This prequel starts off promising enough by showing how the Amityville house drove its former occupant to murder his entire family with a shotgun. Unfortunately after the murders, it becomes a third rate Exorcist rip-off. I think Sam Raimi and company saw this before making Evil Dead because this movie features a guy in a buttoned down blue shirt with a shotgun being chased by the POV camerawork of a spirit that possesses his hand. Hmm… The incest subplot is a lot ickier than the actual possession. Burt (Rocky) Young takes the acting honors as the alcoholic father. Written by Tommy Lee (Halloween 3) Wallace. The next sequel was in 3-D.
AMITYVILLE 2: THE POSESSION (1982) **
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IT CAME FROM THE THRIFT STORE: ATM (2012) ***
Three stock brokers leave a late night Christmas office party and stop at an ATM. Brian Geraghty is the square, Josh Peck is the cut-up, and the…
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CALIGULA 2: THE UNTOLD STORY (1982) ***
I know what you’re thinking. Caligula had just about every kind of debauchery known to man. Now along comes Caligula 2: The “Untold” Story. How…
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DEAD AND BURIED (1981) ** ½
A series of strange murders has been happening in the small town of Potter’s Bluff. As the bodies pile up, the sheriff (James Farentino) wracks his…
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