The Amityville Curse (1990) (V)

Director:

Tom Berry

Writers:

Hans Holzer (book)
Michael Krueger (story) ...

Release Date:

7 May 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

It began as a best selling book, then exploded into movie history by shocking audiences around the world. Now, one of the greatest horror sagas of all time returns...

Plot:

Five people spend the night in an abandoned house, the Amityville haunted house, and soon find themselves terrorized by assorted ghosts, venomous insects and ghostly apparitions. |

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Power Tool | Bathtub Scene | Hanged Boy | Circular Saw

Cast

Kim Coates	...	Frank
Dawna Wightman	...	Debbie
Helen Hughes	...	Mrs. Moriarty
David Stein	...	Marvin
Anthony Dean Rubes	...	Bill
Cassandra Gava	...	Abigail
Jan Rubes	...	Priest
Norris Domingue	...	Detective
Scott Yaphe	...	Thin Boy (as Scott Howard)
Mark Camacho	...	Krabel
Tyrone Benskin	...	Video Technician
Ali Giron	...	Waitress
Griffith Brewer	...	Local
Ted A. Bohus	...	Ghoul

Runtime:

USA:91 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Company:

Allegro Films

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the beginning of the movie they can't get the lights in the house to work. Someone suggests that they have to call "Con Edison". If the movie takes place in Amityville, Long Island they should be calling "LILCO". LILCO (Long Island Lighting Company) services Long Island. Con Edison services New York City.

Movie Connections:

Follows Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Cortigiani. vil razza

Here we go again...

Yet another family, actually a group of friends this time, fall prey to supernatural occurrences, when they move into a run down old house where a Priest had been murdered there a year prior & soon one of them has hideous nightmares about the place & about something attempting to get them all. Fifth film in the never ending Amityville series (And the last to do with an actual possessed house, before we got into the whole cursed objects bit that followed in the later sequels) is certainly not the worst film I've seen, (believe me folks there are worse movies out there!) but it ain't the best I've seen either, a lot of the problem is that unless I'm mistaken, they seem to be trying to pass off the notion that this house is the original Amityville house or at least trying to pass it off that this house was built on the same lot, but in all honesty it has very little to do with the previous 4 films & is the only one in the series that does not feature the actual house. The make-up effects weren't to bad, but the film never gets interesting & just chugs along at a slow pace. Fans of the series may like it, but one thing is for sure this is definitely the weakest in the series! Followed by a sequel, AMITYVILLE 1992: IT'S ABOUT TIME

*1/2 (stars)