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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.”

Released in Oct 2024, Amityville: Where The Echo Lives was the last Amityville film released last year. Written by Simona Curkoska and Carlos Ayala (who also directs), the film shares a number of the defining qualifiers of the Amityville ‘series.’

Cash-in Title: Like so many of the films that have adopted the moniker Amityville, this is a film with absolutely zero connection to the other films or even Amityville, NY itself. After it was acquired by Lionsgate, the title was changed from The Girl from the Other Side, which is a significantly more appropriate title. Lackadaisical Editing: What is your tolerance for scenes that drag on without purpose? Sure, this is no Amityville Backpack where the editor seemingly went for lunch and never told anyone,...

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.”

The last couple entries in this editorial series have examined two of the three titles released by executive producer, writer, and director Nick Box released the week of April 13, 2023.

Amityville Frankenstein is abysmal while Amityville Job Interview has a kernel of an interesting idea, but isn’t wholly successful. So how does Box’s third entry, Amityville Elevator, fare?

Well, much like Job Interview, there’s a glimmer of promise here, but the film is let down by the usual padded runtime and lack of character and plot. It’s a fantastic premise for a short, but Elevator is a 72-minute film and so, like Amityville Frankenstein, the result is a bloated, extravagant runtime for what is little more than a bare bones film.

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.”

As we discussed last time, executive producer, writer, and director Nick Box released three different Amityville films in a single week (April 13-20) in 2023. The first was the abysmal Amityville Frankenstein. The second was Amityville Job Interview, which Box co-wrote and co-directed with Stuart Fitzsimmons.

This is another repurposed film that debuted years earlier under a different name. Originally released in 2018 under the title Strange Vibes, Box’s second Amityville film is a step up from the “no budget, no plot, no point” antics of Frankenstein, but there’s still plenty of needless padding, questionable acting, and poor technical elements.

In the film, Alana (Jade Mason) is an unemployed woman on the cusp of being evicted. She lives with a roommate (more...

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.”

This editorial series has spilled a lot of digital ink analyzing how IP is the driving factor in the vast majority of Amityville films. This is hardly surprising considering Hollywood’s predilection for repurposing /capitalizing on successful titles and the legal freedom that the Amityville name provides as both a selling feature and an easy cash grab.

Throughout the history of the ~45 films we’ve looked at to date, there have been no shortage of individuals who have picked up a camera (or phone), shot some footage over a weekend, and then waited for the money to roll in.

Artistically this hasn’t produced the most creative or interesting selection of films, however. Folks who have been reading along for the last...

If  you've always wanted your own Silver Monkey piece from Legends of the Hidden Temple, well, you're in luck. Nickeldeon's Nick Box No. 2 is just around the corner and it's filled to the brim with items that will make nostalgia-loving hearts everywhere soar. This edition of The Nick Box will feature a Clarissa Explains It All notebook and sticker set (Hey! Cool!), a Double Dare tissue box to recreate your favorite physical challenge obstacle, the boogery nose, an Adventures of Pete & Pete flannel hat, the aforementioned Silver Monkey from Legends and more. The second box from the subscription service retails for $50 and will be released just in time for the holidays around Monday, Dec....

As you undoubtedly know, San Diego’s Comic-Con International happened this past weekend, and I was fortunate to be amongst the tens of thousands of attendees. There was, as always, a mega-ton to see and do, and it was hard to keep the Fomo (Fear Of Missing Out) from getting completely out of control over the 4.5 days of the con. To stay sane, though, at some point you just have to accept that you’re going to miss a bunch, and focus on what you do have the opportunity to see.

This year, one of my main interests was what Nickelodeon was showcasing. Of course, Nickelodeon is always on my radar, and particularly the current Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, which I adore. But even beyond the coolness that is the Tmnt, this year, Nickelodeon was focusing on its past – in the best way possible. Through its late-night programming block of “The Splat,...

Online music publication Hit The Floor Magazine & Dead Good Films Like Productions have teamed up to create a documentary film unlike anything you have probably seen before. In 2012 Hit The Floor Magazine set out to take party rock star, and all round nice guy, Andrew W.K. around Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, during his appearance at UK’s Hevy Festival, for a fun interview about the animals. What they thought would be an entertaining adventure turned into a dark and surreal journey of confusion, delving deep into inner depths of one of the world’s most mysterious rock stars.

Mashing the heads of wild hogs, gouging out the eyes of rhinos, snapping the necks of painted dogs and discussing the future of humanity, this is one trip to the zoo that they would not soon forget. With a controversial past, and ongoing rumors of him being a manufactured creation and...

Pink Sock

Stars: Charles Pieper, Jessica Bailey | Written and Directed by Josh Schneider

We often get asked to watch online shorts here at Blogomatic3000, at least 2 or 3 times a week, so it takes something special for us to put fingers to keyboard and cobble together a review. Pink Sock is one such short. Recommended by indie filmmaker Nik Box (Brutal Jesus, Wrath of the Violent Vicar, She’s Dead) in one of his DVD updates on his YouTube channel, his brief discussion of the film was enough to peak my interest and make me visit the official site, PinkSockMovie.com – where the short is freely available to watch online.

With a brief five minute running time, the story of Pink Sock is simple. Yosef (Pieper) is a young man suffering from digestion problems. Unable to eat more than a couple of mouthfuls of food and rapidly losing weight, Yosef thinks...