Amityville is much like all the other third in series/3D outings in modern horror franchises. It's not all horrible, there is a good scene in a burning car and the last 10 minutes is great, albeit,so bad it's great territory, but entertaining all the same. Unfortunately the first... read more
Tony Roberts,
Tess Harper,
Robert Joy,
Candy Clark,
John Beal
... see more
The third installment in the haunted-house saga discards any pretense of being based on actual events in order to provide the requisite cheap thrills sought by audiences during the short-lived 3-D rev... read more
DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005
Stats: 267 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (267)
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September 28, 2011
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January 16, 2011
A low point in the Amityville series, this one is below average. It has hardly any good actors, a bad story, it's predictable, and I just didn't like it.
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August 19, 2007
I'm sure the only reason this film is stil in existence is because Meg Ryan has one of her early roles in it. It is even more mean-spirited than the previous instalments and the death scenes really stretch credibility too far. The 3D effects were good at the time but they make wa... read more
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June 9, 2007
Poorly made Amityville sequel; it just doesn't feel like the house we've all grown to fear. Hollywood greatness has somewhat taken over the low-budget story and made it an effects-driven bore-fest, lessening the scare-factor the other two had. It would've been neato to see this i... read more
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June 14, 2011
Well, it's the shortest out of the original three, and it has a young Meg Ryan. One of those is a good thing.
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October 17, 2010
Really bad, really really bad. It's forgivable when you see obvious 3-d shots without 3-d glasses on (E.g. when the photographer friend of the main character is using her flashlight in the basement and the shaft of it looks 3 feet long). However, to take a decent idea and plot... read more
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February 22, 2009
This movie is your basic 80's horror where most scenes just take long with no dialog just suspicion. And those scenes drag movies for so long to a point where it gets annoying. Though I wish to see this movie at the theter with 3D glasses but i was too young to watch it. The bes... read more
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January 24, 2009
i've never really liked this one.i always thought that it was way to cheesey and easily the worst one in the series.
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June 12, 2008
This third installment is much better than the second, but it's still not a good movie. It was great to see people like Meg Ryan and Lori Loughlin in early roles. But the plot was okay, acting was below average, the effects were okay, and there wasn't anything original or excitin... read more
Critic Reviews
The cast is good, but the characters are idiots. Full Review
Veteran director Richard Fleischer demonstrates a keen understanding of the potentials of the 3-D gimmick here, but there is little else to recommend this dull retread. Full Review
To pad things out characters argue over story-lines from previous Amityville movies, while for 3-D purposes, wasps, furniture and minor players are hurled in our direction at varying intervals. Full Review
3-D, the stamp of greatness...
...presented in standard 2-D format and does not require special glasses to view. However, I don't see how wearing them can possibly hurt. Full Review
...thoroughly bereft of any interesting ideas, as evidenced by the film's absurdly underwhelming climax... Full Review
Entirely flat, despite the gimmicky effects
Works as well as a 3-D sequel of a sequel (starring Tony Roberts in the lead role) can posibly work. And that ain't well.
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