Amityville: Dollhouse (1996) (V)

Director:

Steve White

Writer:

Joshua Michael Stern (writer)

Release Date:

18 February 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Home is where the Horror is...

Plot:

A children's doll house, which is a miniature of the infamous haunted Long Island house, is given to a young girl where the demonic evil soon comes out to cause more terror.

Plot Keywords:

Haunted House | Dollhouse | Sequel | Paranormal Phenomena | Occult

Cast

Robin Thomas	...	Bill Martin
Starr Andreeff	...	Claire Martin (as Starr Adreeff)
Allen Cutler	...	Todd Martin
Rachel Duncan	...	Jessica Martin
Jarrett Lennon	...	Jimmy Martin
Clayton Murray	...	Jimmy's Father
Franc Ross	...	Tobias
Lenore Kasdorf	...	Aunt Marla
Lisa Robin Kelly	...	Dana

Also Known As:

Amityville Dollhouse: Evil Never Dies (USA) (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, sexuality, and some language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:16 | USA:R (Certificate #34409) | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | UK:18 | South Korea:All

Company:

Promark Entertainment Group

Trivia:

On the original poster art, and the UK cover art, the scene is more from Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989). You can tell because the lamp from the fourth movie is in front of the girl on the floor, and it's clear that she's in the attic from the fourth movie. Also, the girl in the poster is not Rachel Duncan (Jessica), but instead Brandy Gold from the fourth movie.

Movie Connections:

Follows The Amityville Horror (1979)

Dumb script, banal dialogue, cheap special effects!

What kind of guy is going to build his new home on the old Amityville plot and then put a dollhouse of the original building in his young daughter's bedroom? Well dumb father Robin Thomas does. He obviously hasn't seen the previous films in this awful horror series (this is installment number 8).

As the demons take over the house, the family gradually start to go crazy. Stepmom Claire goes mad with lust for her husband's sexy muscular son, Todd, and drives herself insane; nerdy kid Jimmy loses his pet mouse in the dollhouse and it mutates into a giant freak under his sister's bed (though the special effects budget only stretches to a big rubber tail poking out); a zombie axeman stalks the house and the family car comes to life, but amazingly nobody seems that upset by it all.

When the forces of evil actually manifest themselves, they look like cast-offs from the Muppet Show! No scares to be found here, just a few unintentional laughs and a bit of sex. This movie is a real STINKER!