Amityville: A New Generation Reviews

Initial Thought: I'm still working on the Amityville train. I bet that will be a future sequel. This one looks to be quite horrible given what I have seen in the trailer. It also doesn't help that this sequel has the dreadful Lin Shaye. Anyways I guess I shall get this over with.

Characters/Acting: It seems that priests have lost their relevance in the series since there are none here or in the previous film. David Naughton is a decent choice here as he made a nice impression with An American Werewolf in London. Richard Roundtree seems a bit of an odd choice, but a welcome addition to this strange mix of actors. Terry O'Quinn is probably the best out of everyone here. I wish this didn't have Lin Shaye in it. I completely despise every time I see her after watching the ghost movie Dead End. I never understand the DeFeo stuff. The names never match up and the killings are never in the same way. So either this series doesn't know how to keep it's story making sense or they are all similar fates to which new families never learn the dangers the house represents. Anyways I thought the acting was decent here except for the main guy who needed some practice. I did even like the characters themselves.

Story: The Amityville house is still known to be destroyed, but it looks like another artifact in the form of a mirror is out and about. I'm beginning to think pretty much anything that is in Amityville is possessed. This really reminded me of Mirrors with the way everything happens. That has to be one of the dirtiest and unorganized looking functioning mental hospitals. There was one thing in particular that I don't understand why someone would make. It was like a saw trap for the amusement of a party. There was a little bit of pretty decent deaths and some gore. The ending was pretty good and wasn't at all that predictable.

Directing/Writing: John Murlowski is known for making some really awful movies. He made Santa With Muscles and the Richie Rich sequel Christmas Wish which lacked the luster of it's predecessor. Christopher DeFaria and Antonio Toro return from the previous film as the writers here. They continue to do a decent job of keeping your attention. While Murlowski is said to be pretty bad I was surprised with how enjoyable he made this.

Final Thought: It's surprisingly much better than it's trailer is. The vibe of the movie kind of reminded of Nightmare on Elm Street and Evil Dead. This is quite the roller coaster of a series. You have awful entries. You have decent entries like this one. Also you get a few that are quite fun. That's just within the first seven as well as the remake. Anyways you might be able to enjoy this one if you liked the previous one. It also has some pretty well known decent actors who might be one of the things that really improves the entire experience.