Amityville II The POSSESSION (Scariest Haunted House Movie Ever?!)
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- Опубліковано 13 лис 2020
- For years I've heard legend of Amityville 2 The Possession. Supposedly it's much better, and scarier, than it's predecessor. I finally watched it. It's the scariest haunted house film ever made. Here's my review. #Amityville2ThePossession #HauntedHouse
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This movie is one of the scariest movies to me. They did this so right. The creepiness, the effects, sound, picture and acting all jelled so well and stuck with me to this day.
this is the best Amityville horror movie I seen .it scares the hell out of me when I first saw it.
Finally someone else who appreciates this movie, I love this movie even more than the original. Glad you liked it.
It's amazing.
I agree with you
Check out The Amityville Murders, you will love it.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews diane franklin needs to keep her damn clothes on in any movie...this woman is always naked in all her films...hate to slut shame ....but if the shoe fits...
Scary, darker, the sounds, the ost, everything on this movie is amazing. One most creepy movies ever made.
This movie scared the $#!t out of me when I was a kid in the 80s and rented it on VHS. Gave me nightmares for weeks. Great haunted house horror flick in my opinion...
My older cousin made me watch it when i was 10 years old, talk about nightmares!!!!
I lived in a haunted house as a kid. This movie made that experience even worse.
Same. I watched it when I was around 8. Couldn’t stop thinking about it for weeks
The first three are really REALLY good! The first one that is based on the book is for me honestly kind of meh. But THIS one The Possession, that is based on the what actually happened in that house before the Lutzes moved in, is the absolute best. There is just something sinister and evil in the film itself, as if it is haunted. It just reeks of evil. This is the sort of film that Hollywood couldn't make today if they even tried. It is just pure and silent and horrible in every imaginable way. It details the decline into evil after this family moves in perfectly, and it gives you a genuine feeling that you took a bit of that evil with you after you're done watching. This is the movie that resembles that night mare you had and you wake up in the silence of your bedroom and even when you turn on the lights the sinister feeling that somebody walked over your grave is still in the air.
Well said!
I’m with you all the way on this. This movie scared me senseless when I was a child, and it still creeps me out like no other now as an adult. So glad you discovered this gem!
I saw this in 82 and it was terrifying! I’m so glad you did a review on it and gave it such high praise. I completely agree with you, that scene with the table cloth is an “ohhhhh shit” moment! 😱. More people need to see this movie! 👍🏼👍🏼
I can't believe it took me this long to see this Kimberely. I remember seeing it advertised on HBO back in the 80s. It's amazing.
I agree completely that more people need to watch this. I've been recommending it to people for years, and it used to always disgust me when a friend I recommended it to claimed it wasn't scary. Yeah right, if this isn't scary then nothing is.
stop lying
I love this movie!! It was very scary. The sequence with him running from the demon is so effective. That sequence frightens me to this day!!
The 80s was the greatest decade for horror movies in my opinion.
Agreed.
I was going to disagree with this comment when I first read it, but then I thought about it, and imo there are very few really good horror movies that have ever been made. The three horror movies that I have seen the most times (dozens of times each one) are Amityville II, Poltergeist and the original Nightmare on Elm St, and they're all 80s flicks - so maybe you're right lol. The Thing is often described as a horror, wrongly imo - it's not scary enough - but it's a great movie. And An American Werewolf in London is more of a comedy-horror and isn't scary but I find it tremendously enjoyable (I wish it was longer!) and rewatch it every few years too.
Preach mate
Yup, by far. I am a mid 80's teenager kid that used to go and watch every freakin' sci-fi, horror, fantasy movies every week.
Good review. This is one of my fave horrors. One of the most underrated movies ever.
Thanks for watching!
It’s a real hidden gem. One of my absolute favourites.
