Written and directed by Sandor Stern. Starring Patty Duke, Jane Wyatt, Fredric Lehne, Brandy Gold, Zoe Trilling, Aron Eisenberg and Norman Lloyd.
Plot: a widow and her three children move in with her mother, putting them all at risk, after the mother receives a gift from the Amityville house.
The Amityville sequels really needed to pack it in already, but the people kept making more and we’re not sure why. In this movie, a group of priests exorcise the Amityville house so that it and everything in it is clean. Well, they fail, of course. And after the exorcism, there’s a yard sale to clean out the house and a woman buys a lamp and then sends it to her sister, Alice (Wyatt), who lives all the way across the country in California.
Meanwhile, the widowed Nancy (Duke) and her three children, Amanda (Trilling), Brian (Eisenberg) and Jessica (Gold), move in with Alice, who is Nancy’s mother. They all unpack the lamp together and the bird goes crazy, the cat scratches Amanda, Nancy thinks it’s a hideous lamp, but Jessica is strangely drawn to it. She begins to see her dead father when she looks at the lamp and eventually she becomes a little devil child, wrecking havok as much as she can.
DJ did not like how much power the lamp had, and I agreed with him after the lamp drove the plumbers van away from the house with a mere “thought”. We didn’t give a damn about the lackluster rules. Everyone’s a schmuck a little bit, so the Freddy Claws sucks. The ending is laughable and makes no sense. It’s also unrealistic as all hell, but it is unintentionally funny. We’ll give it that. Sadly, that’s all we can give it.
I suppose I could list my favorite movies here, but instead I'll give you a strange glimpse into what makes me TaraRomero.
1. I met George Romero. He was the kindest and sweetest man. He talked to me for longer than he should have with the line getting longer. He also held my hand. And when he noticed the ladybug I have tattooed on my wrist, he said he liked it and asked me it's name. Till then, it had not had a name. Now, I call him George.
2. I love stickers. All stickers. I just adore them. I even ask for stickers for Christmas! As a matter of fact, the birthday that just past, every member of my immediate family gave me sticker packs as gifts. Affordable and extremely appreciated.
3. I have never put much stock in astrology or horoscopes, but I LOVE the magic of the MBTI. Omg. I am an INFP and it actually sounds just like me. Introverted mostly. Creative always. Heart before head and not the most logical. Totally me! For better or worse.
4. It's no surprise I count horror so high up on the list of things that make me, me. However, it's so within my soul that I was part of the Horror Club in college. Interesting bunch. And even took a Horror Lit class as an elective. I got an A.
5. Coffee always makes me happy. Always. I'm particularly fond of caramel macchiatos. But I'll drink black coffee if it's the only thing available.
6. I hate shock for the sake of shock and endings that depress me. I always mention the movies Within (2016) and the Eli Roth produced, written and starred in, Aftershock (2012), as proof of this distate I have. I abhor the idea that just because I like horror, some people think I'd actually praise a movie that lets you think the "Final Girl" just made it through the night, only to slap her in the face with a tsunami.
7. We are big time animal people. I mean, if I could, I'd have an elephant, a bear, a zebra, a penguin, an otter and a meerkat, living with me. Seriously though. We have 2 dogs right now and 2 cats. Both cats we picked up when they each came to our front door hungry. And both dogs we got from 2 different sets of neighbors. Both who, unfortunately, don't know how to care for pets long-term. But they're happy and healthy now!!
8. Revisiting my love of horror, one of the above cats, my cat, is a little black guy named Church. Because Pet Sematary. His middle name is even Pascow. To give credit where credit's due, the name was DJ's idea. But he loves horror too!
9. I'm big into art. Along with movie posters and an Anne Frank quote, I have some actual paintings on my wall. I really think Dali paints beautifully when he wants to. And if I don't get to see Michaelangelo's Pieta in person some day, I will be very disappointed.
10. Lastly, I find Emily Dickinson's poetry intriguing. I took an elective course about her as well. But do you know I injected horror even there? I was given a poem to dissect and I picked one on death, of course. Then, I researched old "Death Photos" and even printed out copies for everyone in the class. They were so interested in looking at them that it stopped them from all looking at me, and I was able to deal quite well with my stage fright. Haha
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