It doesn't matter to me whether or not The Amityville Horror is truth or fiction. The truth is that the original film isn't all that exciting. But the sequel? The sequel is pretty much everything you want in a movie — if you love movies filled with horrifyingly sick moments of glee.Damiano Damianim, whose 1960's and 1970's western and crime output were marked by a streak of social criticism, directed this film from a screenplay by Tommy Lee Wallace (who not only played Michael Myers in the original Halloween, but would go on to direct Halloween III: Season of the Witch and the original version of It).The film is actually a prequel, telling the story of the Montellis, who are based upon the DeFeo family. Anthony (Burt Young from Rocky) is the father of this brood. He's rude, ill-tempered and ready to abuse everyone at a moment's notice. If you're looking for any family values — in fact, any values at all — you're watching the wrong film.He's married to Dolores (Rutanya Alda, Carol Ann from Mommie Dearest), his long-suffering and very Catholic wife. They have four kids — Sonny, Patricia (Diane Franklin, Monique from Better Off Dead, as well as TerrorVision and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure), Mark and Jan. Even from the very beginning of the film, the family is on edge. Every single interaction between them is marked by weirdness, before we even get into the occult portion of this film.Things get worse — much worse — after a tunnel is found in the basement. This leads to doors knocking all night long and demonic messages showing up in the youngest kids' room. Turning to the Church, Dolores tries to have Father Frank Adamsky bless the house. That lasts for all of ten seconds before Anthony flips out and throws the priest out.When he gets to his car, the door is open and his Bible is torn apart. Clearly — all is not well. Again — the family is a mess before the Devil even gets involved. Dad is overly strict and abuse, mom clings to the Church and Sonny and Patricia yearn to have sex with one another (seriously, their first interactions define the word creepy).While everyone else goes to church, Sonny stays behind and is taken over by a demonic force. The film nearly descends into body horror as we see the creature take root inside him. Soon, he's playing fashion photographer with his sister, a game that quickly turns into sex. Instead of her being upset, Patricia instead tells him that she loved it. Keep in mind these are pretty much the two main protagonists of the story, so the tale takes a very Flowers in the Attic turn.As Sonny becomes more demonic, Patricia decides to confess to Father Adamsky, but breaks down before she can. At Sonny's birthday party — a scene where this film layers on the insanity — he goes full demon as she freely tries to give herself to him. She decides to call the priest and confess everything, but Father Tom (Simon himself from Simon, King of the Witches, as well as the original version of The Town that Dreaded Sundown) takes the phone off the hook so the priests can go skiing (!!!).Read more at bandsaboutmovies.com/2017/09/26/amityville-ii-the-possession/

As a person who has been around haunted houses her whole life, and has seen her fair share of 'scary movies'....I have to say. Do NOT see this movie. The acting isn't even sub-par. The storyline doesn't follow the original story of the Amityville haunting AT ALL. The special effects actually made me laugh.The first Amityville Horror movie was honestly terrifying. Those who say this movie was terrifying need to sit down and watch a TRULY terrifying movie. Because this was definitely not it.The only reason I gave it 1 star is because i can't rate anything lower than that.

The loving Montelli family moves into the Amityville house. The mother Dolores senses an evil presence and the father Anthony (Burt Young) gets violently paranoid. Dolores asks Father Adamsky to bless the house but Anthony's violence drives him away. The older son Sunny starts to get influenced and he has an incestuous affair with his sister Patricia (Diane Franklin). Adamsky wants to perform an exorcism but he's too late as Sunny kills his entire family.The first hour is a passable horror and family drama. The incest story is a bit too uncomfortable. It's still a fine horror up to that point but then everybody dies. After that, the tension drains out of the movie. I don't think the son's soul is that compelling as a story device.

This reviews kind of has spoilers so I listed it just in case. If you are a massive Amityville fan like me you will know that there is 11 Amityville films and in my opinion this is the best one.Amityville 2:The Possession tells the "true" story of the Montelli's, a dysfunctional Catholic family who arrive in the Amityville house two years before the Lutz's of the first film. Sonny, the eldest son, is horrifically possessed by a sinister supernatural presence rising up from a secret basement room. Instructed by a voice through his walk-man, Sonny seduces his younger sister before brutally slaughtering his entire family. Local priest , Father Adamski, tries to rescue Sonny's soul and returns to the sinister Amityville house to face the demon.This film stars: James Olson, Burt Young & Rutanya Alda.Amityville 2 like I said earlier in the review is my favourite Amityville film in the entire series. I am glad to say that I am friends with Rutanya Alda and Diane Franklin on Facebook who were both stars in this film.****/***** Very Good film