The Yodah of movie analysis the legendary ,the Great Rob ager God bless him the whole of Britian is proud of you
It does get kind of silly 75% in when it turns into the Exorcist, but that first hour and 10 minutes were fucking scary and well made. The way the demon moans when it sees the crucifix hanging on the wall only for its it cover it with a tablecloth?!!!Lord have mercy!
It does the exorcism scenes better than The Exorcist though.
I saw Amityville 2: The Possession at my aunt's house as a child and I thought that it was very scary
I can only imagine how much this movie would have screwed me up as a kid haha.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews I ran to my aunt's bedroom that night and asked to sleep in her room because I was scared out of my mind
I prefer this over the first film honestly
Oh me too.
For sure. Truthfully, the first film is kinda dull; not much happens until the last 15 minutes.
I understand why people like it, it's a classic, but the 2nd is superior in every way to me. One of the scariest horror movies too, the first is too boring for me.
Love this flick. The good old days when horror flick flicks were done by real outcasts, not by marketing departments like since the last couple of decades.
Soooo true.
I’m a horror aficionado and this movie is one of the scariest I’ve ever seen! Definitely in my top five.
One of my favorites, this one used to scare the shit outta me when i was a kid , still does 🧟♂️🍿🧟♂️
Same here
It's horror in the purest sense.
It’s always been my favorite in the series. A creepy aesthetic from beginning to end. The attic scene gave me nightmares for years.
My favorite Amityville film. It has a nice mix of the first Amityville Horror, The Exorcist, Italian horror films and a bit of Evil Dead. I got to meet Burt Young a few years back and he was such a kind man in person.
Amityville II: The Possession is a fantastic prequel! It deserves more recognition it is suspenseful and really scary and I just love the performances by everybody, and yes I even mean the mom! She did a great performance, it's just when she tries to look scared....
I was SHOCKED at how scary this was! I watched it on TV one night expecting nothing spectacular... I WAS WRONG 😳😂🎬
The scariest horror movie for me. Sonny's presence sand acting is brilliantly executed, especially his stare and his grin
This also freaked me out watching on HBO in the early 80s - the only entry in the franchise that actually scared me.
Most haunted house movies don’t do it for me either since I like more visceral horror.
Even though Amityville II was advertised as a "Prequel" it's actually implied that it is sequel. There's a scene with Diane Franklin's character talking to Sonny when they move into the house, and saying "How there was a girl 'like her' here before her which sorta implies she's talking about Dawn DeFeo. Plus, the massacres in the second film and the opening of the first film are completely different.
Very good point actually. It kind of stands on its own.
Hey Drum my dude! Yeah, I first saw this movie, it was on one of the movie channels late night. I was like 8-9 years old. And it really scared the hell out of me. And it really stayed with me too. Then as an adult I gave it a view, not that long ago ironically. And this movie holds up very dam well, and it was like watching it with a much better understanding, and also there were parts that obviously I didn't catch as a youngster. And this movie is a true hidden horror gem. I mean such dark and evil undertones. This movie deserves much more credit, and I'm so very glad you're putting this one out there to the masses my friend. But this movie is heartless, it doesn't care or shy away from anything, and boy oh boy! What a great movie! And a true story as well. But make no bones about it, this movie imo is more evil than the Exorcist. And the acting is top notch. Especially Burt Young as the abusive father. I can say this movie may definitely not be for everyone, due to extremely dark and evil that goes on from beginning to end. I mean even when the family first moved into the home and they are just going about what they do, that very primal and mean spirited undertone is always looming. It's always present. I love this movie, it's a completely underrated horror classic in every way. And at times can equally be a hard watch. And that's one of the many reasons this movie rocks! Sorry so long guys, but Horror Guy loves discussing great horror movies! Be safe! ☠️
The conjuring is the scarist movie I've seen but this one is pretty damn close 2nd place with the conjuring 2
I love both Conjurings, but they do feel a bit "over produced" compared to this.
@Drumdums Fair enough honestly
This is one of the most underrated 80's Horror, surprised you haven't seen this one.
