Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Writers:

Hans Holzer (book)
Tommy Lee Wallace (writer)

Release Date:

24 September 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Don't forget to check under the bed...

Plot:

Prequel to the first Amityville set years before the Lutz family moved into the infamous haunted house, has the Montelli family moving into the ominous Long Island house where their eldest son becomes possessed by the evil lurking within.

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Patricide | Church | Son | Child Murder

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

James Olson	...	Father Adamsky
Burt Young	...	Anthony Montelli
Rutanya Alda	...	Dolores Montelli
Jack Magner	...	Sonny Montelli
Andrew Prine	...	Father Tom
Diane Franklin	...	Patricia Montelli
Moses Gunn	...	Detective Turner
Ted Ross	...	Mr. Booth, the Lawyer
Erika Katz	...	Jan Montelli
Brent Katz	...	Mark Montelli
Leonardo Cimino	...	Chancellor
Danny Aiello III	...	Removal Man 1
Gilbert Stafford	...	Removal Man 2
Petra Lea	...	Mrs. Greer
Alan Dellay	...	Judge (as Allan Dellay)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Mexico | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:M (original rating) | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 (censored version) | France:-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #26777) | West Germany:16 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Churubusco Studios, Mexico City, México D.F., Mexico

Company:

Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

Trivia:

Near the end of the movie when Sonny returns to the home and is in his now vacated room. There is a poster from the movie Rocky (1976) hanging on the wall. Burt Young was a costar in the Rocky franchise.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Sonny surprises the priest at the Amityville house by flying across the room you can see the string on Sonny's back.

Movie Connections:

Follows The Amityville Horror (1979)

Soundtrack:

WHITE OUT

And atmosphere usurps the throne!!

It may lack originality, it is surely inspired by both The Exorcist and Evil Dead(at least the two most obvious.), 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. But then I ask you all,do you honestly think that this matter at all, when the film,all the way through to the end, positively reeks of brilliant, demonic, negative and cold atmosphere?!! For me(and it should be for every decent horrorfan!) atmosphere is the keyword when it comes down to good horror, and that's why "Exorcist 3", "Woman in Black", "Jacobs Ladder", "Society" etc. are all superb films. And likewise with "Amityville:"The Possession". 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!! And what twisted tones to accompany the stomping boots of night?!! Excellence!! Witness simple but superb scenes like the chasing scene up the stairs, the paintbrush honouring the wall with disharmony, the mischievous pounding on the door, the diabolical face of the golden boy,and tell me, tell me that this is not superb, twisted and dark horror?!