Get out! A ranking of the 11 primary ‘Amityville Horror’ movies
Movie list: The “Amityville” series goes nearly 50 deep, but I’ve narrowed it down to 11 main entries, which I rank from worst to first.
Amityville
‘Amityville Murders’ (2018) fills in key piece of puzzle
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): Although the story had been hinted at in other films, it wasn’t until 2018 that the 1974 Defeo murders got fully chronicled on screen.
‘Amityville: The Awakening’ (2017) wastes its meta premise
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): While this is better made than most films with “Amityville” in the name, the screenplay is a series of haunting cliches.
In ‘Amityville Horror’ remake (2005), bigger isn’t better
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): Although the remake improves on some aspects, it’s unable to match the scary vibe of the cheap original.
‘Amityville Dollhouse’ (1996) mercifully wraps up the ‘curse’ spinoffs
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): Better than some, worse than others, the saga’s eighth entry concludes the 20th century’s “Amityville” films.
‘Amityville: A New Generation’s’ (1993) haunted mirror gives us little to reflect on
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): The writers who gave us the decent “It’s About Time” are unable to repeat the feat with the seventh entry.
‘Amityville 1992: It’s About Time’ is fun shlock-around-the-clock
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): One of the key figures in the “Hellraiser” franchise brings a wild premise and gore effects over to “Amityville.”
‘The Amityville Curse’ (1990) seeks its haunts from another house
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): The saga’s direct-to-video era begins with respectable production values but an underachieving story.
In ‘Amityville 4’ (1989), ‘The Evil Escapes’ into a daytime soap
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): Back in the day, there was a substantial difference between theatrical movies and TV movies. “A4” is a case study.
‘Amityville 3-D’ (1983) could’ve used more dimension in its storytelling
Revisiting Amityville (Movie review): This is a respectable capper to the original “Amityville” trilogy, but it’s the weakest of those three films.