Well, I picked up a two for one package of Amityville Horror and Amityville II at Sam's Club, so I can't complain too much. The original is a slightly above average horror movie, while the prequel is really just pathetic.
In Amityville II, we meet the previous owners of the house on Oceanview Drive. Unfortunately, whoever wrote this mess, totally ignores all the facts set up in the first installment and they can not even figure out what year it is. This movie is just too easy to pick on but let me give you a couple examples of how laughable it is:
1. The movie is supposed to be set in 1973, yet Sonny wears a Walkman everywhere. EXCUSE ME, the Walkman was not introduced until around 1980.
2. In the first Amityville, it is firmly established that George Lutz looks incredibly like Sonny. George Lutz has a beard yet Sonny looks like he is about 15 and has not begun to shave yet.
3. The opening scene of Amityville Horror depicts the killer (Sonny) walking from room to room shooting his family while they sleep but in Amity II he has to chase some of them around the house before he shoots them.
4. A pub owner in Amity I tells George that the police arrested Sonny in his bar, right where George is sitting, but in the prequel he is arrested at the house and does not remember the crime at all.
Ok, so the list of factual errors goes on and on, just take my word for it. As for the story itself, well it is ridiculous even without all the factual errors. Whoever wrote this movie tried so hard to copy the "Exorcist" that you literally want to throw the nearest bottle at the screen during the "finale".
It is a lousy sequel, a trivial movie, and a big waste of time. Skip it.
In Amityville II, we meet the previous owners of the house on Oceanview Drive. Unfortunately, whoever wrote this mess, totally ignores all the facts set up in the first installment and they can not even figure out what year it is. This movie is just too easy to pick on but let me give you a couple examples of how laughable it is:
1. The movie is supposed to be set in 1973, yet Sonny wears a Walkman everywhere. EXCUSE ME, the Walkman was not introduced until around 1980.
2. In the first Amityville, it is firmly established that George Lutz looks incredibly like Sonny. George Lutz has a beard yet Sonny looks like he is about 15 and has not begun to shave yet.
3. The opening scene of Amityville Horror depicts the killer (Sonny) walking from room to room shooting his family while they sleep but in Amity II he has to chase some of them around the house before he shoots them.
4. A pub owner in Amity I tells George that the police arrested Sonny in his bar, right where George is sitting, but in the prequel he is arrested at the house and does not remember the crime at all.
Ok, so the list of factual errors goes on and on, just take my word for it. As for the story itself, well it is ridiculous even without all the factual errors. Whoever wrote this movie tried so hard to copy the "Exorcist" that you literally want to throw the nearest bottle at the screen during the "finale".
It is a lousy sequel, a trivial movie, and a big waste of time. Skip it.