Amityville II: The Possession
Directed by Damiano Damiani
Loosely based on the original murders said to haunt 112 Ocean Avenue, this prequel to the first AMITYVILLE HORROR has the Montellli family's eldest son haunted by Indian spirits buried beneath the infamous Long Island house. Notably superior to – and sleazier than – THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, AMITYVILLE II sees Italian director Damiano Damiani and writer Tommy Lee Wallace (HALLOWEEN III) craft a hybrid haunting-possession film rife with terrifying taboo.
A family's son is haunted by spirits buried beneath their home in this superior sequel.
Cast: Burt Young, James Olson, Diane Franklin, Ted Ross
Member Reviews
This honestly is my favorite film out of the whole amityville franchise, even including the remake. This is my opinion is the scariest one with a touch of incest! I mean c’mon.
Lol - some of the other reviews here are fantastic. "About thirty minutes in I knew that it was going to tell a fictionalized account of the Ronald DeFeo Jr. murders" - it took you thirty minutes to read the first sentence of the description? Hilarious! This film is pretty great. Excellent SFX, fun horror, a pretty solid atmosphere and some genuinely uncomfortable moments.
I have just seen this film for the first time even though I grew up in the 80's. Yes, it does have a slow-burn, and it's story is quite over done...but I thought the ending was the best part as far as the scares go. I think for an 80's horror film, that it could have been better. The creativeness was lack-luster, and I believe that they could have done better.
I really wasn't a fan of the film. About thirty minutes in I knew that it was going to tell a fictionalized account of the Ronald DeFeo Jr. murders. That didn't bother me. What got to me was the over the top acting and scares. I have a feeling that it was done by people who were riding the coat tails of The Exorcist and The Omen, but they didn't have that much scary movie experience so they ham-fisted their way through the movie. Still, the movie does get the atmosphere right and its a nice slow burn. If you're into that sort of thing then this is the movie for you. It just wasn't a good movie in my personal opinion.
Funny how some are saying it was predictable, ha ok! yeah maybe the last 5 minutes, of course was a bit obvious but this movie takes quite a few unexpected sharp turns lol in a good way. Plus the actual last 30 sec is a cool ending. This is definitely one of the best Amityville's ive ever seen. The atmosphere is so good and theres some pretty inventive scenes for the time, especially the camera work