Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

"For the first time you will see the activity."

Director: Gregory Plotkin Year: 2015 Runtime: 87 min IMDb: ⭐ 5.3
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Synopsis

Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.

The film begins in 1988 by showing the last scene in Paranormal Activity 3, during which young Katie and Kristi watch as their mom's boyfriend Dennis's spine is crushed by a mysterious force. Grandma Lois takes the girls away to a man who speaks to the girls about "Tobi," and how they are important to Tobi's plan. The film continues in 2013, when Ryan Fleege, his wife, Emily, and their six-year-old daughter, Leila, are about to celebrate Christmas, and Ryan's brother, Mike, comes to stay with them after breaking up with his girlfriend in Chicago. Ryan and Emily's friend, Skylar, notice that Leila is talking to an imaginary friend named Tobi. Mike finds a box of old video tapes, dating from 1988 to 1992, and a large video camera. The tapes show a young Kristi and Katie living with their mother, Julie, and boyfriend, Dennis, in 1988, while other videos from 1992 record activities in Lois' house, where the girls practice supernatural abilities with the mysterious man. Ryan and Mike notice that in some of the videos, the girls are somehow aware of the Fleeges and their home in 2013. Ryan notices the old camera picks up spiritual beings. He decides to record continuously in the house and captures a number of paranormal events. After continuing to watch the old tapes, Ryan and Emily discover that their house is built on the same property that Katie and Kristi used to live in before the girls' house burned down in 1992. The Fleeges also realize that the grown-up Katie, masquerading as a real estate agent, sold them the house, which was built by a coven of witches called The Midwives. Ryan and Emily call a priest named Father Todd, whom Leila attacks. Ryan researches the cult, and realizes the coven killed a family in Nevada, related to a boy named Hunter (in Paranormal Activity 4), who was born on June 6, 2005 (the sixth day of the sixth month in the sixth year of the new century), the same day as Leila. One of the tapes also shows Hunter in 1992, despite the fact that he had not been born until 2005. Leila's blood is needed to finish Tobi's transformation into a physical being. One night, Leila opens a doorway to another time and location. Ryan and Emily flee with her to a hotel. Father Todd attempts to cleanse the house but is dragged away by Tobi. Ryan traps the demon in a white sheet soaked with Holy Water and finishes the prayer. Leila returns to normal. However, Skylar vomits blood all over Mike and the blood burns him, killing them both. Ryan is impaled by the demon while running away with Emily. Leila sprints into the "portal" in her room with Emily following; she arrives at Kristi and Katie's mother's house in 1992, where she finds a young Katie, and confronts the "human" version of Tobi. Emily is killed and Leila and "Tobi" walk off as the camera cuts. In an alternate ending, the extermination of the demon was successful. Four months later, Emily, Ryan, and Leila have moved into a new house. While Leila is playing outside, she is seen hand-in-hand with young Katie and Kristi. While celebrating Leila's birthday party, Emily is revealed to be pregnant. Leila blows out the candles on her cake, wishing for a baby brother. Emily states they do not know the sex of their baby yet, and the film ends.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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Content Warnings

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a pet dies
spoiler no pets are in the film at all
there's child abuse
spoiler There is abuse of children through found footage of a cult. It is all verbal/mental/spiritual
someone gets gaslighted
spoiler The kids in the cult (from found footage) are heavily gaslit and it is clear they have be severely mentally and emotionally manipulated
someone is stalked
spoiler The demon clings to the ceiling and appears to follow or reach out to a couple characters and is often found standing over a child as she sleeps.
someone uses drugs
spoiler Somebody eats an edible
someone is drugged
Yes
someone is restrained
spoiler Attempted to restrain someone from attacking someone else.
there's torture
spoiler There is some mental torture
there's body horror
Yes
there's finger/toe mutilation
Yes
someone is burned alive
spoiler Acid-like burns.
someone struggles to breathe
spoiler Someone get strangled
someone asphyxiates
Yes
somebody is choked
Yes
hands are damaged
Yes
someone dislocates something
Yes
someone breaks a bone
spoiler Several bones get cracked/broken
an infant is abducted
spoiler at the really end of the film the child is abducted
a major character dies
Yes
someone dies
Yes
a parent dies
spoiler Both the father and Mother die
a family member dies
Yes
someone is kidnapped
spoiler A child is abducted by a demon at the very end of the movie
there are jump scares
spoiler Most jumpscares are logged at wherethejump.com this was helpful for me
someone is possessed
Yes
there's ghosts
Yes
there's spitting
spoiler Black liquid (only seen through the camera) spills out of a child's mouth and looks like blood but is not. A few seconds after this she spits the same liquid
someone vomits
spoiler This scene was particularly vile for me as an emetophobe. During the exorcism at the end of the movie things seem okay and then one of the girls violently v*s directly at the camera. The director made that scene in particular because it was filmed for 3D. It was unnecessary and very gross.
someone self harms
spoiler Own blood ends up on somebody's hands multiple times. Not via cuts. No graphic/gore scene
reality is unstable or unhinged
Yes
there's a claustrophobic scene
spoiler There is a tunnel, but it's big enough to walk through
someone has a meltdown
Yes
there's flashing lights or images
Yes
shaky cam is used
Yes
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
there's screaming
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
the fourth wall is broken
Yes
there's ableist language or behavior
spoiler After explaining that a child had the umbilical cord tangled around her in pregnancy, the mom says how she doesn't need to be worried because she is "normal"
there's antisemitism
spoiler They used a David's star to make a pentacle (star in circle) which is kind of stupid because that's not accurate at all. I can't say if it is actually offensive or not because I am not a part of Judaism, but something to be aware of
religion is discussed
Yes
there's demons or Hell
Yes
there is sexual content
spoiler Wife talks about having sex to her husband but nothing is shown
someone is homeless
spoiler I guess technically the brother is homeless because his girlfriend broke up with him/kicked him out and so he has to stay at his family's house for a while, but it's not upsetting or anything
the ending is sad
Yes
Santa (et al) is spoiled
spoiler There is a heavy Xmas theme and many santa decorations but they never spoil santa
there's blood/gore
spoiler not heavily but yeah

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