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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.

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The Numbered Films

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

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Paranormal Activity

25 Sept 2009

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

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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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Paranormal Activity 3

21 Oct 2011

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

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Paranormal Activity 4

19 Oct 2012

Set in 2011, five years after the first film.

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Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

23 Oct 2015

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

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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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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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