Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
Movie, 2021, Next of Kin, Set in Amish country
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin is #7 of 7 in release order and #7 of 7 in chronological order in the Paranormal Activity.
The story
Margot is a documentary filmmaker looking to meet her long-lost mother and extended family in a secluded Amish community. She and her film crew soon realize the family that welcomes them into their home might be hiding a sinister secret.
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin recap
Margot, who was abandoned at a hospital as a baby, sets out to make a documentary about her birth mother, Sarah, with her cameraman friend Chris and soundman Dale. A DNA site connects her with Samuel, a young Amish man, who leads them to the Beiler family farm in Pennsylvania, where Sarah grew up. The patriarch, Jacob, Margot's grandfather, welcomes them, and Margot is told Sarah broke the community's rules and is presumed dead. Strange things happen: a girl in the barn says Sarah is still there, and Margot sees a figure in her mother's old room. The crew secretly films a ritual sacrifice of a two-headed goat and finds paintings of the demon Asmodeus and a deep pit in the church. Margot learns Jacob and Samuel planned her arrival, and she is attacked and left catatonic. A mailman tells them the people on the farm are not really Amish.
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin ending explained
Margot is the next woman in line to carry Asmodeus, which is why Sarah sent her away. Chris kills Jacob and rescues Margot from the pit, and a skeletal creature, the possessed Sarah, kills Dale. Margot calls her mother by name and kills her, and Asmodeus is released over the farm, which burns as its people turn on each other. Margot and Chris escape, but a possessed Samuel drives away after making two police officers kill themselves.
Where to watch Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin is streaming on Paramount+ in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 5.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 32%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, the latest.
- Chronological order: after Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, the last.
What to watch before Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
Nothing. Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021) doesn't continue an earlier version, so it stands on its own. Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin itself is optional in the Paranormal Activity order.
Cast
- Emily Bader as Margot
- Ari Notartomaso as Clara
- Alexa Shae Niziak as Mary
- Dan Lippert as Dale
- Kyli Zion as Asmodeus
- Jaye Ayres-Brown as Samuel
- Wesley Han as Jeremy
- Emerald Rose Sullivan as Kendra
- Roland Buck III as Chris
- Jill Andre as Lavina
- Tom Nowicki as Jacob
- Colin Keane as Eli
Directed by William Eubank.