For some reason, many critics liked this entry, which, overall, got the best reviews of the series. There are certainly good points to it, such as solid performances, excellent cinematography and some terrific 3-D effects. But otherwise, there's little about this movie to recommend.
Skeptical journalist Tony Roberts buys the infamous Long Island house, ignoring warnings coming from every direction, and shrugs all the "phenomena" off as a string of coincidences. His real estate agent has a heart attack in the house, his partner (Candy Clark) is burnt to a crisp in a car fire while investigating the house, and finally his daughter (Lori Loughlin) is drowned after having a seance in which the makeshift Ouija board tells her she's in danger. All coincidence, right? When his ex-wife (Tess Harper) goes berserk in the wake of their daughters death, he hires a parapsychologist friend (Robert Joy) to prove to her that the house ISN'T haunted. The team of ghost investigators sets up shop in the house and all hell breaks loose. Broken glass, furniture and even a stuffed swordfish fly at the viewer in a 3-D tour-de-force that must have been jaw-dropping in the movies.
Finally, the demon (the same one that appears at the conclusion of AMITYVILLE II) bursts from the well in the basement and melts off Joy's face. The house explodes, and Roberts and Harper barely get out alive.
Outside of a few wacky moments, this is a rather dull and uneventful movie. It's PG rating also ensures that any T&A or gore will be kept to a minimum. Meg Ryan has an early role as Loughlin's friend. Retitled AMITYVILLE THE DEMON for cable.
It was recently released as a 2-disc special edition DVD by Sanctuary Entertainment in the U.K., with an anaglyph (red and blue) 3-D version on disc two. The 3-D version occasionally works, but it takes a heck of a lot of TV color and tint fiddling to get it right.
Skeptical journalist Tony Roberts buys the infamous Long Island house, ignoring warnings coming from every direction, and shrugs all the "phenomena" off as a string of coincidences. His real estate agent has a heart attack in the house, his partner (Candy Clark) is burnt to a crisp in a car fire while investigating the house, and finally his daughter (Lori Loughlin) is drowned after having a seance in which the makeshift Ouija board tells her she's in danger. All coincidence, right? When his ex-wife (Tess Harper) goes berserk in the wake of their daughters death, he hires a parapsychologist friend (Robert Joy) to prove to her that the house ISN'T haunted. The team of ghost investigators sets up shop in the house and all hell breaks loose. Broken glass, furniture and even a stuffed swordfish fly at the viewer in a 3-D tour-de-force that must have been jaw-dropping in the movies.
Finally, the demon (the same one that appears at the conclusion of AMITYVILLE II) bursts from the well in the basement and melts off Joy's face. The house explodes, and Roberts and Harper barely get out alive.
Outside of a few wacky moments, this is a rather dull and uneventful movie. It's PG rating also ensures that any T&A or gore will be kept to a minimum. Meg Ryan has an early role as Loughlin's friend. Retitled AMITYVILLE THE DEMON for cable.
It was recently released as a 2-disc special edition DVD by Sanctuary Entertainment in the U.K., with an anaglyph (red and blue) 3-D version on disc two. The 3-D version occasionally works, but it takes a heck of a lot of TV color and tint fiddling to get it right.