A newlywed couple named Bill (Robin Thomas) and Claire (Starr Adreeff) with different kids move into a house but however, the stepsiblings don't seem to adjust too well plus one of the kids named Jimmy (Jarrett Lennon) is unhappy with the house and his stepfather as well as his stepbrother named Todd (Allen Cutler) and wants them out of his life.
Well Bill's daughter named Jessica (Rachel Duncan) celebrates her birthday as he finds a dollhouse in the garage of the new house and gives it to her for a present. However, little does he know it was a dollhouse from the house in Amityville as it was on fire and killed a family there. The dollhouse is posessed by supernatural spirits that have devastated families in the past from the burned down house.
Strange events starts to occur as Jimmy sees his father return from the dead and tells him that things will be back to normal for him but he has deadly plans for Bill.
Also the house gets too hot and people are attacked by certain creepy things in the house along with some windstorms too.
Slowly the family gets posessed in the house as wel by the evil spirits and the family must learn to fight back from the tormentors of these spirits.
There's a nice discussion between the characters Bill and Todd during a father and son talk and the difficulties adjusting to a new family and home.
There was also a great brief haunting sequence involving Bill walking in the hallway of the house and a fire lights up. Then there's a ghostly woman talking to him inside the fireplace which looked impressive and a nice shot at the fireplace too.
There's a suspenseful scene when a tarantula lands on the face of young child named Jimmy Martin after hitting a pinyata with the stick. There's a good disturbing sequence on him attacking his older brother Todd with the stick as it adds a nice touch to the horror story here.
We have nice moments between the characters Jimmy Martin and his Dad as it looked spooky during their first scene together as son and zombie father.
We have perfect hauntings like a wind storm blowing into a house as well as a giant rodent underneath a bed too. There's also a real shocking camera shot of a wasp going inside of Todd's ear too.
Plus there's nice camera shots of the dollhouse when smoke goes up the chimney as well as it lighting up and a scene where it spins around.
We see a dynamic scene with some demons and giant voodoo dolls in battle between the characters Tobias, Bill and Jessica Martin.
Bottom line: Ahh yes, this film tried to carry on the tradition of the Lutz family. Although nowhere as good it's still very well done and one of the best sequels ever.
However, the film is a little too long at times and could've been cropped down a bit. Still this one is worth checking out and remains the last one out of the Amityville series.
The acting is very well performed and a very strong cast is involved with this film.
Robin Thomas (Bill Martin) played a good strict as nails parent. At times you want to hate him but other times you want to love him.
Starr Adreef (Claire Martin) played a nice former widow newlywed and shows nice scared expressions and played a good basketcase with what was going on in the house. She is also terrific with her scared and troubled emotions as well as her acting lustful when she touches and feels herself too. Plus she was great at acting ballistic in a certain scene showing great energy here.
We have another outgoing performance by Allen Cutler (Todd Martin) as a typical horny teenager.
The best out of them all is child actor Jarrett Lennon (Jimmy Martin) as he brings his character to life as an oddball in the family and being unhappy about the adjustments of his new family life. He does a great job by getting aggressive whacking someone with a stick showing terrific intensity.
We have an awesome supporting role by Clayton Murray (Jimmy's Father) returning from the dead who is convincingly evil but yet showing a nice witty attitude too.
Lisa Robin Kelly unbuttons her shirt in a garage and her breasts are fully exposed during a make-out sequence.
There is a zombie that looks quite gruesome
A teenage girls head is burned and scarred.
The music was composed by Ray Colcord and although it isn't too memorable he did some effective keyboard playing for the terror scene's in the film. |
