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So back to Amityville-- This was a Huge Deal when I was a kid. I remember fully-grown relatives losing their **** after seeing it. My uncle the electrician was terrified to enter people's attics as a result of this movie. The flies and red-eyed pigs (?) and so on were all vivid memories of mine from back then. So imagine my surprise when I realized during last night's viewing that....maybe I've never actually watched this before? I'd bet money that I saw an edited-for-tv version at some point in my childhood, but most of this was unfamiliar. All of this is just to point out how culturally important this thing was, important enough to convince people they've seen it when maybe they haven't. I mean, there's 25 sequels/remakes so...yeah. It was huge.
So-- with that much baggage attached it's hard for this thing to support the weight. I'm as inclined towards this sort of movie as anybody, but didn't really see anything remarkable here. Like we could just as easily have 25 Changeling or Burnt Offerings sequels as far as I'm concerned, not sure why we went ape over this one. (I realize there was a popular novel as well so maybe that's part of it)
(full disclosure: Around the 1:20 mark I decided that now was the perfect time to vacuum behind my couch, so that happened. So I can't say I gave it my full attention.) Maybe one day I'll give it another spin, now that my expectations have been adjusted. Certainly didn't hate it.
Last edited by Captain Terror; 06-18-21 at 07:03 PM.