I finally saw Paranormal Activity 4, a week after it was released. As many of you know the first PA is one of my favorite movies. I think I saw it three times in theatre. I thought it was smartly written and made. It also helped that I think the actress who plays Katie is beautiful. Luckily she returns in this one and my offer to her and her demon stands, if she needs a place to stay its all good.
This movie continued the slide that number 3 started sadly. I really wanted to like this and I didn't hate this but that isn't want companies are looking for I don't think. Overall it was slow and I thought that a slow build is a good thing. However then it was over and I missed the big ending and what I mean by that is that there was no big ending.
I won't ruin anything but the plot is a creepy kid next door ends up staying with a family after his mom ends up in the hospital. Much like the other films this is all filmed in POV style. This time a lot of it is filmed through "web cams".
I enjoyed the actors in this and the plot wasn't bad but it was lacking the big surprises. There were a few wow moments but nothing like that first one. There wasn't anything new here really and felt a lot like the later Nightmare on Elm Street films. You got what you expected so you were content but didn't get anything new.
Overall if you're a fan of the series you won't be disappointed but not happy either. I had hoped they would end the series after 3 and I really hope they do after this one. It is long in the tooth at this point and I don't want people to get to the point where they groan at the thought of the films, especially after the first two were so extremely well done, in my opinion.
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Good review Geno. I didn't hate it as much as everybody else did, but it is coming to a point now where this series needs to do something with itself, or it's most likely going to be dead by the 6th movie.
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