Of all the Amityville films I find this one the scariest, the possession scene alone is terrifying throw in a wife beating husband (Yo Paulie), creepy scenes especially the familys murder, a uncomfortable incestuous relationship berween the siblings & some impressive make up effects you have a terrifying horror flick.
Apparently the scenes which were cut was even more graphic.
Fantastic review Lee you summed this film up perfectly.
I was just going to say....you summed it up perfectly hahaha. But that murder scene is one of the most effective and cryptic scenes of the type I've ever witnessed. So good.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews I seen these on vhs in mid 80s my mom used let me watch R (18) rated films & I remember renting this & being scared shitless by it.
I also remember warching Amityville Horror on UK ITV in 1984 when premiered because we were on holiday in Torquay scared me especially the "GET OUT" shout at the priest.
Amityville II is an awesome movie. I remember being truly scared by this movie when I was a kid. The "Creep Factor" is high with this movie!
It's a brilliant horror sequel. 😀👍
For real, this movie is super scary, and I am so happy to hear someone else saying so! The POV shots and that one you mentioned with the tablecloth were amazing and creepy. Thanks for this! : )
Thanks for watching Lauren!
FINALLY SOMEONE REVIEWS THIS CLASSIC!!!!!
Damn right!
agree
I had a bit of a crush on Diane Franklin after Better Off Dead, so I saw this one quite a bit on video.
well all did. I'm just afraid if I ever met her I'd slip into the "french dressing" dinner routine, then ask her if they have Christmas in France while pinching her cheeks and saying "CHRISTMAS!" which I'm sure she has never heard before lol
"You wanted it"!
This film is very underrated. It is a prequel but was never addressed as such. Like it way more than the first. I remember watching it back in the 80s as a kid and it still gives me the creeps. Great review
Completely agree!
This is actually my favorite Amityville movie. The eeriness of it is very unsettling. Diane Franklin is just a bonus as I had a huge crush on her when I was younger.
Amazing film 😄👏
This movie is DARK, and it's also my favorite haunted house movie. It's Friday, and I think this is due for a good rewatch. 🤗
It's awesome.
The one with uncle Paulie! Underrated classic for sure. Keep up the good work lee!
Thank you Mark!
Way to go Buddy, always considered this one of the best sequels ever. The acting, story and music all on point. Still have the VHS lol. Great review.
This is one of the best haunted horror movie by far. You can feel the pure evil oozing from your TV screen. Simply dark,evil, relentless, and extremely disturbing. A masterpiece and extremely so underrated. I believe that Defeo's real nickname was Sonny as well. He gave a few different accounts of that night. I believe he said he and his sister conspired to kill the parents but she ended up shooting the children so he shot her. But he also said he didn't remember much and he was hearing voices and possessed actually.
Amityville II is really good. The original and it’s first sequel are amazing.
I think I remember watching this when I was younger,, gonna give it another watch..
Fantastic movie. Glad to see some love for it!
Nice review Lee I was super excited for you to see this one!!
Me too Erica! This is one that I've always been interested in.
You're seriously becoming one of my favorite 'go-to' advisors on all things horror movies. I JUST finished watching this movie for the first time because of your video last night, and buddy, I'm so glad I did! You were absolutely spot on with your review-so again, keep up the awesome work, buddy. Big fan.
That's the ultimate goal of any review I do for lesser known films...to spread the word. Glad you checked it out Tyler. Truly a great horror film.
Really been enjoying your vids lately. Always appreciate a fellow horror fan.
Thank you man. 👏
This was my favorite one of the series. It was awesome and I've not watched this in years. Great video. I think the haunted house is a character that can make it break a film
Completely agree brother. It was amazing!
I agree that it does have some legit scary moments and has a good atmosphere but the fact that the family are so dysunctional it's impossible not to end up rooting for the house
Awesome review! This is also my favorite Haunted House movie. The atmosphere, music, practical effects, and tone of the film make it creepy and scary.
