Yikes! I liked this movie the first few times I saw it,but the more often I see it,I get a little more bolder,a little more wiser and a little more sensible. Premise: Magazine editor moves into reputedly haunted house to prove it is not haunted as everyone dies and wigs out around him.This great idea, however, goes awry as the scripts throws in every sort of haunted house cliche in the world. One nice observation:I fell in love with the bad girl Lisa from this movie not knowing she would turn out to be the famous Meg Ryan years later.Her scene describing the Amityville mythos to Lori Loughlin is a small indication to the talent and repertoire she shows today. This movie does seem to generalize the actions of Dr. Stephen Kaplan, the prominent parapsychologist who went around debunking and citing hoax to the true original Amityville story. Tony Roberts' character almost mirrors the late Dr. Kaplan in common sense and logic. That should have been more what this movie should have been about,but instead it just fizzles out and dies. There is no psychological suspense as shown in the first movie,or any stream of style. The movie's just one long cliche and not worth the effort unless you're like me and just are a fan of the genre.
Review of Amityville 3-D
