New ‘Paranormal Activity’ Movie Delayed Six Months, Now Arriving in October 2027

The next Paranormal Activity movie is taking a little longer to reach theaters. The upcoming installment, directed by Undertone filmmaker Ian Tuason, has been pushed back six months and will now arrive just in time for Halloween 2027.

According to a report from Deadline, the film’s release date has moved from May 2027 to October 22, 2027. The change puts the latest entry back into the Halloween season, a release window that helped establish the franchise as an October horror tradition.

The original Paranormal Activity first screened in 2007 before receiving a nationwide theatrical release in October 2009. Made on a reported budget of just $15,000, Oren Peli’s found-footage horror movie became a massive box office success, earning more than $190 million worldwide.

That success quickly turned Paranormal Activity into a major horror franchise. New installments arrived annually through 2012, followed by Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones in January 2014 and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension in October 2015.

After several years away from theaters, the franchise returned with Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, which ultimately debuted on Paramount+ in October 2021 following changes to its planned theatrical release.

What Do We Know About the New Paranormal Activity Movie?

The upcoming movie will star Chase Yi, Sonia Mena, and Maya Da Costa, with Tuason taking the director’s chair. The filmmaker previously earned attention for Undertone, a contained horror film that demonstrated his ability to build tension through sound and atmosphere.

Plot details remain largely under wraps, but there is already an intriguing connection to the franchise’s beginnings. During last month’s New York Comic Con, it was revealed that the new movie will take place in the same house featured in the original Paranormal Activity.

Whether the film will directly continue the mythology surrounding Katie (Katie Featherston) and the supernatural events explored throughout the earlier installments remains unknown.

The original movie followed a couple who began documenting increasingly disturbing events inside their home, hoping their cameras would capture evidence of something supernatural. What started as an apparently isolated haunting eventually developed into a much larger mythology spanning multiple films.

With Tuason now developing a new chapter inside the original film’s setting, the next installment has an opportunity to reconnect with what made the franchise so effective in the first place.

The new Paranormal Activity movie will now haunt theaters on October 22, 2027.