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.” There’s something simultaneously exciting and horrifying about discovering the worst entry of the Amityville “franchise” more than 35 films in. And yet, Amityville Hex truly is *that* […]
The post ‘Amityville Hex’ Is a Low-Point Even for This “Franchise” [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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 law of horror movie franchises is that eventually, without fail, you go to space. It’s fitting, then, that the final outing for prolific Amityville writer/director Mark […]
The post ‘Amityville in Space’ Fails to Live Up to the Fun of Its Own Title [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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.” One year after the release of Amityville Scarecrow, we get the sequel Amityville Scarecrow 2 (2022). Unlike other sequels in the “franchise,” however, this second entry boasts […]
The post ‘Amityville Scarecrow 2’ – The Killer Scarecrow Returns for Another Round [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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.” With Amityville Uprising, Thomas J. Churchill joins illustrious company as the only director of three Amityville films (the other is Dustin Ferguson, who we’ll return to in […]
The post ‘Amityville Uprising’ Wraps Up an Unofficial Trilogy with an Amityville Zombie Movie [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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.” Welcome back to a new year of The Amityville IP. With Amityville Scarecrow, this editorial series leaves behind the scant four “franchise” titles released in 2021 for […]
The post ‘Amityville Scarecrow’ Takes a Trip into the Amityville Cornfield [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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.” For the first time in thirty texts, an Amityville film has adopted an anthology format. Amityville Vampire (2021), written by Carlos Perez and Tim Vigil (who also […]
The post ‘Amityville Vampire’ Finally Explores An Anthology Format [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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.” Amityville Cult begins with a solid hook: a young man is stabbed to death on a beach by a robed figure. Following a time/location jump, writer/director Trey […]
The post ‘Amityville Cult’ Delivers a Familiar, Drawn Out Story [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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.” Straight off the top, audiences going into An Amityville Poltergeist (2020) hoping to see objects flying around the famed Long Island house need to adjust their expectations. […]
The post ‘An Amityville Poltergeist’ – The One That Shamelessly Rips Off J-Horror [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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.” For the 25th entry of this editorial series (!), we’re looking at the lone Amityville directed solo by a woman: Rebecca Matthews’ Witches of Amityville Academy (2020). […]
The post ‘Amityville Witches’ Brings Soap Opera Melodrama to the “Franchise” [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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 opening of Troma’s Amityville Vibrator tells you everything you need to know about the tone of the film: a title card reads June 6, 1976, 6:66am. […]
The post Troma’s ‘Amityville Vibrator’ Is Silly, Self-Aware Fun [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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.” It’s time to revisit the Amityville “franchise’s” most prolific director, Mark Polonia. Thus far we’ve experienced his work on Amityville Death House (famed for its bizarre Spider […]
The post ‘Amityville Island’ Entertains with a Silly Women-in-Prison Grindhouse Film [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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 found footage entries in the Amityville series have been hit and miss. The Amityville Haunting featured a few innovative uses of the format, but the minuscule […]
The post ‘Amityville: No Escape’ – This Found Footage Installment Is Only Half Successful [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
A new film adaptation of Hans Holzer’s The Amityville Curse, which was published in 1981, brand new Tubi Original horror movie The Amityville Curse is now streaming. Hans Holzer’s book, it’s interesting to note, ended up serving as the basis for official franchise movie The Amityville Curse, which was released back in 1990. Tubi previews, “The new adaptation […]
The post ‘The Amityville Curse’ Trailer – Brand New Amityville Movie from Tubi Adapts Hans Holzer’s 1981 Novel appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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.” My hunch about the higher production values for The Amityville Terror (2016) wound up being true, and whether it’s the slightly more polished look or a cast […]
The post ‘The Amityville Terror’ – Sixteenth Movie Surprisingly Offers Campy Entertainment [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
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.” With Amityville Vanishing Point unavailable to stream or buy in Canada, I’ve had to leap frog over it and go directly to 2016’s The Amityville Legacy (aka […]
The post ‘The Amityville Legacy’ Finds a Haunted Monkey Inside the Amityville Toybox [The Amityville IP] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.