"I've heard of spirit photography before, I've just never seen it in person." When looking through boxes at their house Ryan finds an old video camera. Excited about the find he begins to walk around filming everything. He begins to notice strange things through the lens and when he looks at tapes of movies filmed with the camera he makes a horrifying discovery. This is a series that has been on the decline ever since the first one. Each one tries to do something different than the others, and this one actually shows the activity rather then showing things happening without knowing why. This new idea makes things not as creepy to me. Seeing a chair start to rock without seeing something do it is scarier then seeing a ghost move around. This movie, however, much like every other sequel, is almost review proof. This is the 5th movie in the series and by now you are looking forward to the new one or not. As for me this is a series that should probably stop. If you can't improve on the last one don't make it. They haven't reached Batman & Robin status with the franchise yet but they are on their way. Overall, not un- watchable but another drop off from the previous one. I give this a C+.

THE GHOST DIMENSION is the latest and last in the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY series, and given the weakness of this particular instalment that can only be a blessing. This is a lame re-tread of the original films, one that tries to be and do something different but ends up just the same. Once again an innocent family documents odd events in their home, events focused around their daughter. The 'twist' is that they have a special camera which can see into the "ghost dimension", but this adds up to very little other than a few disappointing CGI effects. The script seems to have been hurried out, with one guy limited to repeating "what the ****?" ad nauseum, and the whole thing is something of a bore.

This starts with the end of Paranormal Activity 3. It's 1988 Santa Rosa, California. Dennis is killed. Grandma Lois leads Kristi and Katie upstairs to Kent, another disciple of Tobi. They are told that there will be another. Some 25 years later, Ryan and Emily are the new homeowner with their young daughter Leila. Friend Skyler is visiting. Also uncle Mike has arrived after a bad breakup. They find an old camera and videotapes left from the previous homeowner. The camera has an unusual effect. The tapes are some twenty years old and the people seems to be interacting with the present day world.

The franchise is getting old and the story of the girls are being forgotten. Honestly, I barely remember some of the previous movies. It's nice to tie this back to three. This faces many of the same problems as other horrors. There has to be a reason for the family to stay so long in the house. They do call in Father Todd but it's not enough. It's the same and it's old. At some point, the franchise needs to be blown up or it needs to end. The problem is that it's so cheap to make that somebody will make another in the future.