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Paranormal Activity 4

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Paranormal Activity 4 is a 2012 American found footage


supernatural horror film, directed by Ariel Schulman and Paranormal Activity 4
Henry Joost and written by Christopher B. Landon from a
story by Chad Feehan. The film features Katie Featherston,
who starred in the first film, and had cameos in the other
two. The film was released in theaters and IMAX on
October 17, 2012 in the United Kingdom and was released
on October 18, 2012 in the United States, by Paramount
Pictures. It is the fourth installment in the Paranormal
Activity series, and a sequel to Paranormal Activity 2, set
several years later.

Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Filming Theatrical release poster
3.3 Dedication
4 Release Directed by Henry Joost
4.1 Box office Ariel Schulman
5 Critical reception Produced by Jason Blum
5.1 Home media Oren Peli
6 Accolades Screenplay by Christopher B. Landon
7 Sequel and spinoff
8 References Story by Chad Feehan
9 External links Based on Paranormal Activity
by Oren Peli
Starring Kathryn Newton
Plot Matt Shively
Aiden Lovekamp
Brady Allen
On October 9, 2006, Kristi Rey and her husband Daniel are Stephen Dunham
killed by her demon-possessed sister Katie, who then Alexondra Lee
abducts Kristi's one-year-old son, Hunter. Text states that Katie Featherston
Katie and Hunter's whereabouts remained unknown. Doug Emmett
Cinematography
Now 5 years later, in November 2011, Alex Nelson Edited by Gregory Plotkin
(Kathryn Newton) lives in suburban Henderson, Nevada Production Blumhouse Productions
with her father Doug, mother Holly, and little brother company
Wyatt. Alex and her boyfriend, Ben, discover their new
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
neighbor's son, Robbie, hiding in their family tree house.
The next day, Robbie's mother falls ill and is taken to the Release date October 19, 2012
hospital, leaving Robbie, in the care of the family. Running time 87 minutes[1]
Alex is skyping with Ben, when she hears the front door Country United States
open. When she leaves the webcam in the room, Robbie Language English
darts past the screen. One night while Alex is sleeping,
Budget $5 million[2]
Ben's computer starts recording, and he sees Robbie getting
into the bed with her. The next day, she goes to the kids' Box office $142.8 million[2]
playhouse, and Wyatt starts telling her about Robbie's
friend, Toby. They turn on their Xbox Kinect system, and
Alex films herself with it. When Alex talks to Robbie, behind him, there's a green blur that rushes past the
screen.

The next day, Alex shows her dad, but he thinks it's a joke. Alex and Ben set up cameras all over the house. On
night #3, Robbie and Wyatt are running wildly through the house. The next day, Alex is in the kitchen, making
a sandwich, and a basketball starts dribbling down the stairs. While in her bedroom, she starts hearing strange
noises and a loud bang from downstairs. When Alex investigates, she finds a trail of toys that leads to a closet.
Suddenly a toy train turns on behind her and spooks Alex. She finds Robbie, who runs away from her saying,
"He does not like you filming us," as a chandelier falls and almost kills her.

On night #6, Alex sees many cars parked outside Robbie's house, and goes to check it out, but runs back home
after being caught by a strange woman in a black gown. The next day while Wyatt is playing in the house,
chairs start moving by themselves and stop him in his tracks. Wyatt pushes his bike off-screen only for it to
appear to be pushed back to him by an invisible force. Alex and Ben are in the living room when they hear a
very loud thud from upstairs. When they go to the boys' closet, Wyatt reveals a green symbol on his back and
tells them, "I had to meet him."

Alex and Ben learn the symbol is from a witches' coven, one that would unleash a demon to possess a young
boy. They read further and learn that to complete the possession ritual, Wyatt would need to spill the blood of a
virgin. Ben jokes with Alex about her virginity to spook her. The next day, the boys suddenly leave, and go to
Robbie's house. Alex follows the boys there, where Katie (from the original film), presumably Robbie's mother,
has returned from the hospital appearing well and normal.

In the next scene, while Holly is in the kitchen cutting vegetables, the knife she was using vanishes into thin air.
Later, Wyatt explains to Alex that Katie knew that he and Robbie were both adopted, and that Wyatt's real name
is "Hunter". Katie told Wyatt his old family wants him back. The next night, Wyatt goes downstairs and argues
with Toby saying, "My name's not Hunter." While Wyatt is taking a bath, Holly goes downstairs for a few
minutes. When Holly answers a phone call, Wyatt gets pulled underwater by Toby. When he rises, he appears to
be in a trance. Later that night, Holly gives Alex some sleeping pills, because she's been having trouble
sleeping. While Alex is asleep, Wyatt makes the blanket fly off the bed, and levitates her in mid-air.

On night #12, a possessed Katie is seen sneaking around, and Alex's garage door starts opening and closing.
Alex hears the garage door open, so she goes to close it. It mysteriously opens again, and, when Alex goes
under it, the door crashes down, locking itself, and almost killing her. During this, Katie enters the house and
goes upstairs to Wyatt's room, where she tells him that she'll wait until he is "ready". The family's car turns on
by itself and begins spewing exhaust, but Alex escapes by breaking into the car and crashing through the garage
door. Alex attempts to show her parents the footage of this incident, but the footage has been mysteriously
erased. Alex tries explaining what happened, but her parents think she's gone crazy.

