Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
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Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

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4.8
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 40,762 votes
5.7/10 5,395 votes Synced 2026-08-01
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Audience 4.0/10 116 votes Synced 2026-07-19
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5.3/10 1,505 votes Synced 2026-09-16

External reviews

Roger Moore · Movie Nation 25.00/100.00

The most shocking thing about Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, is that four hacks fought to have their names listed in the credits under “screenplay.”

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Andy Webster · The New York Times 40.00/100.00

The Paranormal Activity movies have always been about carnival-ride sensations, the narrative through-line secondary. That’s fortunate, because those seeking closure to what continuity there has been will go home mostly disappointed.

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Bilge Ebiri · New York Magazine (Vulture) 40.00/100.00

If only Ghost Dimension spent more time in the ghost dimension and less time in the people dimension, we might have had something.

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Noel Murray · Los Angeles Times 50.00/100.00

At its most basic level, the Paranormal Activity formula still has some kick, with its combination of creepy lo-fi video and tasteful suburbia creating some strong, unsettling dissonance.

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Justin Lowe · The Hollywood Reporter 30.00/100.00

Even at this late stage in the evolution of the franchise, logical lapses in filmmaking technique undercut the integrity of the found-footage format.... What may be less acceptable, however, is the film’s unaccountably weak effort to sort out the mythology concerning the series of demonic hauntings.

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Drew McWeeny · Hitfix 58.00/100.00

To the bitter end, the series manages to wring some fun, solid scares out of something other invading something utterly familiar.

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Andrew Barker · Variety 30.00/100.00

There may well be new and novel ways to spark audience shivers from not-so-bright homeowners inexplicably using their cameraphones to check out bumps in the night, but this series clearly has neither the patience nor the inclination to look for them anymore.

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Tim Grierson · Screen Daily 60.00/100.00

The Ghost Dimension isn’t exactly frightening — the setup is so well-worn now that it’s hard to be particularly startled by what transpires — but it’s able to wring sufficient dread out of this franchise’s go-to fears.

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A.A. Dowd · The A.V. Club 50.00/100.00

By making it so that everyone can see the evil coming, it also robs the franchise of one of its most potent pleasures: studying the frame for signs of trouble, little telltale hints that something is about to go horribly, horribly wrong. Sentient inkblots are a poor substitution for that sensation.

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Mike McCahill · The Guardian 20.00/100.00

It’s a test of one’s tolerance for watching predominantly empty frames – the anonymous performers scarcely count – in the hope something will jolt us from mounting tedium.

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