Yes! This movie is so unique. Love the Italian horror feel of it.
Always was my favorite horror film, the table cloth scene is the best, very scary to the right minds, also the knocking on the door at night is very disturbing. The way Rutanya Alda looks at the door because she knows there's an entity and she feels something's not right! One of the the best directed films I have ever seen. You're right you will never see this sort of stuff again, 70s and 80s maybe 90s too was the best era for movies! Great post!
Brilliant film best in the series IMO good video buddy.👍
Yep that is my favorite in the franchise by far...so glad you enjoyed it lee
So glad I finally watched it! And that I bought the blu-ray.
This movie I always rate as one of the scariest horror movies. A lot of memorable film shots, especially the Kubrick-esque fly over POV camera shots. I really like your review style by the way, glad I found your channel. Great review!!
Agreed with everything you just said.
YO PAULIE!!! The beast is out Paulie, the beast is out
Burt Young comes from the old school way of acting. It whereas the acting flows so naturally, and he can play any character.
And with that being said,well put! Very well put! They just don't make them like they did in the 80s! I call these 80s horror movies "Comfort Movies". Best way to explain them.
This is a great film, saw it in the 90s as a teenager and can't find it anywhere nowadays
Yeah I imported the UK Blu-Ray.
I agree that Amityville II: The Possession is a very good horror film. It is one of the most underrated movies from the 1980's. Yes, it is a worthy follow-up to the 1979 "Amityville" film that was reimagined in 2005, with Amityville 3-D (a.k.a. The Demon) released in 1983, which was a dud at the box office and with critics, leading to all of the "direct to video" follow-up films over the years. Not counting the 2005 reimagining, there have been over forty "Amityville" films made in the wake of the 1979 film. Both the 1979 and 1982 films are both scary and frightening in their own way.
Amityville II is loosely based on the DeFeo murders, and also, loosely based on the Hans Holzer novel "Murder in Amityville". A lot of what was done for the 1982 film was fictionalized by both MGM and its subsidiary Orion, who distributed the film. The thing most fictionalized was the murder scene when Sonny mudered his family one by one while they were all awake. The real way it happened was that Ronald J. DeFeo, Jr. murdered his entire family as they slept in their beds. None of the victims heard the shots nor did any of the neighbors on Ocean Avenue. Plus, Ronald J. DeFeo, Jr. said numerous times that his family was close knit and happy before they moved into the house on 112 (now 108) Ocean Avenue as they lived in a small house in Brooklyn before moving into the Ocean Avenue house. It was after moving in when their father started getting abusive and violent. Plus, he shared that him and his family saw numerous strange things in the house, like dark ghosts, voices, footsteps and many more, which made him and the family feel very uncomfortable. Plus, Ronald Jr. said that he heard voices telling him to kill his family, which he did. According to numerous psychics and parapsychologits, it was negative psychic energy that sealed the house and the ears of the sleeping Defeo family so nothing could be heard outside or by those inside. In his novel, Holzer claims that Ronald, Jr. was possibly possessed by an evil spirit and that same evil spirit told him to kill his family. In the wake of the Lutz family fleeing, numerous parapsycholgists and psychics have viisted the house and all have said that they felt the spirits and have seen numerous strange spiritual occurances within the house, alongside feeling the negative psychic energy that was responsible for why nothing was heard as Ronald Jr. murdered his entire family.
Plus, when the 1982 film was being produced, Ronald, Jr., alongside his lawyer William Weber, heard that it was being made, but Ronald, Jr., strictly told the filmmakers that his name nor the names of his family were to be used in the film, so they simply fictionalized everything, including the surname of the family. When he, Ronald, Jr., had heard about the idea of incest happening within the family, which wasn't utilized in the film as it was cut out before release, he publicly stated that there was no incest within his family before or after they moved into the house on Ocean Avenue.
