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Paranormal Activity Watch Order

Seven films, and almost none of them happen when they were released.

Every Paranormal Activity film in order. Release order or the in-universe timeline running 1988 to 2013, with the sequel that is also a prequel explained.

How many Paranormal Activity movies are there?

There are 7 films out so far. Nothing further is currently announced.

Where each title sits in the story

Chronological order, grouped by period. The number on each is its release position. Where those jump around, release order and story order disagree.

  1. The 1980s

    1 title

    1. Paranormal Activity 3, released 3 of 7

  2. The Haunting

    2 titles

    1. Paranormal Activity 2, released 2 of 7
    2. Paranormal Activity, released 1 of 7

  3. The 2010s

    4 titles

    1. Paranormal Activity 4, released 4 of 7
    2. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, released 6 of 7
    3. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, released 5 of 7
    4. Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, released 7 of 7

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7 titles across 2 seriess10h 19m
01

The Numbered Films

2009 – 2015 · Main · Four films, released in four consecutive Octobers.

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01

Paranormal Activity

25 Sept 2009

Set in 2006. A couple film their bedroom at night. Made for fifteen thousand dollars.

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02

Paranormal Activity 2

22 Oct 2010

Mostly set two months before the first film, with an ending that happens after it. Both prequel and sequel.

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03

Paranormal Activity 3

21 Oct 2011

Set in 1988, with the sisters as children. Chronologically the beginning of everything.

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04

Paranormal Activity 4

19 Oct 2012

Set in 2011, five years after the first film.

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05

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

23 Oct 2015

Set in 2013, and intended to close the story out.

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02

The Spin-offs

2014 – 2021 · Side · Two films away from the main family.

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Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

3 Jan 2014

Set in 2012, and its climax converges directly with the ending of the fourth film.

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07

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

29 Oct 2021

A standalone reboot set in an isolated rural community, unconnected to the family saga.

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