Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”
Straight off the top, audiences going into An Amityville Poltergeist (2020) hoping to see objects flying around the famed Long Island house need to adjust their expectations. Despite featuring the word “poltergeist” in the title, the film is more of a drama with J-Horror spectral hauntings. In fact all of the horrific set pieces draw heavily on the visual iconography of Ringu/The Ring and The Grudge.
An Amityville Poltergeist is another name-only entry in the Amityville “franchise.” According to IMDb trivia, the film was shot under the title No Sleep, then became Don’t Sleep in post-production, then changed to include Amityville by the distributor when it was being shopped around.
So while there is a brief, half-hearted attempt to capture the iconic cat eye windows,...
Straight off the top, audiences going into An Amityville Poltergeist (2020) hoping to see objects flying around the famed Long Island house need to adjust their expectations. Despite featuring the word “poltergeist” in the title, the film is more of a drama with J-Horror spectral hauntings. In fact all of the horrific set pieces draw heavily on the visual iconography of Ringu/The Ring and The Grudge.
An Amityville Poltergeist is another name-only entry in the Amityville “franchise.” According to IMDb trivia, the film was shot under the title No Sleep, then became Don’t Sleep in post-production, then changed to include Amityville by the distributor when it was being shopped around.
So while there is a brief, half-hearted attempt to capture the iconic cat eye windows,...
- 11/7/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Parris Bates, Conor Austin, Sydney Winbush, Rebecca Morse, Jon Ashley Hall | Written by Calvin Morie McCarthy, Jon Ashley Hall | Directed by Calvin Morie McCarthy
After Amityville Island, Amityville Asylum, Amityville Cornfield and Witches of Amityville Academy I was actually surprised to find out that nobody had made a film called Amityville Poltergeist before this. It seems like a natural combination, the infamous haunted house and the most infamous type of haunting.
Jim (Parris Bates; Fencesitters) is a broke college student. His friend Collin (Conor Austin) and Collin’s girlfriend Alyson (Sydney Winbush; Shrill) suggest selling his plasma but he hates needles. Instead, he gets a weekend gig house-sitting for Eunice (Rebecca Kimble or Rebecca Morse depending on whether you go by IMDb or the end credits) and her son Tony (Jon Ashley Hall) after what has to be one of the most awkward job interviews on record. During it,...
After Amityville Island, Amityville Asylum, Amityville Cornfield and Witches of Amityville Academy I was actually surprised to find out that nobody had made a film called Amityville Poltergeist before this. It seems like a natural combination, the infamous haunted house and the most infamous type of haunting.
Jim (Parris Bates; Fencesitters) is a broke college student. His friend Collin (Conor Austin) and Collin’s girlfriend Alyson (Sydney Winbush; Shrill) suggest selling his plasma but he hates needles. Instead, he gets a weekend gig house-sitting for Eunice (Rebecca Kimble or Rebecca Morse depending on whether you go by IMDb or the end credits) and her son Tony (Jon Ashley Hall) after what has to be one of the most awkward job interviews on record. During it,...
- 6/3/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
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