Paranormal Activity Movies: Release Order
The Paranormal Activity franchise revolutionized found-footage horror with its low-budget, high-impact approach to supernatural terror. Beginning with the original film's simple setup of a couple documenting strange occurrences in their home, the series expanded into a complex mythology involving generational curses, demonic entities, and occult conspiracies.
This release order includes all seven films, though viewers should note that Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021) is a standalone soft reboot with no connection to the main storyline. The other films form an interconnected saga centered around sisters Katie and Kristi, with prequels and sequels revealing the dark history behind their family's curse.
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Paranormal Activity
A young couple moving into a suburban home becomes increasingly terrorized by a mysterious supernatural presence that is most active during the night.
Paranormal Activity 2
A young family's peaceful life is shattered when a demonic presence begins terrorizing their home after welcoming their newborn baby.
Paranormal Activity 3
In 1988, two young sisters discover they're not alone in their house when they befriend a mysterious invisible presence that has taken up residence with them.
Paranormal Activity 4
Five years after Katie and Hunter's disappearance, a suburban family experiences supernatural occurrences when mysterious new neighbors move in next door.
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
A teenage boy investigates disturbing sounds from his neighbor's apartment with his camera, only to encounter an ancient supernatural force that threatens his soul.
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
A family discovers a special camera that reveals supernatural entities in their home, leading them into a terrifying battle to protect their young daughter from a malevolent spirit.
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
A documentary filmmaker travels to a remote Amish community to reconnect with her estranged family, but discovers they may be harboring a dark secret.
Other Film Series
Edgar Wallace
German crime thriller series from 1959-1972 that created a distinctive subgenre of atmospheric gothic mysteries, featuring recurring cast and iconic villains.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Four films exploring alien pod people replacing humans, each updating the concept for different eras and anxieties.
REC
Spanish found footage horror franchise following a demonic infection outbreak, featuring intense apartment building quarantine scenarios and their devastating consequences.
The Conjuring Universe
Supernatural horror franchise following paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren and their haunted cases.
The Omen
A supernatural horror franchise following the Antichrist Damien Thorn from his sinister origins through his rise to power, plus a modern remake.
Unbreakable
M. Night Shyamalan's grounded superhero trilogy following ordinary people who discover extraordinary abilities, culminating in an unexpected crossover.