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An Amityville Poltergeist

  • 2020
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
2.2/10
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An Amityville Poltergeist (2020)
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The terrifying tale of Amityville is Back. When a young man encounters a weekend of horrors after taking a house sitting job from a spooky old woman.The terrifying tale of Amityville is Back. When a young man encounters a weekend of horrors after taking a house sitting job from a spooky old woman.The terrifying tale of Amityville is Back. When a young man encounters a weekend of horrors after taking a house sitting job from a spooky old woman.

  • Director
    • Calvin Morie McCarthy
  • Writers
    • Jon Ashley Hall
    • Calvin Morie McCarthy
  • Stars
    • Conor Austin
    • Parris Bates
    • Airisa Durand
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.2/10
    251
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    • Director
      • Calvin Morie McCarthy
    • Writers
      • Jon Ashley Hall
      • Calvin Morie McCarthy
    • Stars
      • Conor Austin
      • Parris Bates
      • Airisa Durand
    • 11User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Conor Austin
    Conor Austin
    • Collin
    Parris Bates
    • Jim
    Airisa Durand
    • Donna
    Jon Ashley Hall
    Jon Ashley Hall
    • Jason
    Rebecca Kimble
    • Eunice
    Natalie Lucia
    • Ghost Voice
    • (voice)
    Calvin Morie McCarthy
    • Pizza guy
    Alex Onda
    • Alex
    Jason Reynolds
    Jason Reynolds
    • Roy
    Sydney Winbush
    Sydney Winbush
    • Alyson
    • Director
      • Calvin Morie McCarthy
    • Writers
      • Jon Ashley Hall
      • Calvin Morie McCarthy
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    10asiaarts

    Worth a watch!

    I honestly thought it was worth watching. Fun night with the friends! Spooky, fun. It's low budget but well put together! I understand that distribution retitled it from "Don't Sleep" so going in I knew not to treat it like an Amityville movie, because that would be unfair. It's its own movie an entity. 100% no regrets, worth watching!
    10tora3

    A different spin on the long tired "Amityville" knock offs

    AN Amityville Poltergeist is something of an enigma. It's clear is was never intended to be an Amityville film, and it just had the title slapped on to sell to horror fans.

    It's not great, and obviously extremely low budget, yet...it does have a different feel to it than some of the other cynically made "sequels" in the franchise. The movie is at least trying to be scary. It's trying to hold your attention. It's trying to be better than it is.

    For all intents and purposes, I'd say it punches above its weight class.
    1bobbird-84946

    Dreadful

    Wow! Everything from the plot, the acting, sound, the dialogue and the cinematography was appalling. Who on Earth thought this film was a good idea??? A special mention for the make-up people who did the so called "scary" parts, I hope they get well soon.
    1qyzenreviews

    A boy housesitting the haunted house

    "I had a nightmare I think someone was there in the house."

    The same rehash plot being used in these types of horror films.

    The title is floating as it has nothing to do with The Amityville or The Poltergeist.

    The cinematography has colors such has blue and purple however, there's nothing in the movie to worth looking for.

    Giving it one star since they attempted to accomplish something yet the outcome is feeble as dementia.

    Likewise, the poster is misleading, I lament watching this and I definitely want to save some a few eyes being paralyzed.
    3Uriah43

    No Connection to Any of the Other Amityville Films

    While smoking weed with two of his friends, a young man named "Jim" (Parris Bates) happens to notice an ad on his computer for a house-sitting job that pays pretty good money. Curious about it, Jim responds to the ad and discovers that all he has to do is stay in the house for several days and basically keep an eye on an old woman named "Eunice" (Rebecca Kimble) who appears to be suffering from dementia. Naturally, considering how easy everything seems to be, Jim accepts the job immediately. What he doesn't count on, however, are the recurring nightmares he has whenever he closes his eyes--and he isn't the only one who is affected by them. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was yet another low-budget horror movie that slapped the word "Amityville" on its title in order to draw more attention. At least, I didn't see any connection to Amityville. But I could be wrong. Regardless, this film has a number of flaws, with the first being the rather confusing plot--with the nightmares or hallucinations never seeming to have any real impact on any of the characters involved. At least, not until the end of the movie. Additionally, although the script could have used some improvement, the acting itself wasn't too bad, with Parris Bates, Sydney Winbush (as "Alyson) and Airisa Durand ("Donna") performing adequately for the most part. But again, the rather incoherent plot certainly didn't help matters. That being said, while I don't consider this to be a terribly bad horror film, I honestly cannot rate it higher than I have. Below average.

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      The movie was shot under the title: "No Sleep", then was changed to "Don't Sleep" during the editing process, and eventually changed to "Amityville Poltergeist" during the distribution process.

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    • Release date
      • December 1, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Amityville Poltergeist
    • Filming locations
      • Portland Oregon, USA
    • Production company
      • Seventh Street Productions
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      • 1h 29m(89 min)
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      • Color
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      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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