Directed by Robert Fleischer. Written by David Ambrose. Starring Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Robert Joy, Lori Loughlin, Meg Ryan, John Harkins and Candy Clark.
Plot: an investigative reporter purchases the Amityville house while getting a divorce and finds that the supernatural stories are true.
The movie opens with a seance being performed in the Amityville house with two debunkers proving a “psychic” to be a fraud. Once they do, the one debunker, a journalist named John (Roberts), decides to buy the house since he needs a cheap place to live after his divorce. But the inexpensive comes at a price. And soon his partner, Melanie (Clark), is attacked in the house and runs screaming from it. She’s honestly the best character. She’s hysterical and realistic. And not a lot of the other characters are.
Realism is thrown out the window with this film. It’s very unrealistic. The reactions to things are delayed or just altogether bad. And in this movie, you don’t even have to be in the house to be haunted and affected. You can be killed while driving away or boating with friends. The direction is horrible, too. There’s way too many exterior shots of the house for no reason.
There’s some decent acting, but the end makes no sense. We don’t recommend this one.
I suppose I could list my favorite movies here, but instead I'll give you a strange glimpse into what makes me TaraRomero.
1. My favorite place in the world is Atlantic City. The food, the smells, the beach - I love it all.
2. I am particularly good at crafting. Especially scrapbooking and cross-stitch.
3. I am mixed. My dad is black and my mom is white. I'm very proud of both sides of myself.
4. My favorite food is either the cheesesteak or the hoagie. Not the sub, not the grinder, the hoagie. Totally different experience.
5. I have a number of pen pals I write snail mail to. We exchange stickers and little gifts sometimes, too. I have an extensive sticker collection.
6. I just reconnected with my father after 15+ years. It's going great so far. I've missed him.
7. My brother is my best friend, hence the reason we do this together.
8. I don't have a favorite book. I like too many to have a favorite. But Paul Zindel is my favorite author. Stephen King and Jane Austen are close seconds. I know, eclectic.
9. I'm not very religious at all. I consider myself agnostic.
10. I would say that my most prized possessions are my dogs, but I don't consider them possessions. I consider them people. They are my people.
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