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The Amityville Curse

  • Video
  • 1990
  • R
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
3.0/10
2.7K
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The Amityville Curse (1990)
Horror

Five people spend the night in an abandoned house, an Amityville haunted house, and soon find themselves terrorized by assorted ghosts, venomous insects and ghostly apparitions.Five people spend the night in an abandoned house, an Amityville haunted house, and soon find themselves terrorized by assorted ghosts, venomous insects and ghostly apparitions.Five people spend the night in an abandoned house, an Amityville haunted house, and soon find themselves terrorized by assorted ghosts, venomous insects and ghostly apparitions.

  • Director
    • Tom Berry
  • Writers
    • Hans Holzer
    • Michael Krueger
    • Doug Olson
  • Stars
    • Kim Coates
    • Dawna Wightman
    • Helen Hughes
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.0/10
    2.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tom Berry
    • Writers
      • Hans Holzer
      • Michael Krueger
      • Doug Olson
    • Stars
      • Kim Coates
      • Dawna Wightman
      • Helen Hughes
    • 48User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kim Coates
    Kim Coates
    • Frank
    Dawna Wightman
    Dawna Wightman
    • Debbie
    Helen Hughes
    Helen Hughes
    • Mrs. Moriarty
    David Stein
    • Marvin
    Anthony Dean Rubes
    Anthony Dean Rubes
    • Bill
    Cassandra Gava
    Cassandra Gava
    • Abigail
    Jan Rubes
    Jan Rubes
    • Priest
    Norris Domingue
    • Detective
    Scott Yaphe
    • Thin Boy
    • (as Scott Howard)
    Mark Camacho
    Mark Camacho
    • Krabel
    Tyrone Benskin
    Tyrone Benskin
    • Video Technician
    Ali Giron
    • Waitress
    Griffith Brewer
    Griffith Brewer
    • Local
    Ted A. Bohus
    • Ghoul
    Richard Tassé
    Richard Tassé
    • Gas station attendant
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Tom Berry
    • Writers
      • Hans Holzer
      • Michael Krueger
      • Doug Olson
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    User reviews48

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    lor_

    Of only minor interest

    My review was written in May 1990 after watching the movie on Vidmark video cassette.

    "The Amityville Curse", the fifth film about the Long Island spook house, is a rather tame home video entry made in Canada.

    Based on Hans Holzer's book rather than the Jay Anson novel, pic is set 12 years after the murder of a priest at David Stein's family and friends are arriving at the haunted house.

    Poltergeist phenomena begin occurring with increasing frequency, driving worrywart Dawna Wrightman to distraction. At the climax, Kim Coates goes nuts and terrorizes Wrightman as if possessed. Ending is perfunctory.

    Lacking good effects, pic is of little interest to genre fans. Its best chance is as a time-killer in a tv syndication package.
    3Uriah43

    Another Step Backward in the Amityville Series

    This film essentially begins with a Catholic priest in Amityville, New York taking confession at a local church, when an unknown person in the booth suddenly shoots him to death for no apparent reason. The scene then shifts to 12 years later with a psychologist by the name of "Marvin" (David Stein) buying the house where the priest once lived with the intention of renovating it to resell afterward for a hefty profit. So, after buying the house, he convinces a married couple named "Bill" (Anthony Dean Rubes) and his wife "Abigal" (Cassandra Gava), along with another friend named "Frank" (Kim Coates) to help him and his wife "Debbie" (Dawna Wightman) fix it up. As it so happens, however, Debbie has often had psychic premonitions in the past and upon setting foot inside the house begins to get the feeling that there is something evil lurking within. Not long afterward, all sorts of terrible things begin to happen which disturbs all of Marvin's friends--and things rapidly get worse the longer they remain there. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that, although this movie certainly had potential, most of it was wasted due to bad acting and a couple of completely unlikeable characters--with Marvin probably being the worst. Throw in a rather long and cliched ending, and it's no wonder that the movie has so many negative reviews. That being said, other than the presence of Cassandra Gava, I didn't find much in this film that was even remotely interesting, and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.
    2Platypuschow

    The Amityville Curse: Absolutely dire

    When I decided to binge watch the Amityville films I hadn't seen before I feared the worst. Partially because they've hardly impressed me and partially because the IMDb ratings for them were really poor.

    Starring Kim Coates this one screams milking the franchise, it doesn't look or feel like an Amityville film in fact I think it's barely even acknowledged twice maybe three times throughout.

    Random visions, a person possessed and a whole lot of nothing is what you can expect from these 90 minutes of sheer unadulterated boredom.

    Terrible flawed storyline, lackluster performances and very little to draw your attention for a moment let alone maintain it.

    The Good:

    Nope

    The Bad:

    The psycho music, really!?

    Unforgivably boring

    Was that even the Amityville house?

    Things I Learnt From This Movie:

    I learnt that this Amityville binge might have been a bad move
    3Leofwine_draca

    Junk

    THE AMITYVILLE CURSE is a junk addition to the AMITYVILLE HORROR franchise. It's an entirely forgettable production that looks and feels like any old low budget haunted house flick as there's no real connection to the other films in this series. What we have is a very typical horror film in which a group of friends move into a dilapidated old house in order to renovate it but instead find themselves menaced and then possessed by a gang of spooks.

    By all accounts this was an early straight-to-video film and that shows in its level of ineptitude. Absolutely nothing happens in this production that we haven't seen done better in other horror films and the various scare scenes are a joke. The direction is probably the worst thing about this, as he chooses to shoot most of his scenes in the dark so that the viewer is straining to see what's going on. The only familiar member of the cast for me was the lead, Kim Coates, who's gone on to appear in the likes of BLACK HAWK DOWN, but like the rest of the actors he gives an entirely undistinguished performance.
    4gridoon

    Plodding and predictable.

    First of all, this wasn't meant to be an "Amityville" sequel, it just tried to draw its audience by using that word in the title, but otherwise has little to do with what has happened before it in the series. That would be OK if they had come up with a good flick anyway - but they didn't. Do you find it a good idea for a horror movie to give away its own surprises halfway through? If not, then avoid this one. (*1/2)

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    • Trivia
      This is the first and only Amityville sequel not to feature the original house.
    • Quotes

      Debbie: You scared me.

      Mrs. Moriarty: [laughs] I seem to have that effect on a lot of folk around here.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Psychic (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Lying Lips
      Performed by Lenore Zann and Ralph Dillon

      Written by Ralph Dillon and George Henderson

      Published by Ralph Dillon

      With permission of Ralph Dillon

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 6, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Amityville 5
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Image Organization
      • Allegro Films
      • CFCF-TV
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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