Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

Such a tepid failure that it triggers catcalls from paying audiences.

If this is the last in the series, then the franchise has succeeded in going out with a bang - a bunch of them, actually, and at least a couple should have you involuntarily twitching in your seat.

Those seeking closure to what continuity there has been will go home mostly disappointed.

If only Ghost Dimension spent more time in the ghost dimension and less time in the people dimension, we might have had something.

This series jumped the shark - maybe that should be jumped the dark? - following its not-bad third chapter.

At its most basic level, the "Paranormal Activity" formula still has some kick, with its combination of creepy lo-fi video and tasteful suburbia creating some strong, unsettling dissonance.

Paranormal Activity's shtick has clearly run its course.

As far as the greatly anticipated reveals, they're a little underwhelming too, although sure to give fans the payoff they need so they can put this franchise to bed.

This movie can go to hell.

As the supposed last entry to the multimillion dollar haunted-house-found-footage franchise created by Oren Peli back in 2007, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension is surprisingly indifferent and unsurprisingly ineffective.

The film is Blumhouse through and through, preferencing technical innovation and ingenuity over big budgets.

It's sad to see a series that started with such a bang go out with such a whimper. But it's better than wringing a seventh movie from this tired old formula.