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‘The Amityville Murders’ – A Ghoulish and Exploitative Look at the DeFeo Murders [The Amityville IP]

August 29, 2023 Joe Lipsett Carlo Rinaldi, Chelsea Ricketts, Daniel Farrands, Diane Franklin, Editorials, John Robinson, Paul Ben-Victor, Rebekah Graf, The Amityville Horror, The Amityville IP

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 frustrating about a film that begins with a lot of potential, and then thoroughly squanders it. Writer/director Daniel Farrands’ The Amityville Murders is one such […]

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‘Amityville: Mt. Misery Road’ Is a Short Film Barely Stretched to Feature Length [The Amityville IP]

August 15, 2023 Joe Lipsett Amityville Horror, Chuck Morrongiello, Editorials, Karolina Morrongiello, The Amityville IP

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 have been some bad Amityville films since we ventured off the path into open IP territory. A lot of filmmakers have used the name recognition of […]

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‘Amityville Exorcism’ Is the One That Shamelessly Rips Off ‘The Exorcist’ [The Amityville IP]

July 18, 2023 Joe Lipsett Amityville Horror, Billy D'Amato, Editorials, Mark Polonia, The Amityville IP

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 an “in name only” outing with Amityville Prison (aka Against The Night), there’s something reassuring about Amityville Exorcism, which delivers exactly what the title suggests. This […]

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‘Amityville Clownhouse’ Needs More Bozo Action [The Amityville IP]

June 20, 2023 Joe Lipsett Dustin Ferguson, Editorials, Julia Farrell, Mark Patton, Movies, The Amityville IP

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 was with a mix of trepidation and intrigue that I hit play on Dustin Ferguson’s Amityville Clownhouse (2020). The film, first released in 2017 under the […]

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‘Amityville: No Escape’ – This Found Footage Installment Is Only Half Successful [The Amityville IP]

June 6, 2023 Joe Lipsett Alia Gabrielle Eckhardt, Allison Egan, Amityville, Amityville Horror, Editorials, Henrique Couto, Ira Gansler, Josh Miller, Julia Gomez, Katrina Gansler, Michael William Ralston, Movies, The Amityville IP

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 […]

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‘The Amityville Terror’ – Sixteenth Movie Surprisingly Offers Campy Entertainment [The Amityville IP]

May 23, 2023 Joe Lipsett Amanda Barton, Amityville, Bobby Emprechtinger, Christy St. John, Editorials, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau, Kim Nielsen, Lai-Ling Bernstein, Nicole Tompkins, The Amityville IP, Tonya Kay, Trevor Stines

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 […]

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‘The Amityville Legacy’ Finds a Haunted Monkey Inside the Amityville Toybox [The Amityville IP]

May 9, 2023 Joe Lipsett Amityville, Amityville Toybox, Dustin Ferguson, Editorials, Mike Johnson, The Amityville IP, The Amityville Legacy

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 […]

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‘The Amityville Theater’ Gets Lost In Its Own Playhouse [The Amityville IP]

April 25, 2023 Joe Lipsett Editorials, Gary Martin, John R. Walker, Steve Hardy, The Amityville IP, the amityville playhouse, The Amityville Theater

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.” We’re hitting new lows with the “franchise” with The Amityville Theater (or The Amityville Playhouse depending on where you watch). Despite an inherently interesting location and a […]

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‘The Amityville Haunting’ Takes the Franchise into the Found Footage Arena [The Amityville IP]

March 14, 2023 Joe Lipsett Editorials, Movies, The Amityville Haunting, The Amityville Horror, The Amityville IP

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.” We’re into the thick of it now, aren’t we? Ten entries into the so-called Amityville franchise and it’s all cheap IP cash-grabs from here on out. I’m […]

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‘The Amityville Horror’ Is a Mid-Tier Update from the 2000s Remake Boom [The Amityville IP]

February 28, 2023 Joe Lipsett Andrew Douglas, Chloe Grace Moretz, Editorials, isabel conner, Jesse James, jimmy bennett, Melissa George, Philip Baker Hall, Rachel Nichols, Ryan Reynolds, Scott Kosar, The Amityville Horror, The Amityville IP

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.” Nearly a decade after the last DTV entry, The Amityville Horror finally returned to theaters. This was thanks, in large part, to the success of Platinum Dunes’ 2003 remake of […]

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‘Amityville 1992: It’s About Time’ Is a Top-Tier Franchise Entry [The Amityville IP]

January 17, 2023 Joe Lipsett Amityville, Amityville 1992, Amityville 1992: It's About Time, Christopher DeFaria, Damon Martin, Dean Cochran, Dick Miller, Editorials, Jonathan Penner, Megan Ward, Movies, Nita Talbot, shawn weatherly, Stephen Macht, The Amityville IP, Tony Randel

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.” Despite featuring the most awkward title yet, it’s my pleasure to report that Amityville 1992: It’s About Time is a top-tier entry in the Amityville Horror series. Thanks primarily to […]

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The Amityville IP: 1990 Canuxploitation Sequel ‘The Amityville Curse’ Is Watchable, But Forgettable

January 3, 2023 Joe Lipsett Amityville, Cassandra Gava, David Stein, Dawna Wightman, Editorials, Jan Rubeš, Kim Coates, Rodney Gibbons, The Amityville IP

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.” Less than a year after the possessed lamp made its debut, Canada delivers the fifth entry in the Amityville franchise…and the result is a little ho-hum. I’m […]

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The Amityville IP: ‘The Evil Escapes’ Brought the Franchise Straight-to-Video with a Possessed Lamp

December 20, 2022 Joe Lipsett Amityville, Amityville Evil Escapes, Editorials, Frederic Lehne, Jane Wyatt, Movies, Patty Duke, Peggy McCay, Sandor Stern, The Amityville IP

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.” What’s fun about writing this series based on first time watches is that I only have a cursory awareness of the weird places the franchise goes. When […]

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The Amityville IP: 1983’s ‘Amityville 3D’ Has a Great Climax and a Bland Protagonist

December 6, 2022 Joe Lipsett Amityville, Amityville 3-D, Amityville 3D, Candy Clark, Editorials, John Harkins, Lori Loughlin, Meg Ryan, Movies, Richard Fleischer, Robert Joy, The Amityville IP, Tony Roberts

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. After the highs of Amityville 2: The Possession, it’s hard not to see Amityville 3-D as something of a letdown. The Richard Fleischer-directed film lacks the visual flare that Damiano Damiani brought […]

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The Amityville IP: 1981’s ‘Amityville II: The Possession’ Takes The Franchise in a Wild Direction

November 22, 2022 Joe Lipsett Amityville 2: The Possession, Amityville II, burt young, Damiano Damiani, Diane Franklin, Editorials, Franco Di Giacomo, Jack Magner, james olson, Rutanya Alda, The Amityville IP, Tommy Lee Wallace

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. While it’s easy to appreciate the grounded, almost stoic nature of the original, it’s hard not to enjoy the outright campiness of Amityville 2: The Possession. The sequel, which never explicitly mentions […]

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