I'm amazed that this relatively simple found footage story idea has now expanded to 4 movies. each one is unique and funny/scary in their own way. i will admit that i was hooked by the time the 1st movie ended. this is the story of a guy (who pretty much carries every movie himself) who buys a house to flip but then discovers whomever lived there before had ties to something satanic. he uses the cameras (and his take-no-nonsense attitude!) to figure out what's going on.
the first bad ben was the basic story, the 2nd one (steelmanville road) was a backstory of the prior family, the third (badder ben) was about a supernatural investigative team checking out the house (special appearance by nigel bach), and now, this one, which posits that similar events are taking place on different parallel worlds, or maybe just over and over again on the same one.
it somewhat replays the events of the first movie, but coming at the original story from a few different angles - and using some slightly different and more over-the-top character additions. the result seems to always be the same - poor tom - stop going in the basement!