Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

I love this movie so much

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

If you enjoyed The Exorcist and the original Amityville Horror film then you might get a kick out of Amityville 2: The Possession. This movie is based on the story of Ronald DeFeo Jr., the man that killed his family in real life - he was tried and convicted of 2nd Degree Murder.The original Amityville Horror film is based on the real story of George and Kathy Lutz who left the home 28 days after of living there - claiming it was haunted.It is safe to say that Amityville 2 is a prequel to Amityville Horror. Both films are worth watching if you like haunted houses and demon possession stories.8/10

Saw this in the mid 80s on a VHS. Revisited it recently on a DVD. This is creepy n better than the original. It is also disturbing n repulsive. There are some occasionally scary moments, decent make-up FX, chilling atmosphere n it also has Lalo Schifrins marvelous score once again. We also have some demonic possession n exorcism which weren't there in the original. Pure Exorcist rip off style. The film has moments of tension but it does get a lil boring coz of its length. The movie has some great moving overhead camera shots by Franco Di Giacomo. Decent cinematography there. I was put off by the incest scene. Burt Youngs character is one of the best thing about this movie. He is a typical abusive patriarch n the guy owns the role.This movie being a prequel to the original, it contradicts the opening of the original film in two scenes. In the original, the murder happens while all of em r sleeping but in this one they r awake n they try to run. In the original, the bodies r removed in the night but in this one they r taken out in the morning.

This horror prequel depicts the events that lead to the massacre of a family. The movie was based on the actual family who lived in the Amityville house, the DeFeo's, who were all murdered by the oldest son. There are inaccuracies to not only the real events, but to the events depicted in the first movie. I remember being told this movie was "scarier than the first one," but I found myself laughing at most of it. Don't get me wrong, there were still some creepy moments (the mother feeling a presence in the basement, Sonny being attacked by the presence and hearing the voices), but it was mainly made up of bad writing and awkward dialog. Some of the special effects were surprisingly done very well for their time. Jack Magner also did an exceptional job portraying a young man slowly losing his mind to a maleficent force. It was decent, even with the bad dialog, until the last twenty minutes or so. The ending was very weak and fell flat. But overall, I would say to watch it for the good parts I mentioned and then make fun of the rest.

I remember first watching this film when i was very young and bein obsessed with it over the years totally forgot bout it until other night come online & watched it there was so much i had forgot,, i was totally enthralled..This has to be the eeriest house ever this has some spooky camera work and the creepiest music. has some great makeup & effects considering when this was made. always some thing going on so you wont get bored This in my book is the best horror of all time..i come away after watchin other night so glad id watched it again..I don't understand how some people cant like this...this film has u wanting to know just whats in that scary part of the house so bad