Since then, a few other families have lived in the Ocean Avenue house.
I thought I'd pass this along. Thanks for uploading.
Nice! Never seen the trailer for it. And even that clip of the trailer is purr doom.
We need the uncut/not rated version just because it's from that special time period before PMA meddling.
This movie was quite disturbing and unsettling, but I still enjoyed it. I saw this one before the original. Diane Franklin was so gorgeous, and it made you feel even worse for her, with all of the corruption in this movie. It sticks with you.
Agreed. It really stays with you. She was one of my favorite 80s actresses.
Really enjoyed your review.☺️ This movie is so scary! That scary score and theme music!😬 And OMG Sonny’s fully possessed face and smile!😱 Scared me so much when I saw as a kid and it’s scares me now. And after all these years, I’m STILL crushed that Trish wasn’t the final girl to survive. Crushes me every time I watch it.
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for this one Lee. I think it's one of the most under the radar horror movies I've ever seen. Its not perfect but it it's as creepy as hell. The two favourite moments for me were having the POV of a demon near the beginning, and when the son goes on the rampage. This came to a cinema near me back in the day and I didn't go to see it because of some bad reviews. Damn.
This is easily in my top 15 horror films now. It's that good. It's like I've been given a late gift. Damn what a movie.
Yep. I would have loved to see Lucio Fulci direct this when he was at his peak. When you watch The Beyond you'll see what I mean
1:22 Looks like MJ's zombie form in thriller! 😂 I've never thought of watching any of the Amityville sequels, but your review of it has definitely got me interested!
Yeah you just have to weed through the bad ones. But there are a few really good Amityville movies. And OMG he does look like Jackson in thriller in that shot!
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews Absolutely! So many just seem so average these days. I'll take your word for most things because, for things I have seen, I usually share the same opinion as you. Have you watched the seen the film on Inheritance on Netflix? I saw it yesterday and was really surprised by how good it was! I've also been wondering have/would you do a video for the most overrated horror films?
Haha he totally does. The cool part is this movie came out before the Thriller video. Maybe John Landis and Rick Baker were inspired by the makeup effects in this movie lol?
This is definitely the best Amityville, in my opinion. The first one never bothered me much, but this one scared me when I watched it as a teenager. There’s something about this one that’s very unnerving! The whole family dynamic is scary. Glad you covered this one!😊
I think you nailed it with the family dynamic Kathy. There was something about them that was creepy. Even from the beginning.
agree
Great video. This movie is definitely underrated and there are some legitimate scary moments
Indeed. Thanks for watching!
After watching Amityville II again recently, I've concluded that this film could be either a prequel or sequel depending on the viewer, and neither answer would be wrong. If you ignore the massacre in the opening of the original 1979 film where the family is shot in their beds and accept the retcon of the family being renamed the "Montellis", it's a prequel. If you're a completionist and don't ignore the opening of the 1979 film and care about "accuracy" then it could be a sequel set after the original. It's sorta similar to the debate on the film "Evil Dead II" where some consider it a soft remake or sequel to its original (when you ignore its opening). Either way works.
besides poltergeist this was my 2nd favorite from that era!
Yep. This and Poltergeist are my 2 favorites. Insane that Poltergeist was PG.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews same here it just didn't click with me either at the time. i think amity 2 was rated R mainly for the sex and nudity with diane franklin cause at the time reagan was president and i heard he didn't mind violence but he definitely crusaded against sex and nudity in hollywood movies along with tipper gore going after also the music industry as well.
Love this movie! Thank you for reviewing it as always you are spot on.👍
You’re welcome!
I agree. This is one of my top favorite horror movies ever! I love your video special!! I have been a fan of it for decades. As a young kid, I started collecting horror videos. The Exorcist and Amityville films were among my first parts of my collection, though I have since re bought them all mostly on DVD, including this one, though I kept the VHS copies too. But this movie has always been on the top my list right under the first Exorcist film..