The next night, Doug is downstairs watching TV on the couch, and hears a creak in the kitchen. He investigates
for a moment, and seconds after he shuts down his computer, the knife that had vanished falls right in between
him and the camera. This convinces Doug to believe Alex, and the two go to dinner to talk about the strange
events. While they are gone, Holly is violently thrown against the ceiling and drops to the floor, dying upon
impact. Katie drags her body away. Ben comes over, goes inside and looks for Alex, but no one is home. He
hears a bang upstairs and attempts to leave a message on Alex's laptop. Katie appears suddenly and kills Ben by
snapping his neck.

Alex and Doug arrive home and Doug goes next door, believing he saw Holly and Wyatt. As he goes to
investigate, Alex calls Ben's phone and hears it ringing in the closet. She finds Ben's body and is suddenly
knocked down by a force, presumably Toby. She flees to Katie's home, and searches for Doug but cannot find
him. Instead, Alex finds Doug screaming being dragged down the hall and out of sight. She continues to search
for Doug, when she hears Wyatt's voice off-screen. Suddenly, Katie runs towards the camera, shrieking
demonically. Alex escapes from Katie by jumping through a window and finds Wyatt in the yard. Wyatt refuses
to leave and looks behind Alex. When Alex looks up, she sees dozens of witches running towards her. As she
turns around, Katie lunges at her. The camera falls to the ground and the screen cuts to black.

Cast
Kathryn Newton as Alex Nelson
Matt Shively as Ben
Aiden Lovekamp as Wyatt Nelson / Hunter Rey
Brady Allen as Robbie
Stephen Dunham as Doug Nelson
Alexondra Lee as Holly Nelson
Katie Featherston as Katie
Alisha Boe as Tara
Frank Welker as vocal effects

Production
Development

Paramount Pictures announced on January 2, 2012 that Paranormal Activity 4 was in the works. Information on
the characters had been scarce, stating that Brady Allen was set to play a character named Robbie. Katie
Featherston reprised her role as Katie, who was still possessed from the ending of the first two films, but other
cast and characters that appeared in the film were kept under wraps. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman returned
to direct the film.[3][4][5]

Filming

On June 23, 2012, it was confirmed that the fourth film had begun filming.[6] A trailer debuted on August 3 in
front of Total Recall. The first theatrical trailer was released for the film on August 1, 2012. The trailer showed
that the film is a sequel to Paranormal Activity 2, following the story of possessed Katie and Hunter after their
disappearance at the end of the second film. The movie also featured a new scare technique, of footage being
shown from a laptop in a video chat, that the directors felt would rival the 'fan cam' from the previous movie
and that because of it being familiar technology it was "built for a horror movie".[7] The movie also featured an
Xbox Kinect, a MacBook Pro, smartphones and a Canon XA10.[8]

Dedication

The end credits of the film include a dedication to actor Stephen Dunham, who played Alex's father Doug.
Dunham died shortly after filming was completed, suffering a heart attack on September 14, 2012, which was
his forty-eighth birthday.[9][10][11][12]

Release
Box office

As of December 23, 2012, the film has grossed $53,851,000 in North America and $86,855,358 in other
countries, for a worldwide total of $140,706,358.

Paranormal Activity 4 did not perform as well as Paranormal Activity 2 or Paranormal Activity 3 as it debuted
with $4.8 million in midnight showings. That made it the third highest in midnight grosses for a horror film
behind only its predecessors, Paranormal Activity 3 ($8 million) and Paranormal Activity 2 ($6.3 million).[13]
It then grossed $15 million in its opening day, also lower than the third film ($26.2 million) and second film
($20.1 million), bringing its total to $29 million in its opening weekend.[2]

A movie theatre chain in the United Kingdom, Cineworld, showed screenings of the film, Paranormal Activity
4 rather than the DreamWorks animated film, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, leaving children
traumatized.[14][15] A similar event happened in the US in 2007, with screenings of The Hills Have Eyes 2
instead of The Last Mimzy, in 2010 with screenings of Saw 3D instead of Megamind and in 2015 with an
accidental screening of Insidious: Chapter 3 instead of Inside Out.[16]

Critical reception
The film received mixed to negative reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 24%
based upon 103 reviews with an average rating of 4.3/10, indicating negative reviews.[17] The website's
consensus stated that "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." At
Metacritic the film has a score of 40 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[18]

Drew McWeeny gave the film a C+, saying that while he felt that the film "played it safe", he still found the
film to be shameful. Shaun Munro also reacted negatively, saying that he felt that the film would only be
enjoyed by the "die-hard" fans of the previous films in the franchise. Ryan Lambie reacted negatively, giving
the film a rating of 2/5, and saying that the film did not introduce any new ideas. Scott Weinberg gave a
positive review, saying that there was "some fun" to be had in the film, however also felt that the film would
likely only be enjoyed by fans of the previous films. Fred Topel also gave a positive review, saying that the film
included iconography from some classic horror films.[19][20]

Home media

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on January 29, 2013.

The post-credits scene teases Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, which is a Latino spin-off of the
Paranormal Activity series released on January 3, 2014.[21] The post-credits scene was taken out of the film
when the DVD was released.

Accolades
Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
Young Artist Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Kathryn [22]
2013 Won
Award Actress Newton

Sequel and spinoff


A spinoff of the franchise called Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones was released on January 3, 2014.

The sequel and last installment in the series: Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, was released on
October 23, 2015 and in 3-D.

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External links
Official website
Paranormal Activity 4 on Internet Movie Database
Paranormal Activity 4 at Box Office Mojo
Paranormal Activity 4 at Rotten Tomatoes
Activity 4 Paranormal Activity 4 at Metacritic

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