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Cher Alvarez (left) and Patrick Heusinger in Paranormal Activity at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Oct 7.

Cher Alvarez (left) and Patrick Heusinger in Paranormal Activity at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Oct 7.

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CHICAGO – Paranormal Activity: Next Of Kin (2021) went straight to streaming four years ago, which didn’t bode well for the once-popular horror franchise.

Would that movie – the seventh official one – mean the end of a series that kicked off when the microbudget Paranormal Activity became an unlikely hit in 2007?

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