Can't believe it took me this long to finally watch it.
Now i consider myself quite desensitized by horror, but this film scared me quite a bit, especially the scene when Sonny goes into the basement and is subsequently followed through the house..
I totally agree that this is one of the scariest movies ever.
Jack Magner did an excellent job in the role. I looked him up on imdb and too was shocked that he only did this movie and a smaller part in Firestarter..
Same here, but I can tell when a movie is genuinely scary. This definitely delivers.
Hey again Lee, watched this tonight. So good, so many elements to this.
Loved the creativity of the direction.
Had some exorcist vibes with the possession scenes and the priest !
Please keep these creative well directed films coming bro 👍👍
Glad you finally watched it. It’s amazing isn’t it?!
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews some outside the box stuff, how mad was the part where the camera goes over sonny and upside-down 😂, reminded me of that creepy scene in Papillon where the camera goes upside down and he says to his two friends - ‘you’re dead’ that really creeped me out as a kid
@@jordanwillrog Yep. This movie had the creepiest camera work ever.
I’m so happy you love it, it’s hard to find people that do. This was one of the first Scary movies I ever saw and I still really enjoy it to this day. I wish they followed up on Adamsky in another film since he was obviously being possessed in the end and he was my favorite character of the film. It’s still an extremely unnerving film I try and view every now and then, one of my favorite Possession films too.
I don't know how any true horror fan couldn't love this movie.
Drumdums
It’s honestly a shame. Most horror fans take one look or remember an old watch and classify it as “One of the crappy Amityville sequels” or “A cheesy exorcist wanna be” Nobody every takes a deep dive like us. I’ll never forget my first watch of the film, how sorry I felt for Sonny and how worried I was for Adamsky, surprisingly the demon was likeable and frightening of course and the family was so tragic. It was such a fun Halloween watch I believe late 2010 or 2011 when I was 8 or 9. It freaked me out especially since it was one of the first scary movies I ever saw and first possession film I ever saw. Thankfully I was with my mom who saw it many times as a kid and she knew I was getting into scary movies around that time so we watched. Around October of 2017 I found it accidentally while looking for Scary movies on Amazon Video and watched the whole thing alone. Still the terrifying film I remembered it to be and I enjoyed it more than ever. I recently found the DVD on Amazon so I’ll definitely be purchasing it to finally own. I do definitely wish more people would give it the appreciation it deserves
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews A-freakin-men. I said this already in another comment, but dammit the point bears repeating: it's astonishing to me that someone wouldn't find this scary, especially a self-described horror fan. And yet... to my utter disgust, such people do sadly exist.
Never seen this.. ill have to check it out. Thanks for sharing, Lee!
Oh I have just given you a gift Steph. You're going to be thanking me after you see this.
I just watched that last week rewatched this like 5 times really good and scary love it
Yes it has high rewatch value.
Spot on review. I think Sonny's possession is up there with Regan. This film doesn't get the attention that it deserves.
Very good points. I've seen this many times, binge watching on HBO back in the 80s. Haven't seen it in a while although I remember it being disturbing.
Now that you made some good points, I'll have to see it again 😉.
Thanks for this Lee, I love the old school movies , I love when they use natural lighting, makes it look so much more real . Basic awesome filmmaking, gonna watch this tonight 👍.. should I watch the first one first ?
Agreed. And thanks for pointing out the natural lighting. Great point!
I remember as a kid that Amityville II was the only Horror movie that scared me so much as a kid and gave me nightmares that my mother sold the VHS in a yard sale. When you hear that "it's a true story" you're easily convinced and it takes a huge effect on you.
I can totally see that. I would've had nightmares too.
Me too. I used to hate this movie because it scared me as a kid.
DOPEIST review ever lee. Great work ✨✨✨✨✨
Thank you!
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews ur truly welcome Lee.
