In 3, the kids, and Randy, play Bloody Mary.

In 2, Ali is quite excited at the prospect of a 'ghost' in the house and even hopes that it may be her deceased mother.

Be Careful What You Wish For: Early on, Micah is eager to try and encourage the supernatural occurrences so he can get some interesting footage.

The Bad Guy Wins: Every film ends with the demon getting its way.Asshole Victim: Micah and Dan, to some degree (if you hold him accountable for the passing of the demon to Katie).Arc Words: ''s whereabouts remain unknown'.But since the movies use bits and pieces from earlier-made films, a completely accurate viewing would require watching parts of one movie, then watching most of another movie, then going back to the original movie, etc. Anachronic Order: To watch everything in chronological order, you have to watch 3, 2, 1, 4, The Marked Ones, then The Ghost Dimension.Agent Scully: Micah in 1, Dan in 2, Julie in 3, Alex's parents in 4.In the fourth film, it's Alex and her friend Ben. In the third film, it's actually Dennis and his friend Randy. Agent Mulder: Katie in the first film and Ali in the second.And finally, in The Ghost Dimension, in which the little daughter of the family, Leila, slowly becomes possessed ever since they moved to a house that, unknown to them, is built in the land where Katie and Kristi's childhood home formerly stood.The demon takes this opportunity to drag Wyatt under the water.

Even earlier in 4, Wyatt is having a bath when his mother goes downstairs for a few minutes.

As the latter goes upstairs to further manipulate Wyatt, the demon tricks Alex into entering the garage, where it locks her in and turns on the car engine in an attempt to suffocate her. Unbeknownst to her, possessed-Katie is in the house with them.

A similar situation occurs in 4: Alex is left to look after Wyatt.

The demon tricks Ali into leaving the house and locks her outside, leaving Hunter alone with it.

In 2, Kristi and Dan go out for the evening, leaving Ali in charge of looking after Hunter.

The break-in is what inspires the family to set up security cameras in the first place. Nothing (aside from a necklace Katie made for Kristi and the Featherstones' old videotapes, as revealed in 3) is taken, but the violation the family feels is very real and Kristi in particular is bothered by how nothing of apparent significance was taken. Near the beginning of 2, the Reys' house gets broken into and thoroughly trashed.Given that the film is set in the 80s, before the internet made this a common fear, it's not really played up too much, but the parallels are there for modern audiences. With an added dash of Does This Remind You of Anything?, the third film has the parents growing increasingly concerned over Kristi's growing relationship with an imaginary older friend who makes her keep secrets and threatens to hurt her if she tells them.More of an 'any age' fear, but a big part of the first film's appeal was the almost primal fear of feeling unsafe in your own bed, the one place you couldn't feel any more vulnerable.The second movie's haunting centers on a newborn. Adult Fear: In the first film, we learn that the entity has pursued Katie since her childhood, and in the third film we see this play out.

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