This is a film review of the "Amityville Horror" which I wrote for my college newspaper.
Title: This is a film review of the "Amityville Horror" which I wrote for my college newspaper. Category:Entertainment / Movies & Film Details: Words: 658 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
This is a film review of the "Amityville Horror" which I wrote for my college newspaper.
Going over the same ground as the original 1975 cult classic and its many derivative offspring, this "Amityville Horror" provides enough of a shiver for novice horror fans to guarantee an opening-weekend audience but, for more well-versed fans of the genre, will feel like a redundant round of recycling.
The script here differs slightly from the original but still has not figured out how to solve the ending. With the ominous (and highly suspect) intro "Based on a true story," this version cuts quickly to the …showed first 85 words of 658 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 658 total…talk about the fact that while the original book was published as nonfiction, the story has been thoroughly discredited.
Families who see this movie might want to look at the very unusual reviewsby two critics who didn't make it to the end of the movie. Families who enjoy watching scary ghost movies might want to see the original Amityville Horror (1975). Also picking up the ghosts with unresolved issues theme are The Grudge and The Ring. The Shining is one of the best of the genre.
