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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 18 Oct 2012

Paranormal Activity 4 sadly continues the series' downslide, most drearily with a mid-film twist that enables the filmmakers to go about essentially…

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By Adam Ross (121) for The Aristocrat (121) on 18 Oct 2012

Shulman and Joost forget to bring the scary - that low frequency noise and telegraphed pop-up scares have worn as thin as a communal durex…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 18 Oct 2012

Alas, the elements that made [the original] so effective are all but ignored here…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 18 Oct 2012

For all its digital gleam, PA4 is refreshingly old-fashioned from the jump-out-and-say-boo school, joyously employing a host of traditional…

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By Kevin Carr (1,610) for Fat Guys at the Movies (419) on 18 Oct 2012

If this weren't my job, I don't know if I'd ever care about watching another movie in this franchise…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 18 Oct 2012

The increasingly convoluted attempts to tie everything together in one grand mythology seems to have been devised by and for the few people…

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By Teddy Durgin (233) for Screen It! (1,437) on 18 Oct 2012

The franchise hasn't been drained of its effectiveness just yet. (Full Content Review for Parents also available)…

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By Mike Mcgranaghan (1,821) for Aisle Seat (1,783) on 18 Oct 2012

This fourth chapter is proof that the series has run out of ideas, it's all been done, there's nothing new to add, just pack up and go home…

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By Ben Kendrick (300) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 18 Oct 2012

Whether you attend the Paranormal Activity movies for the scares or the story, part 4 is a major step down…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 18 Oct 2012

There are at least a half-dozen or so decent jolts to be enjoyed over the film's running time, but prepare for a long wait to actually get to them…

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By Kristian Harloff (339) for Schmoes Know (710) on 18 Oct 2012

Yuck. We are one step away from doing Paranormal Activity in Space…

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By Mark Ellis (362) for Schmoes Know (710) on 18 Oct 2012

It's the franchise where families get terrorized, webcams set-up and it's got one crazy demon that can't get enough of being on camera…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 18 Oct 2012

It's all faint-by-numbers this time, without even a cool device like the low-tech fan cam from PA3 to interest us or really scare us…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 18 Oct 2012

In the end, though, you'll start to wonder why we had to go through all this just to get right back to where we started…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 18 Oct 2012

All these tapes and memory cards filled with genuine proof of an evil presence, and the franchise has yet to cough up a single character ready…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 18 Oct 2012

PA4 is a simple re-hash from beginning to end…

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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 18 Oct 2012

The scares are hit-and-miss, but at least Alex and Ben are fun to hang out with…

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By Bruce Kirkland (531) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 18 Oct 2012

The disappointment is how lame the demon-seed children are. I blame the filmmakers, not the kids, for that…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for Chiller TV (6) on 18 Oct 2012

As visceral a triumph as the latest installment is, it's a logical disaster, which seemed inevitable for franchise that is trying to create…

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By Alison Willmore (681) for Movieline (883) on 17 Oct 2012

The film is heavily reliant on jump scares, but its best moments are the ones before them, when the tension builds without the benefit of escalating…

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