{"id":3468,"date":"2016-06-19T12:19:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T16:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2026-09-09T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:46:01","slug":"paranormal-activity-4-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3468","title":{"rendered":"Paranormal Activity 4-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paranormal Activity 4-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directors Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Kathryn Newton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #424<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70243451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3469\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70243451-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70243451\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70243451-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70243451.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 19, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Circa 2012, and at this point in the Paranormal Activity film franchise (with part 5 on its way), one pretty much knows what to expect.<\/p>\n<p>To me, the plot is almost secondary.<\/p>\n<p>In the story, the newborn from the first installment is now aged 7 and living next door to the family at the center of the film.<\/p>\n<p>What makes these films entertaining is the camera angles and the occasional scares.<\/p>\n<p>The ending to Paranormal Activity 4 is effective and a bit scary.<\/p>\n<p>The original Paranormal Activity (2007) was a huge hit and a novel idea at the time (though The Blair Witch Project in 1999 originally did the hand-held videotape) and was a water-cooler movie.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure how much life\u00a0remains in the franchise, but for fans of it and horror fans seeking some good thrills, this one is worth checking out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paranormal Activity 4-2012 Directors Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman Starring Kathryn Newton Scott&#8217;s Review #424 Reviewed June 19, 2016 Grade: B Circa 2012, and at this point in the Paranormal Activity film franchise (with part 5 on its way), one pretty much knows what to expect. To me, the plot is almost secondary. In the story, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3468\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Paranormal Activity 4-2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13,11808],"tags":[12616,3163,6471,3162,12613,3563,12614,12615],"class_list":["post-3468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-horror-films","category-supernatural-horror","tag-alexondra-lee","tag-ariel-schulman","tag-christopher-landon","tag-henry-joost","tag-kathryn-newton","tag-katie-featherston","tag-matt-shively","tag-stephen-dunham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3468"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24405,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468\/revisions\/24405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}