Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)

It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.

Directors:

Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Writers:

Christopher Landon (screenplay), Chad Feehan (story)

Stars:

Stephen Dunham, Katie Featherston, Matt Shively

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Katie Featherston	...	Katie
Kathryn Newton	...	Alex
Matt Shively	...	Ben
Aiden Lovekamp	...	Wyatt
Brady Allen	...	Robbie
Stephen Dunham	...	Doug
Alexondra Lee	...	Holly
Georgica Pettus	...	Sarah
Alisha Boe	...	Tara
Brendon Eggertsen	...	Derek
Constance Esposito	...	Robbie's Mom's Friend
Ty Dawson	...	Shadow Boy
Jonah Pasco	...	Shadow Boy
Rightor Doyle	...	Referee
Tamara Bersane	...	Wyatt's Soccer Coach

Storyline

The story takes place in 2011, five years after Katie killed her boyfriend Micah, sister Kristi, her husband Daniel; and took their baby, Hunter. Story focuses on Alex and her family experiencing weird stuff since the new neighbors moved in the town.

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Plot Keywords:

door alarm | toy | trail | supernatural horror | supernatural power | 

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Taglines:

All the activity has led to this ...

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violence/terror

Did You Know?

Trivia

Teddy bear 'Ted' from the same titled comedy movies written and directed by Seth MacFarlane is sitting on a chair in Wyatt's room.

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Goofs

(at around 31 mins) In one scene, Alex follows a trail of toys into Wyatt's room. She inspects his closet and behind her, the toy train turns itself on. Startled, she turns around to head downstairs. On her way out of Wyatt's room the toys are now gone.

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Quotes

Alex: [after seeing Katie at the end of the hall] Please don't hurt me!

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Crazy Credits

There is no music in the credits.

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Alternate Versions

The Unrated version incorporates an extra 10 minutes to the film as well as an alternate Trick-or-Treat opening.

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Connections

Follows Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Alien Abduction
Written by Harry Bluestone and Emil Cadkin
Courtesy of APM Music

User Reviews

lazy / conveniently-chosen cinematography genre that's, to me, most unforgivable of all… very, very poor storytelling

I am never giving this franchise another dime, nor another minute of my life; mark my words, so long as I live. That's four movies, at approximately two hours per film, twelve opening-weekend cinema passes at three tickets per release… all for what?? There's no bigger-picture, here! There's no larger story being told… there *IS* no story to this story!

The writers are doing nothing more than frantically clamoring to try and keep the series going for just one-more-year. Short pay-off, because they realize they've got NOTHING of substance. Like "Lost," in it's final season, you're left holding the bag, realizing it was all for nothing: the writers had sh*t, and so that is what they gave you… sh*t.

Me? I'm embarrassed I stayed this long. This is my stop, this is where I get off.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Ukrainian

Release Date:

19 October 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Paranormal Activity 4: Unrated Edition

Filming Locations:

Henderson, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$29,003,866, 21 October 2012

Gross USA:

$53,885,000

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$142,802,657

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Solana Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min 96 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby Atmos SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1