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The Amityville Curse

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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.

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...

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.

This movie has nothing to do with the house and I don't think the title should even contain the word Amityville cause It has nothing REALLY to do with Amityville. If you want to fall asleep at night, put this movie in and I guarentee you will be asleep in less than 15 minutes. (Another good movie to fall asleep by is "High Planes Drifter")

The Amityville Curse 1989 is a Canadian Made movie, It's such an Awful movie, not even scary. It's so bad you can't wait for each character to meet their end in the movie! Horrible Acting.

Whilst it is not the best in the series, it is quite intriguing to watch this film. If you know Hans Holzers works, then this film will make more sense. But if you sit and watch, and listen, then the film does have an internal logic.
I presume that the main reason people condemn the film is that the focus is more on character and plot points than WHAM in your face FX.
Overall, it is a "Sins of the Fathers" type of film, and works well in this sense.

I believe that this is one of those films where they were on a very low budget and want to entice viewers with a new story they can make possible with a small budget.

This is another installment of the Amityville Horror's collection. This time the house is completely diffrent. The Name "Curse" in this movie is actually simple to understand why the movie had a new house.

Curse is about a home in Amityville that is haunted, not by demons from the other Amityvilles. Curse is used because the town of Amityville is cursed for haunted houses and that is why many people don't understand this movie. It has nothing to do with Ocean Avenue. Remember Halloween 3? This is sort of like that.

As for the movie:
It's not that bad, It is an average horror film on a low budget. It does try to have a plot and it does have a nice twist towards the end.

Acting:
It isnt that bad, I mean, it is better than Amityville II (Acting wise). You may or may not feel sorry for Debbie and you may (Most Likely) hate Marvin and the other characters are not the best.

I hate to repeat some of the things that other reviewers have said, but this movie is a real let down in comparison to the rest of the series. There's only two people in this whole movie who know how to act and the majority of the film is boring and uneventful. The only thing that saves the movie is the last 15 minutes or so. This ending sequence turns the movie from a boring chiller into an average horror film. To me, this seems to be the most displaced part of an already disjointed series. The only story line this film follows is the one that it establishes in the beginning of the film. If there's supposed to be any supernatural horror here, it is not shown very much. The picture quality of the movie even seems to look different than the rest of the series, like they used a different type of film stock. As of this writing 'The Amityville Curse' is not available on region 1 DVD. Not that I really care, but the completist in me would prefer that the people that own the rights to the Amityville series would just release one big box set with all the movies on DVD.

The actual true story of "The Amityville Curse" took place in the house the first one took place in. In this one it is a different house that is in Amityville. I red the book by Hans Holzer, and it took place in the same house that the first one took place in. Some of the things that happened in this one I don't recall happening in the book "The Amityville Curse," such as the murder of a priest at his church, and the murderer of that priest living in that house.

"Amityville: The Curse" is one boring movie. It's incoherent, elongated, doesn't make any sense and fails to capture the viewer's attention. There's very little to like about this movie. I have no earthly idea what this movie has to do with the rest of the series. Basically, someone kills a priest during a confession, and the confessional compartment is somehow located in this strange house that some people move into. This movie is essentially much ado about nothing as nothing of any consequence takes place for very long periods during the movie. The movies simply never gets off the ground and nothing is established so there's ultimately nothing to build on. The movie attempts a thriller ending but fails dramatically because of its lack of meaningful development. My advice is to stay clear and stick with Amityville 1-3 which are good horror movies, and the remake--review coming soon--which isn't that bad.