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Well according to "City Confidential" on A&E, the father was very abusive and was reported to have beaten "Butch" to a bloody pulp one time for simply talking back at the dinner table. 0:37. Not sure. Adamsky sees Sonny’s door seemingly shut itself when he first spies the teen boy. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Get your answers by asking now. Join Yahoo Answers and get 100 points today. Cops just open body bags to Adamsky so he can bless them. She hesitates, but still she goes for it! Horror Channel - Amityville 2 The Possession. The sequel to this film, which serves as a prequel to it, does. ), the familia matra may not be the best actress around, and you may accuse the special-effects team for having butter-fingers in the few instances you get to witness it. Again, foreshadowing, especially since we know what happens thanks to the first movie. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Amityville II: The Possession is directed by Damiano Damiani and co-adapted to screenplay by Tommy Lee Wallace and Dardano Sacchetti from the Hans Holzer novel, Murder in Amityville. Adamsky sees Sonny as cops take him away. Meantime ,the priest is attempting to find out the bottom of events by ways of the cellar . So, yeah, he is set up to be the bad one in all of this. Not necessarily, but it does say it is based on a book, though. Don't get me wrong, there were still some creepy moments (the mother feeling a presence in the basement, Sonny being attacked by the presence and hearing the voices), but it was mainly made up of bad writing and awkward dialog. And finds the prayer book in his car torn to ribbons. So is Sonny already possessed, given how moody he is? Murder and Possession at 112 Ocean Avenue. This is not a film that wants to be taken seriously by portraying itself as realistic. Relevance. Mother is the religious one, makes them remember to do prayer before eating. You are introduced to a messed up family moving into a house, perhaps with the hope that a change like this will make things in their life better. I first saw it when it hit cable. These are the least of the families worries, however. The Amityville Horror novel is still one of the scariest books I've ever read, and most would agree that the original film did little justice to the stellar prose. But overall, I would say to watch it for the good parts I mentioned and then make fun of the rest. I am not a huge fan of the Amityville Horror (1979), it was okay movie but not that scary, as it was made out to be. Still have questions? But, really, what teenage boy is truly trustworthy? Which is an interesting deviation from other early exorcism cinema, where usually you have a skeptical priest who has to be convinced that something is happening. At times Sonny looks and acts okay, other times not. He felt a great disturbance in the Force. Creepy is the best word to review this film! Not exactly a warm figure. Interesting: the demon voice sounds like Clancy Brown, but IMDb lists three people for the voice, and they are all women. The movie was based on the actual family who lived in the Amityville house, the DeFeo's, who were all murdered by the oldest son. Part one was so phony that it was even comical in parts (not to mention the over-acting). Based on a true story, and another example of a supernatural occurrence investigated by the Warrens (of The Conjuring fame), the original film focuses on a family where a father becomes increasingly unstable and a threat to his family, seemingly due to the past events that occurred within the house they recently purchased. Mangal Films. So far the Dad comes off as overbearing, militaristic, oppressive. What is so utterly endearing with it, is the willingness to flush the pestilent flower face of joy and positiveness down the filthy drain, and if it for some nauseating reason should manage to climb up again, down again it shall be trodden!! The throbbing parts of his body are a nice touch. He seems to see whatever is causing the POV camera shot, although nothing is there. atmosphere is the keyword when it comes down to good horror, and that's why "Exorcist 3", "Woman in Black", "Jacobs Ladder", "Society" etc. Says she felt like someone touched her, fingers on her arm. What follows are my notes and reflections from watching Amityville II: The Possession. Avoiding Horror: The Amityville Horror ( Spoilers ) Movie Review. Another part that separates this from the previous film is the music. The ending was very weak and fell flat. Patricia thinks Father tries to marital rape Mother. No idea if this kid is a virgin or not, but getting possessed appears to cause the house to go batshit as he screams out in pain and fear. A different priest shows up, takes Sonny away to the cops, promising to make them understand it was not his fault — the killings or the break from jail? Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The reality is that regardless of whether this house was possessed or not, this family (the Montellis) brought it's own demons with it. | For me, this movie is similar to Ju-On (2002) or The Exorcist (1973) where as I'm watching some of the scarier scenes, I'm actually looking over my shoulder. Because of these features, unlike the first film, this movie fits with the exorcism cinema project. It focuses around a vulnerable teen, with a typically abusive father, and a typical victim family. However, this film (although not a sequel but a prequel) was really. if they are possessing individuals, then they are not doing to make people do good in the world. Again with the floating POV camera, going through the house, demonic noises as it sees the crucifix on the wall. There is an arm coming out of the wall, an arch in the middle of darkness, in this room…and the POV camera goes to him as he walks away. Adamsky goes to look at the house — totally replicating Exorcist in shot and even music. Defeo was found guilty and sent to prison, but the events that unfolded that November inspired the entire saga behind what is now known as "The Amityville Horror". What he inadvertently did was release an evil spirit that's festering under the house that was originally built back in the early 18th century on a sacred Indian burial site. So the young girl “plays” with the young boy (these kids are real-life brother and sister) by putting a plastic bag over the boy’s head, saying you are dead…. Adamsky seems to sense something is wrong with the boy. Knowing the true story behind the killings made this movie all the more creepy to sit through. Sonny, reborn, raised up in steam as if on a crucifix, his face completely healed. 18:14. The movie starts off with a focus on young children, even in how the opening music seems to have a girl singing a lullaby, making the music creepy. Directed by Damiano Damiani. The iconic Dutch Colonial style building at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, is best known today for the extraordinary account of a haunting at the house in 1976. Man this movie just keeps going and going. I personally would go as far as to say it was better than the original in that it tells the story from another perspective than the original did. Nothing great but better than the original. 1:05 [Watch Amityville II: The Possession Full Movie] kathryn wihelmina. It is based on the teenage boy who brutally murdered his entire family and believed that he did so while being possessed by forces inside the house, which is a true story. Really drives home the idea that something is inside of him, which furthers the metaphor that Sonny is being raped by this demonic entity. And what twisted tones to accompany the stomping boots of night?!! But I think the ideas "thrown in" add a sense of kraziness into the whole story. Okay, guess Sonny wasn’t, because now he is home alone, hearing lots of strange noises. “Just for a second.” What the hell kind of sister is this? It is genuinely scary and pretty realistic (for a horror movie about demonic possession). Perhaps we can also see these films as a way to explain why young people have started to go against their elders, against tradition, starting in the late 1960s. Teen boy’s face peels off to reveal the demon? But the sequel? Thus, this will be insane. It doesn't matter to me whether or not The Amityville Horror is truth or fiction. The Convergent Nature of Professional Wrestling, Oldboy: A case study in intercultural adaptation theory, View carrielynnreinhard’s profile on YouTube, Professional Wrestling Studies Association, Deliver Us From Evil: The Danger of Possessing Men | It's Playing, Just With Research, The Unborn: Exorcism, the Holocaust, and Twins | It's Playing, Just With Research, The Possession and the Traditional Exorcism Narrative | It's Playing, Just With Research. Lol, with all the crazy sexual scenes in this movie. PromoMii. That was the only difference. And the flies return, when one of the moving guys finds the hidden room from the first movie and investigates the leaking. Lovely. Anyways, the movie was decent and worth seeing at least once. But, that may be for a reason. PromoMii. Horror Channel - Amityville 2 The Possession. We have the same house from the first movie, as the focus on the demonic eye windows in the side view reveals. This movie is based on the story of Ronald DeFeo Jr., the man that killed his family in real life - he was tried and convicted of 2nd Degree Murder. He realizes this, calls on God to not forsake him. It is directed by an Italian. The soundtrack is very creepy and the actors are very likable, so you really feel sorry for them when they all bite the dust. Phones have been smashed. Indeed, the characters were changed from the Defeos to the Montellis, and while it claims to be a prequel, it is unclear in the movie whether it is meant to take place before The Amityville Horror or after. I have never yelled at movie characters more than this! 1 Answer. Change ). Which leads him into the basement, and he hears many whispers coming from the hidden room. Which could just indicate a moody teen. Excellence!! 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 . PromoMii. The movie is about an Italian-American family that moves into a house built on an ancient Indian burial ground. 2:03. Only the local priest can save him. ( Log Out /  2:16. But Sonny is clearly meant to convey an unnatural sexuality, given the incestuous relationship with his sister. The priest tries praying to vanquish the malignant spirit , staggering from room to room with the doors mysteriously slam . He knows, the look says. The Amityville Horror (1979) has had a long lasting cultural impact, spawning a remake in 2005 and numerous sequels, prequels, sidequels, TV references, and more. The priest lives, possessed, with an uncertain future, just as Sonny lives, with an uncertain future. The part when "Sunny" points a shotgun at his father after he punched his wife is valid too except that, in the real case, Butch pulled the trigger with no shells inside. Adamsky goes immediately to the chancellor to approve an exorcism, but the chancellor refuses, and wants Adamsky to make certain it is not something else. The fact that one of the first things possessed Sonny does is seduce his sister indicates that possession is being linked with sexuality.

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