I found that this film wasn't that memorable. This is one of the poorly made sequels in the Paranormal Activity franchise. It was particularly disappointing as I had been the most pleased with the third of the franchise.
This movie follows the events of the first and second movies. Katie makes an appearance in this picture as a new neighbor who moves in with "her little boy" Robbie (played by Brady Allen) who is the same age as Wyatt (played by Aiden Lovekamp) the son of the family that is "haunted" in this picture. Alex (played by Kathryn Newton) is the teenage sister of Wyatt. They live with their parents Doug (played by Stephen Dunham) and Holly (played by Alexondra Lee).
After Katie and Robbie move in Alex's family experiences strange events in their home. The filmmakers utilized the latest X Box features at the time of this film's release to show a demon although whether it is Toby or not is not clear. Katie abruptly leaves after practically throwing "her child" Robbie at the new neighbors while begging them to watch her child while she does something.
Despite barely knowing Katie and her son, the family is forced to agree due to the abruptness of Katie's leaving. I suppose they could have called someone like the police or child protective services but I actually understand that they didn't because either reaction seems extreme.
Alex is very aware that strange things are happening but, despite her best effort to bring the happenings to their attention, her parents are dismissive at best. The events "get worse and worse". It turns out that Robbie is a demon but whether he is "Robbie the demon" or Toby as "Robbie" is not made clear. This film either has the most demons in it or Toby the demon got bored and decided to split himself into three personalities. In any case, Robbie is intended to take Wyatt who is really Hunter from the second movie with him to parts unknown.
It's interesting to me that Wyatt/Hunter is having to be reclaimed. What happened to Hunter? Did Katie lose custody of him when he was still a baby? Did she accidentally leave him at the mall and forget where she left him? Did he somehow walk away even though he was just a baby? Perhaps a stork saw him, picked him up, and dropped him off with Alex's family.
Whatever happened is never explained or at least not clearly explained. After Wyatt/Hunter disappears with Robbie, Alex goes to rescue him from Katie's house. A bunch of people show up. The End.
Like I said earlier, in my opinion, this is a disappointing sequel in the franchise. In fact, it is the beginning of the disappointing sequels that just don't come close to the first three in my opinion.
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