When Ryan moves into a new California home with his wife, daughter, and younger brother, he has no idea about the shocking events which are about to unfold. Chancing upon a camcorder and box of old VHS tapes dating back 20 years, the two brothers feel compelled to watch.
The tapes all seem to feature the previous occupants of the house – in particular, two young girls named Katie and Kristi. When the young sisters begin communicating with Ryan through the TV, their home becomes enveloped in a macabre supernatural force hell-bent on tearing the family apart.
Will the family walk away alive or will they be taken into the place from which no one can return: the ghost dimension?
The Paranormal Activity film series first hit unsuspecting cinema-goers back in 2009 and reinvented the found footage genre that had previously seen success with titles such as The Blair Witch Project (1999) and Cloverfield(2008). The fifth film will literally leap off the screen; it’s the first in the series to be shot in 3D.
Despite the first five films, which includes spin-off Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014), costing just £11.5m to produce, the series has raked in over £500m at the global box-office, making it one of the most profitable franchises in cinema history.
