Amityville Death House

Wow this is bad, really bad. Not even Eric Roberts voice to save this movie.

The acting is terrible, the characters are uninteresting and the special effects are dire. There is nothing interesting or entertaining about this film, it's not even so bad it's good, it is just plain bad.

Why is Eric Roberts even in this? You even get to see him.

This movie may have had a good idea but did not have the budget or talent or vision to do anything with it.

I sat through this dreck hoping to find something, anything I could like about the movie, but nope. I would not recommend watching this at all. Maybe with a better cast and director it might have been a good horror film but sadly it was not even fun to watch,

This film essentially begins with a woman being beheaded for witchcraft approximately 300 years earlier not too far from where the town of Amityville is now located. Fast forward to the present day where a young woman in college named "Tiffany" (Krysten St. Pierre) and three of her friends are traveling up from the Gulf Coast and decide to stop at the infamous house in Amityville to visit her sick grandmother. What they don't realize, however, is that a warlock (played by Eric Roberts) is busy casting a deadly spell intended for the descendants of those who killed the witch--and Tiffany is one of his targets. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this film may have had some potential, but it failed miserably in that regard. For starters, it became quite noticeable early on that this was a low-budget production due to the mediocre camera work, bad makeup, poor direction and rather basic acting skills on the part of some of the actors. Admittedly, Krysten St. Pierre performed reasonably well and some of the CGI wasn't too bad either. Then again, there were other times that the CGI was just plain awful. Be that as it may, the bottom line is that this was not a good film and I have rated it accordingly.

On the whole, this is a decently written screenplay limited by budget. It would be a better film if the actors were more capable (less awkward, more professional) save Eric Roberts who was the only bright spot in the whole dismal affair.

I'm giving it 4-stars. I was going to give it three but Eric Roberts did a great job with what he was handed.

Despite watching wall to wall dreadful Amityville films for some reason I had higher hopes for this one. I thought the cover art was fantastic, almost a homage to old B movies and I wanted to see what was going on with this big boobed spider woman! Alas I was foolish in my expectations and yet again this blatant cash grab failed to deliver on every front. And the spider woman? Well there is one, barely.....but that isn't her on the cover.

With yet another baffling storyline, clear budget limitations and awful cast this can be put on the shelf right alongside all the other embarrassing Amityville efforts.

The Good:

Interesting covert art

The Bad:

Cover art is a lie

Shoddy camera work

Eric Roberts is just terrible here

Awful deaths

Effects are just pitiful

Mysterious whispers have never worked

Why cast Eric Roberts if you aren't even going to show his face?

This is a Palonia brothers movie. When you see that name, you know what you're getting (or not getting to be more accurate).

Will there be a good script? No.

Will the direction be good? No.

Will any of the actors be even remotely talented? No.

Will the special effects knock your socks off? No.

Having none of these things can often lead to a great time while watching a movie (see: Neil Breen, Jim Wynorski, Andy Sidaris, Albert Pyun, Fred Olen Ray, etc, films for example).

And really, that's what makes the Palonia Bros so terrible. They can't even screw up in a way to make it fun. They just churn out these boring, awful films.

This one is no different. Avoid it. Go watch something by one of the guys names above and thank me later.