The film has the word "Amityville" in it so we know it has to be scary and somehow related to the 10,000 other films with its name in it. And we know this is the REAL Amityville because there is a car with a magnetic sign that says "Amityville" plus other cardboard signs. Pay no attention to the distinctive Manitoba license plate with "Friendly Manitoba" blurred out.Fawn (Monèle LeStrat) inherits the threater from her recently deceased parents who died in a cabin fire by a Canadian lake. She wants to "check it out" with an overnight group of friends. The theater showed opera by day and adult films by night. The theater was shut down in 2010 while the last film on the marquee was "Valley of the Demon" a 2013/14 film.The sound was uneven and the soundtrack consisted mostly of a piano with two keys. I initially laughed at Fawn's delivery of bad dialogue until I watched the rest of the cast, who were actually worse. Director John R. Walker carved himself out a role in a subplot in a confusing teacher's spot which includes an odd scene of Brits discussing American History. Other odd scenes include the motel room rental and the knock out and release scene.The demonic voice enhancer is a dead low budget give away and is normally used in zero budget films. I wasn't sure why they whipped out a Ouija Board and have it play such a minor role other than Ouija boards are cheap. You don't have to use everything you learned the day you spent at film making school.This borders on "so bad it is good."Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity. Kyle makes numerous homophobic statements.Congrats Mr. Walker on getting this into Walmart

A high school girl inherits an abandoned theater that hasn't been in operation for five years after her parents die. Her friends come with her to take a look at the place. Once inside, some type of supernatural force traps them in by sealing the doors, and apparitions emerge to freak them out. The lead's geography teacher takes a look at the history behind the theater. The only tie to the Amityville brand is in the name. That is used for eyes to catch it and rent the movie. It is no great shakes. An uneventful script, suspect acting, a lack of real scares or atmosphere, and too much dialogue (and not even good dialogue which makes it even worse) damage a film that needed something of note in order to make the purpose of watching it worthwhile. It isn't *the worst movie ever made* even though I must admit that the acting is rather amateurish and/or uninspired. Either the performances are zombie-like or over-the-top; there's no middle ground.Fawn (Monèle LeStrat) has a jerk boyfriend with an odious, antagonist attitude, Kyle (Linden Baker) tagging along. Kyle has an estranged brother, Jevan (Logan Russell) who brings along a pal, Matt (Kennie Benoit). Fawn's friend, Indy (Eva Kwok), also joins the group. Wendy (Hollie Kornick) is soon discovered by Jevan; she left home and has used the theater as a place to stay. They don't anticipate *something* inside the theater…I wish this movie had something—anything—remotely interesting to share with those who are curious of whether or not this utilizes Amityville in a way that makes it worth a gander. Instead it takes Amityville and continues the trend of bad movies linked to the popular name. When you see "Amityville" anything, the film is typically lousy. That's a shame, but, at this point, no longer a surprise. The makeup effects at the end when missing characters return "changed" are excremental. Flashes of figures across the screen to scare the characters before the "possessions" take place don't generate a single chill. The explanation behind the evil in the theater, discovered by the teacher, is cliché (as is the town's "secret"). I don't think many will care less. Even worse is how the town's mayor goes on and on about the dark behavior of its inhabitants.While nothing cool surfaces in the theater, teach (John Walker) investigates the history of the theater while encountering oddball locals (hotel proprietor, librarian). It is rare that an entire cast (well, Walker might be the exception) stinks, but this film has a lot of subpar performances that reek. Even the theater which should be a character in itself fails to creep us out…it is just a building, and it doesn't even look aged. The pub scenes with Walker and his adult friends (which include a paleontologist, vicar, and vicar's wife) serve as filler (Walker is leaving town for "the States"). But these scenes are no more pointless than the majority of the film inside the theater. You can ratchet up the score to unsettle the nerves but it is too little too late if your audience is damn near apathetic or asleep to care. The film should have just been called "The Bore Theatre", which would have been more apt.I think its time to retire the name, Amityville. Maybe it is time to allow it to die in peace.

It was late at night and I was scared the whole way through. All the twists and turns really caught me off guard. It was like I was actually haunted by a ghost.At one point I found myself freaking out because it felt like the ghost was right in front of me. The effects seemed almost too surreal to even exist in my opinion, I still can't get the ghost's image out of my head for better or for worse. If you've ever seen a ghost in real life then you will know the feeling of what this movie made me feel inside. It was a rather horrifying experience.Then I woke up.

The acting (with the cringe-worthy, yet oddly humorous script playing an equal part) was sooo bad, I frequently burst out laughing. Yet, I couldn't turn it off. It was one of those "so bad, it's good" kind of movies. I imagined this would have possibly frightened me if I was a child, or perhaps an anxious teen...Nothing at all significant happens and you may find yourself scratching your head in confusion as the credits roll, but it will give you something to laugh about if you can let go of any expectations and approach this movie light-heartedly. I would actually recommend this to those who can appreciate a really wonderfully awful movie. :)