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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/KathrynNewton's sympathetic performance is regarded as the highlight of the otherwise forgettable ''4''.
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* CommonKnowledge: The demon is... well, just that, a demon. A lot of viewers and even professional critics, however, believe the demon to be a ghost. The fact that the sixth movie is titled ''The '''Ghost''' Dimension'' doesn't really help.
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** ''Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones'', due to its mostly Hispanic cast, has been called ''Paranormal Activity: The Marked [[JustForPun Juans]]''.

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** ''Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones'', due to its mostly Hispanic cast, has been called ''Paranormal Activity: The Marked [[JustForPun [[{{Pun}} Juans]]''.
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*** Even worse was that his wife was Alexondra Lee who played Holly (Alex's mother). So seeing her die before Doug is sadder when in real life, Stephen was the first to go.

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*** Even worse was that his wife was Alexondra Lee Lee, who played Holly (Alex's mother). So seeing her die before Doug is sadder when in real life, Stephen was the first to go.
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* FranchiseZombie: Fans are already considering the series to be the next ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' or ''Film/FinalDestination'' now that a sixth movie has already been released. And now even more since a seventh film is in development.

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* FranchiseZombie: Fans are already considering the series to be the next ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' or ''Film/FinalDestination'' now that a sixth movie has already been released. And now even more since a seventh an eighth film is in development.
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* RealismInducedHorror: Some viewers found Micah and Katie's gradually detiorating and increasingly toxic relationship in the first film to be far more terrifying and troubling than any of the supernatural hauntings.

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* RealismInducedHorror: Some viewers found Micah and Katie's gradually detiorating and increasingly toxic relationship in the first film to be far more terrifying and troubling than any of the supernatural hauntings.
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Not a lot of people think this, but it is an opinion I've surprisingly seen a lot.

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* RealismInducedHorror: Some viewers found Micah and Katie's gradually detiorating and increasingly toxic relationship in the first film to be far more terrifying and troubling than any of the supernatural hauntings.
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


* UncannyValley:
** Those possessed by the demon tend to move slowly and stiffly.
** The first time [[spoiler:Katie]] shows up in ''Paranormal Activity 4'', she's completely in her [[spoiler:demon-controlled blank effect mode]] for ''just'' long enough before acting normal that it becomes this.
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** Randy from ''3'' and Ben from ''4''.

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** %%** Randy from ''3'' and Ben from ''4''.
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** Fans now call the demon Toby thanks to Kristi calling him as such in ''[=PA3=]''. In the later films, the name became canon, and apparently [[IHaveManyNames one of several names the demon has used]].
** ''Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones'', due to its mostly Hispanic cast, has been called ''Paranormal Activity: The Marked [[JustForPun Juans]]''.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: It doesn't seem to matter how much you grow to love the characters, [[spoiler: they all die in the end because the cult is a God-Mode Sue that's nearly ''impossible to stop''. After five movies with this pattern, are you hoping for an ending where the good guys finally come out on top? Nope, that doesn't happen either.]]


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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: It doesn't seem to matter how much you grow to love the characters, [[spoiler: they all die in the end because the cult is a God-Mode Sue that's nearly ''impossible to stop''. After five movies with this pattern, are you hoping for an ending where the good guys finally come out on top? Nope, that doesn't happen either.]]
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Compare the reviews of the first film to its latter sequels. The third film is the best reviewed out of its sequels however.

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* FirstInstallmentWins: Compare Though the reviews of the first film to its latter sequels. The third film is the best reviewed out of its sequels however.all the films in the series, the first film is the one you'll hear talk about and praise the most.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Many of the CGI effects in ''The Ghost Dimensions'' are REALLY bad, looking more like the kinds of effects you'd expect to see from a cheap [=3D=] amusement park ride.
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** Ben from ''4''.

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** Randy from ''3'' and Ben from ''4''.

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* FirstInstallmentWins: Compare the reviews of the first film to its latter sequels.

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** Ben from ''4''.
* FirstInstallmentWins: Compare the reviews of the first film to its latter sequels. The third film is the best reviewed out of its sequels however.



* FranchiseZombie: Fans are already considering the series to be the next ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' or ''Film/FinalDestination'' now that a sixth movie has already been released.

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* FranchiseZombie: Fans are already considering the series to be the next ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' or ''Film/FinalDestination'' now that a sixth movie has already been released. And now even more since a seventh film is in development.



* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: An already common criticism of ''Paranormal Activity 2'' and the following sequels is that it too frequently uses familiar scenes from the first movie.

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* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: An already common criticism of ''Paranormal Activity 2'' and the following sequels is that it too frequently uses familiar scenes from the first movie. However, out of the sequels, ''3'' is the best reviewed.
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*** Even worse was that his wife was Alexondra Lee who played Holly (Alex's mother). So seeing her die before Doug is sadder when in real life, Stephen was the first to go.

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