Tomorrow is crazy busy, so I decided hey, I can cheat use a movie that’s currently in theaters! Let the 31 in 31 sacrilege begin!

Story: Look at this gorgeous neighborhood! Isn’t it great we live here? Oh wait, the young woman with a young kid had to go to the hospital for a few days? Even though we don’t know them, we’ll take in the little boy. What can possibly happen?

Scares: Lots of Who Goes There moments, but not much that you haven’t seen before. That said, the PA series does what it does well, and even though there are moments when you’ll wonder if this series is losing steam (it is), you can relax, knowing that ultimately it’s gonna bring it (because it does).

Splat Factor: Not really. As with the ones that have gone before, this is more demon wooga-wooga than blood & guts.

Remake, Sequel or OG (Original Ghoul)?: Part four of the Paranormal Activity franchise. Obvs.

Trick or Treat?: Honestly, if you’re reading this far, you probably want to see this and just wanna know if it sucks. It doesn’t. Then again it’s not great either. Like a lime Tootsie Pop, you may just want to get to the good stuff near the end.

The use of newer tech (like camera chat, Kinect and laptop cameras) give PA4 some fresh air, but while we’re waiting for the climax there are a few times when the story just stalls. A tidbit of the demon/coven mythology that this series has been sloooowly giving out makes the ending – and the post-end-credits scene, a first for this series – will make it alright for fans like me, but others may not be so forgiving.

So decide if this series is your cuppa, and go (or don’t go) from there.

Score: out of 5 pumpkins.