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Amityville 2 - The Possession

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Amityville 2 - The Possession (1982)

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Reviews Counted:14

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Rotten:13

Average Rating:2.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: This gory prequel is loosely based on the case of the DeFeo murders, which took place in the famed house in Ocean Avenue before the Lutz's, whose tale was told in THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, moved in.... This gory prequel is loosely based on the case of the DeFeo murders, which took place in the famed house in Ocean Avenue before the Lutz's, whose tale was told in THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, moved in. When The Montellis, an Italian-American family, move into the not-yet notorious home, it's not long before rebellious teenage son Sonny (JACK MAGNER) takes to seducing his sister (Diane Franklin, THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN, BETTER OFF DEAD) and slaughtering the entire family. Investigation by the authorities points to the boy's demonic possession, which is later evidenced by a grisly EXORCIST-inspired physical transformation. Screenwriter Tommy Lee Wallace is a frequent collaborator of John Carpenter. [More]

Starring: Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Andrew Prine, Jack Magner

Starring: Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Andrew Prine, Jack Magner, Moses Gunn, Diane Franklin

Director: Damiano Damiani

Director: Damiano Damiani
Screenwriter: Tommy Lee Wallace

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Should have torn down the house after the first movie.

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Bob Bloom
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Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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10/05/06
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Let's take a real story and put some Exorcist effect in, yeah that's great

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Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

A depressing imitation of The Exorcist.

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Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

an atrociously made film, uninteresting as a sequel/prequel and unsustainable on its own

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Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Indefensibly inappopriate, and oh so much fun...

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Brian Juergens
Brian Juergens
Bloody Disgusting

The rampant silliness of the movie's first half is certainly preferable to the utterly dull second half...

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Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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A dreadful sequel delivering more yawns and laughs rather than shocks and scares.

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Rebecca Murray
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"claptrap, pure and simple"

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07/29/02
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Kalamazoo Gazette
 
 
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