Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

What makes it different from others?

Very well executed

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

If you didn't have nightmares after watching this movie you weren't paying attention. The possession of Sonny is absolutely terrifying. The use of the camera changing the perspective from that of the entity to that of the observer is a great terror inducing technique. Not to analyze the accuracy of the various phenomena depicted in the movie, such as the extreme poltergeist activity coupled with the cold spots, voices, and covering the crucifix with a tablecloth before our very eyes, just the sheer evil portrayed makes up for any "goofs." Side note: Book "Talking with Serial Killers" by Christopher Berry-Dee covers this true event starting on page 160. The interview with Ronald Joseph 'Butch' Defeo, Jr. on September 23rd, 1994 in Greenhaven prison includes the backstory of Amityville, the family, and the events leading up to the November 14, 1974 murders.

Loose prequel to the original tells the story of the previous family to inhabit the cursed house on 112 Ocean Avenue. The Montellis(renamed from the DeFeos) move in with high hopes but are doomed by a demonic voice that speaks to Sonny, the troubled son, who strikes back against his brutish lout of a father, nearly killing him with a rifle. The evil in the house torments him further, and creates much poltergeist activity before driving Sonny to murder his whole family, then after he is arrested, the family's priest(played by James Olsen) performs an exorcism on him when he returns to the house.Truly appalling film ignores the facts of the case in favor of lurid, crass exploitation, which also shamelessly rips off other horror pictures, mainly "The Exorcist". Good cast cannot salvage this junk.

I remember first watching this film when i was very young and bein obsessed with it over the years totally forgot bout it until other night come online & watched it there was so much i had forgot,, i was totally enthralled..This has to be the eeriest house ever this has some spooky camera work and the creepiest music. has some great makeup & effects considering when this was made. always some thing going on so you wont get bored This in my book is the best horror of all time..i come away after watchin other night so glad id watched it again..I don't understand how some people cant like this...this film has u wanting to know just whats in that scary part of the house so bad

Effective chiller about a strange house located in Long Island that causes creepy goings-on in a family . This is the second version about the infamous Amityville house with lots of screams and weird deeds in which a troubled family falls into supernatural terror . The night of February 5 , 1976 , George and Kathleen Lutz and their three children fled their home in Amityville , New York . Their living nightmare shocked the audiences around the world , but before them , another family lived in this house and were caught by the original evil . They weren't so lucky , this is their story . The flick starts when a family formed by parents (Burt Young , Rutanya Alda) and children (Diane Franklyn , , Jack Magner) moves to Long Island where is purchased a notorious Victorian home , their house of dreams but they find only devilish horror and full of nightmares . A loathsome lout with his family (the Montelli family in this film were fictional characters and loosely based on the real life DeFeo family) and hell breaks loose . The new home, which proves to be evil, resulting in the demonic possession of the teenage son (Jack Magner, mercilessly hamming it up as upsetting possessed young , this is his debut theatrical feature film of actor Jack Magner whose only other screen acting credit after this movie was in Stephen King's Firestarter). The teenager begins experiencing frightening and vivid dreams of horror . And soon the poltergeists make their nasty appearance originating a lot of unusual rattles and creaks before deciding to utilize its powers to possess the son and attack the family . Only the local priest (James Olson) can save him . And now a possessed son is plunged by demonic forces into supernatural attitude driving him to mistreat and beat parents and brothers . Meantime ,the priest is attempting to find out the bottom of events by ways of the cellar . The priest tries praying to vanquish the malignant spirit , staggering from room to room with the doors mysteriously slam . There happens a grisly mass killing based on an allegedly real life occurrence in Amityville that turns out to be a haven for demonic forces .The film contains restless terror and great loads of blood and usual poltergeists phenomenon caused by the curse and the ordinary ghastly shenanigans result to be the cracking pipelines , basement ooze ,icky stuff , and doors suddenly slam , among others . This is a throughly familiar retread of spirit-in-the-house formula with a father who buys the dreaded as well as haunted Amityville house and his possessed son ; being alternatively loathing and dull . It is produced with medium budget by Dino De Laurentiis and well recreated with high grade special effects that are frightening and horrifying to spectator . Based on Jay Anson's (suppposedly) non-fiction best-seller , though George Lutz wanted this sequel to be based on John G. Jones' book "The Amityville Horror Part II" ; however, producer Dino De Laurentiis, in conjunction with American International Pictures, made this sequel based on Hans Holzer's book 'Murder in Amityville". It's actually halfway decent terror movie that achieved enough success at the box office and it will appeal to ghostly and eerie events fonds . Competence at every level keeps this from being rubbish . Acceptable FX , the explosion scene at the end of the film is real , a highly explosive chemical which produces flames that burn out instantly was used ; during filming the effect reportedly backfired and burned the side of the house . A highly explosive chemical which produces flames that burn out instantly was used. During filming the effect reportedly backfired and burned the side of the house. The movie's setting takes place in the same house as in the original Terror en Amityville movie .The picture packs a colorful cinematography by Franco Di Giacomo and eerie musical score by Lalo Schifrin who also composed the original that will be used in the innumerable sequels . The motion picture was professionally shot , being American directorial debut of Italian director Damiano Damiani. The original ¨Exorcist¨ film (by Friedkin) spawned a wave of demonic possession movies that continues unabated today as ¨Changeling¨ (by Peter Medak), ¨Amytiville ¨(by Stuart Rosemberg with James Brolin , Margot Kidder and Rod Steiger) are two further examples of this sub-genre . Following a great number of clumsy , stupid sequels directed by Richard Fleischer titled ¨Amityville 3D¨ with Tony Roberts , Tess Harper , Lory Loughlin and Meg Ryan ; another directed by Sandor Stern (screenwriter of Amityville) titled ¨Amityville: The Evil Escapes¨ with Patty Duke and Jane Wyatt , ¨The Amityville Curse¨ or ¨Amityville 5¨ by Tom Berry with Kim Coates ¨Amityville: A New Generation¨ with David Naughton , Julia Nickson , ¨Amityville: Dollhouse¨ with Robin Thomas and other bad followings just go on and on attempting to cash in on the success of the first movie . However , recently is made a good new adaptation by Andrew Douglas with Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George and Philip Baker Hall . Rating : Acceptable and passable .