http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-amityville-horror-1979/ movie review and news blog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:47:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-amityville-horror-1979/#comment-5324 The Messengers (2007) - Movie Reviews Blog Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:56:38 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-amityville-horror-1979/#comment-5324 [...] random and hard to stomach, as it leaves you wishing you were watching “The Shining”, “The Amityville Horror”, “What Lies Beneath” or any other of the dozens of movies that did the concept [...] [...] random and hard to stomach, as it leaves you wishing you were watching “The Shining”, “The Amityville Horror”, “What Lies Beneath” or any other of the dozens of movies that did the concept [...]

]]> http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-amityville-horror-1979/#comment-847 The Amityville Horror: Review - Movie Reviews Blog Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:28:45 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-amityville-horror-1979/#comment-847 [...] How many of you liked the Marcus Nispel remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? All of you, great. Well, you were probably thrilled to see that the same folks who brought that movie to you would also be bringing the remake of The Amityville Horror, using the same gritty and grainy visuals used in that chainsaw movie. And with Ryan Reynolds in the lead, how can you go wrong? The trailer was pretty scary, or at least it was to the 8 year old in the front row. It had to be good. [...] [...] How many of you liked the Marcus Nispel remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? All of you, great. Well, you were probably thrilled to see that the same folks who brought that movie to you would also be bringing the remake of The Amityville Horror, using the same gritty and grainy visuals used in that chainsaw movie. And with Ryan Reynolds in the lead, how can you go wrong? The trailer was pretty scary, or at least it was to the 8 year old in the front row. It had to be good. [...]

]]> http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-amityville-horror-1979/#comment-846 Black Christmas - Movie Reviews Blog Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:27:51 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-amityville-horror-1979/#comment-846 [...] When most people think of “the first slasher film”, typically they’ll think of John Carpenter’s Halloween. And yes, it’s true, Halloween is what really kicked the sub-genre off and got it recognized by mainstream movie-goers. However, 4 years before Halloween, there was this little gem starring Margot Kidder (the Amityville Horror) and John Saxon (a Nightmare on Elm Street). Because Black Christmas predates the slasher genre it really has more in common with suspense-thrillers like Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and has an overall higher quality to it than slasher flicks like Slumber Party Massacre and Sleepaway Camp. [...] [...] When most people think of “the first slasher film”, typically they’ll think of John Carpenter’s Halloween. And yes, it’s true, Halloween is what really kicked the sub-genre off and got it recognized by mainstream movie-goers. However, 4 years before Halloween, there was this little gem starring Margot Kidder (the Amityville Horror) and John Saxon (a Nightmare on Elm Street). Because Black Christmas predates the slasher genre it really has more in common with suspense-thrillers like Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and has an overall higher quality to it than slasher flicks like Slumber Party Massacre and Sleepaway Camp. [...]

]]> http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-amityville-horror-1979/#comment-845 The Changeling (1980) - Movie Reviews Blog Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:27:02 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/the-amityville-horror-1979/#comment-845 [...] There is only one major problem, I suppose. The scares in the Changeling, well, aren’t very scary. They rely mostly on slamming doors, loud noises and disembodied voices. All very unnerving, yes, but done so much better in films like the Haunting and the Amityville Horror. The séance recording is one of the better moments, as John discovers the voice of the murdered child speaking to him through a tape. But still, it’s all rather tame. The only real moment of heart-pounding terror happens at the film’s climax, where the boy’s cobwebbed wheelchair springs to life. To the film’s credit, that is an excellent scene. Regretfully, it’s just about the only truly scary moment in the entire picture. [...] [...] There is only one major problem, I suppose. The scares in the Changeling, well, aren’t very scary. They rely mostly on slamming doors, loud noises and disembodied voices. All very unnerving, yes, but done so much better in films like the Haunting and the Amityville Horror. The séance recording is one of the better moments, as John discovers the voice of the murdered child speaking to him through a tape. But still, it’s all rather tame. The only real moment of heart-pounding terror happens at the film’s climax, where the boy’s cobwebbed wheelchair springs to life. To the film’s credit, that is an excellent scene. Regretfully, it’s just about the only truly scary moment in the entire picture. [...]

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