Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”
After a brief detour to cover off Geno McGahee’s Amityville: The Final Chapter aka Sickle, we’re back in 2023 with writer/director Bobby Canipe Jr’s Amityville Ripper. Based on the title and the premise, you’d be forgiven for misconstruing this as a tired attempt to force a slasher narrative in an Amityville film, which would be (partially) accurate if it weren’t for the film’s extremely meta approach.
For the first act or so, Canipe Jr’s film plays like a somewhat poorly executed indie film. The characterizations are weak, the premise is paper thin and it feels like subplots are going nowhere. Then, around the 25 minute mark, two characters break the fourth wall to confirm the name...
After a brief detour to cover off Geno McGahee’s Amityville: The Final Chapter aka Sickle, we’re back in 2023 with writer/director Bobby Canipe Jr’s Amityville Ripper. Based on the title and the premise, you’d be forgiven for misconstruing this as a tired attempt to force a slasher narrative in an Amityville film, which would be (partially) accurate if it weren’t for the film’s extremely meta approach.
For the first act or so, Canipe Jr’s film plays like a somewhat poorly executed indie film. The characterizations are weak, the premise is paper thin and it feels like subplots are going nowhere. Then, around the 25 minute mark, two characters break the fourth wall to confirm the name...
- 11/27/2024
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
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