Product Details

• Actors: Kim Coates, Dawna Wightman, Helen Hughes, David Stein, Anthony Dean Rubes
• Directors: Tom Berry
• Writers: Michael Krueger, Doug Olson, Hans Holzer, Norvell Rose
• Producers: A.B. Goldberg, Franco Battista, Michael Krueger
• Format: PAL
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000066CSC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230,380 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Amityville Curse" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Horror! The Horror!, October 15, 2001

By 

Jonathan Schaper (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Amityville Curse (1989) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the absolute worst in a "series" of awful movies, and this time there isn't even anything supernatural in it! The only way to get across how stupid it is is to describe the plot of this cheap Canadian production.

Two yuppies move into a totally run-down house and three of their friends move in to help do repairs. They discover such mysterious things as a rat infestation, a large spider, weak floorboards and plumbing problems, but manage to fight back with their tool kits and knowledge of home repair. Meanwhile, the wife (who considers herself psychic) decides that "house needs repairs" = "house is infested by evil" and spazzes out over it all, although when she first saw the house she had a "psychic" feeling that they should buy it. Things get even more mysterious when they discover an old Catholic church confesssional stored in the basement (why in God's name is it there!!) and when a neighbourhood dog barks at them (how supernatural!!). Oh yeah, there's also an old woman with one eye hanging around agreeing with the wife that the house is "evil", and some guy who occassionally stands around on their front lawn and doesn't do anything but stare blankly at the house.

Finally, during the last ten minutes of the film, all but two of the above characters get killed (off screen!) because coincidentally it turns out that one of the people staying in the house shot a priest to death in the very same confessional now stored in the basement and suppressed the memory, so this person goes psycho after seeing the confessional. There is, however, one survivor who easily beats up the killer, although most of the other victims were much stronger physically and should have been able to defend themselves just as well.

This Old House is far more exciting.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Did I miss something? Like the point to this movie?, September 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Amityville Curse (1989) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I've seen the earlier movies and liked most of them. I actuallysaw a broadband showing of this on my computer.

I have no idea whyits called Amityville. The house is different, and it is NOT scary inthe least. I had to pause it and come back about 5 times to finish itI was so bored.

Completely predictable...

If you are EXTREMELYbored, need sleep material, or just can't find ANYTHING better to do,this is the movie to watch.

Biggest waste of 1 1/2 hours I can thinkof.

A child could watch it and not get scared. I have no idea whythey even put Amityville in the title. The ONLY connection I saw isthat the house is in Long Island, NY like the first house. Other thanthat, it's a totally different movie.

I don't even want to thinkabout this...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Amityville Curse (1990), August 18, 2006

By 

Chad DeFeo "(ChandlerBingFan)" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Amityville Curse (DVD)

In 1990, another Amityville installment was released. The name of this fifth Amityville installment is...THE AMITYVILLE CURSE. This film was pretty good, in my opinion. Sure it isn't THE AMITYVILLE HORROR or AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION, but this one is a worthy sequel.

An unseen assailant murders a Priest in his confessional, forcing the Church to close. Years later, a married couple named DEBBIE (played by Dawna Wightman) and FRANK (played by Kim Coates) buy the beautiful colonial house on 112 Ocean Ave. Debbie finds herself feeling strangely drawn to the house because she has seen it in her dreams. After moving into the house, Debbie's dreams become more intense, which strengthen the evil within the house, where all the nightmarish hauntings REALLY begin. First, the Priest's former housekeeper is murdered by an unseen force, other hauntings go on, where Debbie must battle the evil and save herself, her husband, hopefully put an end to Amityville's evil.

Again, this was a worthy sequel. I really did enjoy this one. I am surprise at how well this turned out. Yeah, it isn't as good as the first or second installments, but this is a great sequel for all Amityville fans.