I was was only a kid when I first saw the amityville movies and I honestly can't remember if I saw this one or the first one first. I remember being scared at parts of the first one but part 2 was a whole different monster, so much darker. It's like the storyline of George Lutz from the first movie taken all the way to its conclusion. It's up there with my favourite haunting movies but my fave will always be The Entity, I'd love to see you review it. Again classic 80's with a very dark storyline, brilliant acting and an amazing score by Charles Bernstein.
Yeah it's beyond ridiculous how many films are titled 'Amityville' and it astonishes me even more,, how the directors are able to get away with it. That insect-like transformation looks cool and based of your review, I might have to check this out
Like many others on here I remember watching this when I was about 11 and it scared the hell out of me. I love it, and will always have it in my collection but even now as a 40 year old it still gives me the chills.
Sonny/demon is so frightening!!
Yeah it's easily one of the most underrated scare flicks.
This is one of my favourites. Often overlooked but why?
Diane Franklin always reminded me of 'Madonna' - 'Like A Prayer' video, naturally beautiful and innocent.
I used to watch this one over and over. Then came along the remake of the original story, which is in all due respect good. Of cause then I had to go back and watch again the 1979 movie, which I now appreciate a lot more than when I first watched it.
The score is great, gliding the audience along with the demons perspective.
One of my favourite scenes is when the family are sitting for a meal. 'Sonny' just stands there, staring at them. Also the way 'Sonny' also masters the house, allowing the priest to come in, whilst possessed, then squaring up to his Father's abusive control over the family.
This made me want to give the og another watch. I honestly don't remember if I've ever even seen it. And you just blew my mind. She really does resemble Madonna!
Hello feller, first time I've visited your channel. I enjoyed your review, and you covered all the major points. You might have also mentioned how appropriate the music and sound effects are. One 'tactic' I used to use when I rewatched this as a kid was to turn the sound off during the possession scene. It was still scary that way, but not quite as much. Also worth mentioning was the sheer number of truly creepy scenes. The two standouts here were the possession sequence and the night of the shooting spree, but there were plenty of others too: the brushes in the bedroom, the sprinkler scene, the jail cell interview, the rapping on the door, the demon's 'tour' of the house when it covers up the crucifix - all of it comes off perfectly. (I'm getting the creeps again just writing this, lol.)
I was about to watch the 2005 remake of the original Amityville, and then thought about maybe watching The Possession instead, which I have considered the scariest movie I've ever seen since I watched it as a kid in the 80s (hello to everyone else lucky enough to have had this experience; the world could end tomorrow and we'll still have this in common) and then I thought "I wonder what youtubers are saying about it." So I did a search and your review was the first thing I clicked on.
I must say, I'm relieved that you liked it. It's unfathomable to me how someone could possibly not like this or find it terrifying. I was a fairly religious kid and at about 10 when I first saw this, I was reading about witches and demons and the occult and stuff, which I thought was all real, so you can imagine what effect this movie had on me - freaked me right the fuck out.
The first time I watched it is when it was playing on TV in 1987. I had seen the ads for it and I thought it would be good, so I decided to tape it. I watched till just after the possession scene, and then I went to bed both because I was tired and too scared. The next day my friend came over, who had watched it till the end, and he watched it with me again. I was getting so scared I kept asking him to tell me what happens next (something I never do) to calm me down a bit, but it was still scary as hell. (Yo, Drew McFarlane, if you're reading this - it's Dan who lived two houses down from ya when we were kids!)
Hey Daniel. Thanks for stopping by my channel and checking out the review. The music was super creepy and effective in this. Also, I used to love taping movies from tv to vhs back in the day. Great memories.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews Yeah def great memories. I had tightwads for parents and was used to always having the crappiest stuff (car, tv, toys, bike) among my friends, but when my parents finally bought a VCR, for some reason they splashed out and bought the most expensive model in the store. I taped the crap out of movies with that thing! (Since my parents were too tight (of course) to let me rent all the movies I wanted to see haha.)
