Alex (Kathryn Newton) films her younger brother Wyatt's soccer match. At Alex's house, she shows her boyfriend Ben (Matt Shively) the treehouse in the garden. Here they discover Robbie, the neighbor's child. Puzzled as to why he is there, she takes him back to his own house across the street. In the early hours of the next morning, Alex hears an ambulance outside at Robbie's house. That day, Robbie turns up at the house after Alex's mom Holly (Alexondra Lee) offered to look after him for a few days, while Robbie's mother is admitted to hospital. Later on, Alex finds Wyatt and Robbie in her treehouse talking to Robbie's invisible friend.Plot
In the evening Wyatt plays multi-player on the Kinect by himself, while Robbie sits on the sofa. Ben asks who Wyatt is playing with and Robbie answers that it's the invisible friend from the tree house. Ben turns the lights off and shows Wyatt the infra-red tracking dots. As Alex, Ben and Wyatt dance in the dark, Robbie sits on the sofa, where the camera detects an unknown figure moving next to him.
The next day Ben reveals to Alex that his computer automatically records their webcam chats, and in the middle of the night while Alex was sleeping, Robbie came in and slept next to her. Baffled by his odd behavior, Ben offers to install laptops around the house to record any other strange occurrences. Over the next couple of days, the computer records strange events around the house, including Robbie waking up in the middle of the night to talk to the TV, and Robbie and Wyatt chasing the silhouette of a small child figure throughout the house. Robbie draws a strange symbol on Wyatt's back, which Alex later finds to be part of an old cult (first appeared in Paranormal Activity 3).
Late one night Alex notices several black cars outside Robbie's house across the street; upon investigating, she discovers several women in black garb entering the house. She is confronted by one of these women and flees the scene. The next day Alex is home alone, and after hearing noises, follows them to the hallway, where the chandelier falls from the ceiling and smashes into the floor, almost striking her. Although her father Doug (Stephen Dunham) blames the light fitters, Alex is suspicious of Robbie.
The following day, Alex sees Robbie and Wyatt entering Robbie's house across the street. Alex follows them to discover that Robbie's mother Katie (Katie Featherston) is actually home, and shows no sign of illness. Wyatt tells Alex that Katie told him he was adopted, like Robbie. Alex questions her parents about Wyatt's real parents but they refuse to say anything. Later that night, Wyatt begins talking to an invisible figure, insisting that his name isn't Hunter. During this conversation a figure approaches him, but is interrupted when Doug enters the room.
One night during Wyatt's bath, Holly leaves the room to answer the phone, leaving Wyatt in the tub. He is violently pulled underwater by an unseen force, where he remains for a long time. He reemerges moments later, but is unnaturally calm and sedate, thereafter referring to himself as Hunter. That night, he appears in Alex's room, where she levitates off the bed while sleeping.
The next day, Holly is alone, and begins to hear strange noises. A possessed Katie enters the house undetected, and heads upstairs. When Holly enters the lounge an unseen entity suddenly picks her up and violently throws her against the walls, before dropping her on the floor. Katie returns to drag her body away. Ben later arrives to discover no one is home. He goes to view the footage in Alex's bedroom but Katie appears and snaps his neck.
Alex and her father arrive, and he thinks he sees Alex's mother with Wyatt walking to Katie's house. As he goes to explore Alex goes home to discover Ben's body. She runs out of the house and over to Katie's house to warn her dad, but witnesses him being dragged violently through the house by the unseen entity. She runs to a bedroom at the far end of the house but can't find his body. As she turns around to head back out Katie appears who storms forwards, demonically screaming to Alex. Alex quickly runs and climbs out of the window where she discovers Wyatt standing outside. She pleads with him to run away with her, but he stands there, blank faced and unmoved, just as numerous blank-faced people appear in Katie's garden. Alex turns the other way only to be attacked by a screaming Katie before the camera cuts out.
Paramount Pictures announced on January 2, 2012 that Paranormal Activity 4 was in the works. Information on the characters had been rare, 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. Other cast and characters that appeared in the film had been kept extremely tightly under wraps in order for fans to not know the plot. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman returned to direct the film.[4][5][6]
On June 23, 2012, it was confirmed that the fourth film had begun filming.[7] 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 kidnapped 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".[8] The movie also featured the Kinect, a Macbook, smart phones and a Canon XA10.[9] After Katie is suddenly taken to a hospital, Alex's mom takes Robbie into their home, which leads to strange phenomena occurring inside the house.[10][11][12]
ReleaseBox office
As of October 21, 2012, the film has grossed an estimated $30,200,000 North America and $26,500,000 in other countries, for a world total of $56,700,000.
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).[2]
Critical reception
The film has received generally mixed to negative reviews from film critics. At Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 28% based upon 75 reviews with an average rating of 4.4/10, indicating negative reviews.[14] At Metacritic the film has a score of 43 out of 100 based on 21 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[15] 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.[16][17]
Sequel
On October 21st, Paramount confirmed plans for a fifth film in the series, scheduled for October 2013.[18]
MUSTTT WATCHHHH!!! Last edited by missyqaldina on 23-10-2012 09:58 AM
Aku sejak Paranormal XTVT 1 dah tak follow franchise filem ni sebab pada aku boring sungguh. Then kalau korang tgk trailer PA 4 ni scene gadis tu bervideo dgn lelaki/bf dia tu sama macam dalam citer seram (bertajuk) V/H/S punya style. V/H/S tu ada 4 cerita tak sillap dlm 1 movie, part bervideo mcm tu adalah salah satu daripadanya. taktau lah sapa tiru sapa. Tapi dalam VHS tu seram jugak.
