| Amityville II: The Possession [Region 2] |  | Director: Damiano Damiani
Actors: James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Jack Magner, Andrew Prine
Category: DVD
Buy Used: $8.95
Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 214266
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014293158855
ASIN: B00004D0B9
Theatrical Release Date: September 24, 1982
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 One Warped Little Flick April 13, 2009
Graboidz (Westminster, Maryland)
This is one sick little horror movie. It plays out less like a haunted house film, and more like "The Exorcist"-Lite. In this film, we are introduced to the Montelli family, a family so messed up they make the mutant clan in "The Hills Have Eyes" look normal...and that is before the possession even begins. The loving father played by Burt Young in full "Paulie" mode from "Rocky" enjoys his cigars and drinks with a big old helping of abuse. He smacks just about everyone in a 10 yard radius of him throughout the film. You have the jeebus-freak Mom who manages to make almost every numbskull decision possible, all while hoping the local priest will come and bless this whole mess. You get a couple young kids thrown into the mix, which really gets disturbing as things play out on screen. And to top it off, you get a really odd pair of teens....who are close...I mean they get really close...as things unfold. What makes this truly disturbing it the fine acting job done by both Jack Magner as older brother Sonny, and Diane Franklin as sweet, but naive Patricia. As the story unfolds, you can't help but sucked into this sordid little slice of family life.
Of course, once the Possession begins, the family's only hope is the typical 1970's Hero-Priest, Father Adamsky. To be honest, I think the family would have been better off consulting a bag of doorknobs than this guy, who wants every "detail" of Patricia's sexual experience, and who decided to go camping with his "friend" in the middle of a parishoner's crisis?!
It may sound as though I hated this film. But that is far from the truth. I actually like this film better than the original. In all of it's twisted glory, "Amityville II" stays with you long after the credits roll at the end. Highly recommended for fans of 70's horror, plenty of atmosphere, decent special effects, and actually some really good acting carry this film along nicely.
 Suspenceful...scarier than the origional March 21, 2009
marky77 (England)
This movie is very suspencefull. All the time that the family are in the house you know that something bad is going to happen and that it's going to be scary - you just dont know what it is that will happen or when it will happen.
A new family movie into the Amityville house and the eldest child, Sonny, slowly gets possessed by the evil of the house as it take sover his mind and body, making him have incest with his sister and ultimatly try to kill his family. The local priest tries to save him from the demon that possesses - but will he succeed before it's too late?
Probably as good as - and scarier than - the origional Amityville Horror.
An adaquete sequel with some genuinely scary moments January 22, 2009
M. Ryan Fairbanks (Cleveland, Ohio)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Amityville Horror 2: The Possession, like it's predacessor, is loosely based on true events that took place at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville New York. Even before the infamous case of the Lutz family being forced out by supernatural forces, the house had already had some grim history behind it when Ronald DeFeo shot his family to death in their sleep. Ironically the short opening scene witnessed in the first movie was more historically accurate than this entire movie dedicated to retelling the particular tale, although that detail quickly becomes apparent when Amityville 2 devolves into a full blown Exorcist copy before your eyes.
Amityville 2 tells the tale of the highly dysfunctional Montelli family who move into their dream home, 112 Ocean Avenue. Straight from the get go they begin to take note that something just isn't right with the house, although not much less could be expected when considering that the house is situated upon an ancient burial ground. When the angry spirits take hold of the eldest son Sonny, he undergoes a demonic possession that drives him to murder his family. A local priest who witnesses the family slowly crumble away decides to go against the church, and take the matter into his own hands by performing an exorcism on young Sonny. If you blink, you might miss the scene in which it is weakly explained that this can all be attributed to the house being built on an ancient Indian burial ground, a detail that I felt should have been emphasized much more since it is relevant to the real story.
The Possession is often described as "sleazy", "filled with special effects", and "disturbing", which I feel is rather misleading. Not unlike the first Amityville, this installment struck me as largely uneventful, gloomy, and at times just plain weird such as the scene involving Sonny and his incestuous relationship with his sister. The flow of the movie is very uneven with the first half being mostly a dreary bore, the high point unintentionally occurring in the middle with the mass murder, and the remainder just slowly fizzles out in a very anti-climactic manner. Running at nearly two hours, this is simply way too long for the type of movie that it is.
Looking past the blatant ripping off of the Exorcist, Amityville Horror 2: The Possession is decent, or at the very least on par with first movie. Throughout its course it does manage to be rather scary, particularly during the scene where the possession actually takes place in the desolate and creepy house, so some credit is definietly due here. Personally I'm going to quit while I'm ahead with the Amityville series after this one, but I do recommend the first two installments of the series to hardcore horror lovers.
 One of the true great horror movies!!!!!! November 13, 2008
offhul
You can tell the director of this film actually cared about this movie. the acting is wonderful, the ambiance is real and it has believable feeling and atmosphere. a must see for any horror fan... it still keeps me awake at night......
 Amityville: The Beginning.... August 26, 2008
PUMPKIN MAN
I didn't like that they didn't use the same name as the original Ronald DeFeo, instead is was Sonny something. I didn't like the way he killed his family because they were supposed to be asleep, but they were awake. Also, the brother wants to gang-bang his sister! This is a bad prequel, and I would NOT recommend this movie!!!
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