I love this movie so much! Thank you for bringing attention to it's haunting brilliance. Truly, one of only two movies I can't and will not watch alone. 👍🥂
Isn't it amazing?!
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews Absolutely!
Hey I want to tell you thank you for recommending that movie Freaky it was really good I knew about it but I wasn't sure about going to see it so thanks on your review I enjoyed it.
Yes one of my top scariest, it was twisted! Saw at drive in when it was released
Damn I'm so jealous! This would have been amazing at the drive-in.
I'm gonna have to check this one out; I've never seen it either. I have heard about this one and your review made me want to go find it. I agree with you. I loved the horror movies from the 80's. We don't get that flavor anymore like we used to.
By far, the best of the whole serie, and the score, wow, mad and scary as hell.
Definitely.
On an off subject note. Yes a lot of or mostly all the actors in horror movies are having a blast. A great example would be Crispin Glover in Final Chapter. He couldn't wait for his part to get killed. Joseph Zito,the director said Crispin was so hyped,he kept asking when it was his turn. I love Crispin! And at least he found that dam corkscrew right? 👍
Loved this movie since I was a kid. Watched it agin last night and it’s still fantastic. Very unsettling from the very start and never lets up. Such a grimy / nasty feel throughout with the abusive dad and the incest stuff. The weird brother / sister vibe is present before Sonny gets taken over. Such a haunting soundtrack by Lalo Shifrin.
I always wondered what the sister's excuse for incest was? She's freakier than the demon because she wasn't the one possessed by a literal demon.
There's a lot of suggestion in the early scenes that Sonny and Patricia were very close due to their parents' treatment of them. The father was violent and the mother basically turned a blind eye out of fear. It likely drew the siblings closer because they could only depend on each other. Yes, Patricia was clearly interested in Sonny. She even gets annoyed when he briefly jokes that she's not his type.
Correct a very disturbing and creepy movie my favorite out of the franchise , New Here i love your videos i've been checking them out . love your props. i look forward to watching your videos on Horror movies , i love your reviews. so i know what's good and what not to watch, I'm making a list of Demonic Possession/Exorcism Movies . All time favorites. i bet we have a few in Common. Keep up the good work. Much Success .
A really good review (y)
Thank you!
Can’t believe you just now saw this. My brother and I watch this as kids in the 80s and We both put it in our top 4 or five scariest movies ever, right behind the exorcist. It screwed with us that much it’s fantastic. To me it blows part one out of the water.
Me too man. I was always curious about it. Glad I finally watched it.
I recently took on the challenge of watching and ranking all of the “official” Amityville movies, which appears to be about 11 or 12. This may top the list so far; really impactful and impressive, and I’m surprised this isn’t a more talked about cult horror film.
Yeah this is my all time favorite haunted house movie. I heard there are like 20 Amityville movies.
Ha,I didn't realize! I still have comments from the last time. What? Lol. I can talk horror all day,my bad.
Hello Drumdums! 🙂👋🏻
I think there were 5 kids in the DeFeo family. This 1982 movie is very "loosely" based on the DeFeo family...but it's the most "extreme" movie in the franchise. I did like it a lot as a teenager, when i saw it on VHS.😁👍🏻 There was a film made years later, in the Amityville franchise, I think it was called "The Amityville Murders"..which actually HAS Diane Franklin playing the mother this time, and Burt Young played her father in that movie.
Interesting!
Great review! I only seen Amityville Part 1, the remake, and Amityville: The Awakening. I've have never seen any of the actual 20 something sequels and spin offs besides those, but Part 2: The Possession looks interesting....being about the first family being murdered. I will check it out!
Part II is a MUST. It's easily the best. True horror in the purest scenes. And there's actual murders in the movie. Unsettling as hell. I need to check out Awakening now.
the tablecloth effect still impresses me to this day
Definitely. Practical effects are always much more chilling when pulled off right.