Dah tengok citer nih first day haritu..bleh tahan seram bagi aku.banyak part tergezut2..tapi ending dia aku rasa PA 3 lagi seram.. sbb ending dia yg seram mcm dalam 5-10 minit gituh jek.
rebiu kontott :
The funny part is when the pelem is ended, and paople keep watching the blank screen........ Seme penonton tak mawbergerak dan terpaku dan terkedu. Seriouslyy laa pd ak...Xde laaa takut sangat, cuma adegan2nya macam lebeh kureng je. Yang paling nmpak dititikberatkan adalah ystem audio je. Kasi terkejut2, baru perasaaan taakot sampeySebelom belomni pelem paramormal activity..banyak melibatkan kes jin atau antu yang membunuh manusia,dan Kali ni diorang gunakan laptop untuk rekod seme aktiviti dalam umah dan akhir skali,pelem ni mengisahkan tentang acara pemujaan syaithan yg memerlukan pengorbanan. Sebenarnya agak x logik semasa penghabisan citer ni, tapi mungkin menda ni betul2 berlaku. Sebab apa yng aku baca, citer Paranormal Activity ni semenya berdasarkan kesah benarr
okey...da tgk cite ni smlm...
90% cite ni aku tutup mata...10% je tgk..
aku mmg x suke tgk cite antu kt wyg...hahhaaha..
boleh la...x seram tp byk trkejot2..
mmg ending die agak cm x logik...
tp scary jugak muka2 tuuu..hehehehe...
x phm sgt psl hunter tu..btol ke tu hunter...
atau hantu hunter da merasuk...hehehee...
jahat giler si makcik tuuu...sycho abess...
Tgk gk cite ni semlm. Dah la aku peminat tegar siri Paranormal Activity ni. Tp semlm tgk wayang mmg menyakitkan ati... Sume yg tengok (kecuali aku n the gang) perangai mcm org baru masuk bandar. Memekak je... Kalo memekak pasal terkejut tgk cite ni xpe la jgk. Ni memekak cite pasal henpon la, pasal budak rumah dia la... Geram aku! Nk fefeling seram pun terus xjadi. Hampeh!
Tp so far, Paranormal 2 & 3 is wayyyyyy better than this one. Maybe disebabkan konsentrasi aku sangat terganggu time tgk cite ni, so i feel very disappointed dgn PA4 ni..
aku peminat siri PA ni...serius terlalu minat...tapi ntahla.aku tak puas hati dengan PA4.mungkin aku meletakkan harapan dan expectation yang terlalu tinggi pada PA4 selepas keseronokan aku tengok PA1,PA2,PA3.
banyak yang aku tak paham...banyak yang masih tak terjawab.kenapa wyatt stay dengan family lain sedangkan katie dah amik dia dari dulu?macamna boleh jadi gitu?
Pada aku citer seram terbaik utk indie muvi adalah citer.masa.aku memula keja dulu... BLAIR WITCH PROJECT.. Yg 3 org tersesat kat hutan... Di mana trend muvie ini diikuti oleh filmaker yg lain.
sorilah tertinggal kapal. tapi aku baru tgk cerita ni kelmarin. yg 1 - 3 mmg x prnh tgk. kira virgin paranormal activity la ni...
komen aku sebagai newbie filem paranormal franchise ni:
(i) cerita ni agak slow. tapi ada jalan penceritaan
(ii) asyikla expect something happened tapi tak jadi seperti yg di expect. Cthnya pisau yg ternaik tu igtkan nk terjatuh atas sesapa (bapak Alex ke cthnya) tapi nan hado...
(iii) x ada explanation utk newbie mcm aku sapa katie & hunter. And kenapa ada entity dok ikut robbie.
(iv) sibukla Katie and Robbie nk convincekan Wyatt yg "you are almost ready" tapi almost ready for what??
(v) mcmana Whatt blh jadi Hunter and knp Katie lepaskan Hunter utk di adopt oleh family lain plak? musykil nih.
dan yg paling penting...
ending yg SANGAT frustrating. SUNGGUH ANTICLIMAX. Sampai sekarang x puas ati lagi. Buat penat tunggu rupanya a bunch of zombies je... cheh! Dh la before tgk citer ni, kitorang dok tgk citer hindustan pasal zombie. At least yg tu kelakar la gak sampai ujung cerita.
tadi baru usha sinopsis paranormal 1 - 3. Baru paham sapa tu katie and hunter. And baru tau pompuan yg ramai2 tu bkn zombie tapi witches (double cheh!).
Tapi... still x menjawab soalan apa kena mengena Robbie dlm itu gambar? Mana pegi Robbie di akhir cerita? Kenapa Katie let Hunter be adopted (if Wyatt is adopted)?. Apa fungsi demonic curse yg nkkan soul of the 1st born son aka hunter?
bersangka baik maybe ada explanation dlm franchise no 5 kot. Dgr kata nk kluar awal thn 2014...
Knp Hunter diserahkan kepada keluarga lain dan bagaimana? Lepas tu knp si Katie tu sibuk2 nk ambil balik? Apa perlunya satu famili tu dibunuh? Bukannya dia orang tahu pun asal usul kejadian sebelum ni. Kenapa ramai sangat witch di akhir cerita tu? Siapa mereka? Kenapa dan kenapa....
Post time 23-10-2012 09:56 AM
变色卡
sbb ending dia yg seram mcm dalam 5-10 minit gituh jek.
........ Seme penonton tak mawbergerak dan terpaku dan terkedu. Seriouslyy laa pd ak...Xde laaa takut sangat, cuma adegan2nya macam lebeh kureng je. Yang paling nmpak dititikberatkan adalah ystem audio je. Kasi terkejut2, baru perasaaan taakot sampey
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