Amityville 2: The Possession Movie Review 1982

More of a prequel than a sequel to "The Amityville Horror" (1979). Relates the story of the house's early years as a haven for demonic forces intent on driving a father to beat the kids, a mother to prayer, and a brother to lust after his sister (before he murders them all). Young etc. portray an obnoxious family that you're actually glad to see wasted by the possessed son. A stupid, clumsy attempt to cash in on the success of the first film, which was also stupid and clumsy but could at least claim novelty in the bad housing development genre. Followed by "Amityville 3: The Demon" in 1983.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Supernatural Horror, Slasher Flicks, Death & the Afterlife, Creepy Houses, Woofs!

Screenplay

Tommy Lee Wallace

Cast

James Olson, Burt Young, Andrew Prine, Moses Gunn, Rutanya Alda, Jack Magner, Diane Franklin

Cinematography

Franco Di Giacomo

Director

Damiano Damiani

Music

Howard Blake, Lalo Schifrin

Producer

Dino De Laurentiis