Finally, we find out what the paranormal activity actually is: it’s the ghost of the dead horse this franchise has been beating since day one.

When a creepy kid from next door loses his mom, the family from across the street (whose names aren’t worth remembering) says “What the Hell!” and decides to take in a kid they’ve never met. As soon as they adopt the little bastard, strange things suddenly begin occurring in the house of the temporary foster family, leading to one silly jump scare after another.

Oh, good God, where do I begin? Well, I’ll take it from the top. As mentioned above, this movie really does things without rhyme or reason. So much happens that really doesn’t further the plot. Why does a demon that can possess a person, body slam another and snap a third person’s neck need to outsource its work to a cult? Also, why is it biding its time until people almost discover its plot? Couldn’t this “coven” and its demon master simply go about their plans without hurting the whole family?

What’s actually worse here is the manner in which the protagonist goes about discovering the demon by using all of the family members’ laptops which, despite being made to be portable, conveniently stay in the same place over a course of 12 or so days. Perhaps MacBooks can go more than a week without being charged.

This horror movie is the worst of the four, mainly because people are savvy to the trick now. And I find it deplorable that the people who decry typical horror movies for being torture porn and showing no innovation or character RAVE about these cinematic garbage dumps, describing the stories with terms such as “suspense” and “slow burn” to make you think that they know what they’re talking about.

It’s a boring film in which you watch furniture move. It’s getting really old. And if you’re impressed with this film, then you are the reason why we can’t have nice things.