use of 3D technology and the somewhat bloated story prevent it from being great. The weakest entry of the series, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, tries to take the paranormal activity to a whole new level, giving viewers their most concrete look at the entity known as Tobi, revealing exactly why this entity has been tormenting people over the previous five films. They soon realize an evil force is targeting their young daughter. Strange things begin to happen when they discover an ever-moving box of home videos from when Kristi and Katie were kids. It follows a new family, the Fleeges, who move into a new home built on the site of Kristi's ( Sprague Grayden) and Katie's (Featherson) grandmother's house that burned down in the infamous fire mentioned in the first film. You can read the rest of our review over on sixth chapter of this series takes place in 2012, six years after the events of the first two films. This means that at least part of the movie is shot using lots of shaky handheld camera or awkward use of Skype until all the laptops in the house are jury-rigged to keep an eye on things similar to the security cams in the second movie. With that in mind, the visual gimmick is that the film is shot using videophones or laptop webcams, or at least that’s the pretense. They’re both creeped out by Robbie and the fact he keeps appearing in odd places and times, so they decide to use the technology at hand to document Robbie’s mysterious behavior. In this case, Kathryn Newton does a decent job anchoring this one as the teen protagonist, but it’s usually Matt Shively who steals scenes with his sense of humor. One reason why the series has worked so well so far is the naturalism created by having unknown and non-actors, because you really feel as if you’re watching real people being tormented by pranking spirits, demons or whatever. When the latter’s unseen mother is taken to the hospital for a few days, Robbie is taken in by the family and that’s when all the strange things start happening. This time, we’re back following the story where it left off with the 2010 sequel so we can find out what happened with Katie and her nephew Hunter after he was abducted at the end of “Paranormal Activity 2.” Like with that movie, this one involves a fully functional family, but mainly focuses on teenage daughter Alex (Kathryn Newton), her boyfriend Ben (Matt Shively), younger brother Wyatt and the strange kid from across the street named Robbie (Brady Allen). When “Catfish” directors Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost were brought on for the third movie, a prequel that flashed back to the ’80s, it seemed like an odd choice but they really stepped things up with some original visual ideas while building on the mythos of the demon that’s been plaguing Katie Featherston and those around her for two previous movies. For that crowd, it really doesn’t matter what we say about the fourth installment of the “Paranormal Activity” movie, which is probably about as review-proof as those “Twilight” movies, but unfortunately, it’s the first installment that outright fails. Halloween is just a few weeks away which means it’s time for another inexpensive way to make money by releasing a low-budget movie with a familiar name that casual horror fans will flock to for equally cheap scares and thrills. The family’s teen daughter Alex (Kathryn Newton) and her boyfriend Ben (Matt Shively) try to capture those occurrences using a jury-rigged laptop webcam system. A normal family in a suburban area is mystified by the odd happenings that start occurring after they take in a strange boy named Robbie who lives across the street.
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