The Ghost Dimension is set in 2013, when a new family - Ryan (Murray), wife Emily (Shaw) and daughter Leila (George) - move into a new house and find a 1980s-era video camera and tapes.
Like it's predecessors, The Ghost Dimension builds its story through the use of low-fi looking found footage. On these old tapes, Ryan finds footage of Kristi and Katie as young girls (circa 1988 - Paranormal Activity 3). More disturbingly, he also discovers the old camera can see things no one else can - with the exception of Toby and his new recruit, daughter Leila.
This gives Ryan the idea to set cameras up throughout the house, and it's through the captured footage that the drama unfolds from this point, made up of short daytime scenes in which Ryan searches the tapes for clues about what's happening to his family, and longer night scenes when Toby comes out to befriend Leila and terrorise her family.
It's the silent waiting game and frights that have made Paranormal Activity such a hit, and despite knowing what's coming it's still rather frightening when the sound effects go from silence, to an unearthly sound announcing Toby's presence, and then full sound up as Toby darts and hovers on screen.
With the emergence of Toby there's more of an emphasis on special effects, and while director Gregory Plotkin manages them well some of the original 'charm' of the series is lost by the upgrade from the low-fi, unnerving approach the previous films were known for, to something more akin to the recent Poltergeist re-boot.
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.
Cast: Chris J Murray, Brit Shaw, Ivy George
Director: Gregory Plotkin
Running Time: 88 mins
Rating: R13 (Violence and horror scenes. Content may disturb)
Verdict: A satisfactory and scary end to this franchise.
