It’s been six years since we last visited the “Paranormal Activity”–verse, but if you were wondering what might happen next in the increasingly weird journey of Toby the Demon — or about the swiftly-forgotten army of supernatural super-soldiers introduced in “The Marked Ones” (which also had time travel!) — you won’t find it in “Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin.”
William Eubank’s film is an apparent reboot of the whole “Paranormal Activity” franchise, with new characters, new mythology and a whole lot of Amish people. It’s got even less to do with its predecessors than did the disappointing “Hellraiser” straight-to-video sequels, which also functioned separately from the original stories but at least shoved a couple of Cenobites onto the screen once in a while.