Paranormal Activity (film series)

Paranormal Activity
Directed by	Oren Peli (PA1) Tod Williams (PA2) Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (PA3 and 4) Christopher B. Landon (PA: TMO) Gregory Plotkin (PA: TGD)
Produced by	Oren Peli (PA1-TGD) Jason Blum (PA1-TGD) Akiva Goldsman (PA2 and 3) Steven Schneider (PA1, 3 and 4)
Written by	Oren Peli (PA1) Michael R. Perry (PA2) Christopher B. Landon (PA2, 3, 4 and TMO) Tom Pabst (PA2) Jason Pagan (PA: TGD) Andrew Stark (PA: TGD) Adam Robitel (PA: TGD) Gavin Heffernan (PA: TGD)
Starring	Katie Featherston (PA1-2, 4 and TMO) Micah Sloat (PA1-2, 4 and TMO) Sprague Grayden (PA2) Brian Boland (PA2) Molly Ephraim (PA2) Lauren Bittner (PA3) Chris Smith (PA3) Chloe Csengery (PA3,TMO and TGD) Jessica Tyler Brown (PA3) Kathryn Newton (PA4) Matt Shively (PA4) Aiden Lovekamp (PA4) Brady Allen (PA4) Stephen Dunham (PA4) Alexondra Lee (PA4) Andrew Jacobs (PA: TMO) Jorge Diaz (PA: TMO) Gabrielle Walsh (PA: TMO) Chris J. Murray (PA: TGD) Brit Shaw (PA: TGD) Dan Gill (PA: TGD) Ivy George (PA: TGD) Olivia Taylor Dudley (PA: TGD)
Production company	Blumhouse Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	2007 – 2015
Running time	444 minutes (total)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$28 million
Box office	$889.7 million

Paranormal Activity is an American supernatural horror film series consisting of six films. Created by Oren Peli, the original film was widely released in 2009.

The films are based around a family haunted by a demon that stalks, terrifies and ultimately murders several members of the family and other bystanders during the course of the films. The series makes use of production cameras set up and used like security cameras or other recording devices in an attempt to present the films as found footage. The series has received mixed reviews, with the first and third films receiving generally positive critical reception, while the second film as well as the spin-off, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, received more lukewarm receptions and the fourth and sixth received mostly negative reception. The series is a strong financial success, making strong profits based on return on investment. The series as a whole has earned over 30 times the overall budget.

Set in 2006, a young couple, Katie and Micah, who have recently moved to a new house in San Diego, California, are terrorized by a demon that Katie believes has been following her all her life. The film is designed to look like a found footage-styled film with Micah filming the activity in their house.

Set in 2006, several weeks before the events of the first film, Katie's sister, Kristi Rey, and her family, who reside in Carlsbad, California, experience strange activity after Kristi's baby son, Hunter, is born. The film uses security cameras and a hand-held camera used in some scenes to film the activity in the house.

Set in 1988, focuses on a younger Katie and Kristi, who live with their mother, Julie, and Julie's boyfriend, Dennis, in Santa Rosa, California, as they encounter "Toby" the demon for the first time. Concerned, Dennis decides to set up a few cameras around the house, one of which is attached to a small oscillating fan that moves the camera back and forth. The film also uses a hand-held camera.