I'm not really sure what to say except I have a weird obsession with crappy Amityville movies This one the premise intrigued me It's about a guy who has a YouTube channel laid off from his job and home alone because of a pandemic gets sent a cursed doorknob from the Amityville house and decides the only way to get rid of the curse is to make a movie Fun fact the guy who made this has a actual YouTube channel Movie Timelines I have no idea as I only recently found out about his channel and this movie So strictly guessing on my part But I think he just wanted to show how easy it is to make a crappy Amityville movie and congratulations you succeeded.
4 Reviews
It has highs and lows
Mysteriously_Eerie19 May 2024
This movie is hard to rate. On the one hand, it's very well done for how cheap it is. But it also misses the mark quite a bit.
If you're reading this and you don't know the director, writer, and lead actor Josh has a YouTube channel called Movie Timelines (or had, if you're reading this way in the future), you should seek it out before or after watching this, as this is basically a fictionalized behind-the-scenes look at his life.
It's about a horror YouTuber receiving a door knob from the Amityville house and becoming cursed as a result. While this movie is currently classified as Horror, it's far more funny than scary. Josh is naturally funny, and his one-liners will have you laughing (or perhaps just chuckling), which unfortunately undercuts a lot of the tension he works to establish. The ridiculous demon costumes and bad cgi also help make the movie funny. Overall, this is a much better comedy than horror.
Still, though, Josh makes some interesting observations about horror films throughout, which bumps this up for me. I enjoyed it, but I felt it could have been smarter.
If you're reading this and you don't know the director, writer, and lead actor Josh has a YouTube channel called Movie Timelines (or had, if you're reading this way in the future), you should seek it out before or after watching this, as this is basically a fictionalized behind-the-scenes look at his life.
It's about a horror YouTuber receiving a door knob from the Amityville house and becoming cursed as a result. While this movie is currently classified as Horror, it's far more funny than scary. Josh is naturally funny, and his one-liners will have you laughing (or perhaps just chuckling), which unfortunately undercuts a lot of the tension he works to establish. The ridiculous demon costumes and bad cgi also help make the movie funny. Overall, this is a much better comedy than horror.
Still, though, Josh makes some interesting observations about horror films throughout, which bumps this up for me. I enjoyed it, but I felt it could have been smarter.
A Great way to end this long running franchise!
UnclePeteNITC16 April 2024
There are over 50 movies in the Amityville franchise; the first two are great, and a few others are pretty decent. Many of them just named their movie Amityville to connect it to the original. This movie is something different. Not only does it connect to the original, but it also is connected to every other film in the franchise up until now. The writing was beautiful and original. The entire cast has the chemistry you only get from people who really know each other. Not since Amityville 2: The Possession have I enjoyed an Amityville movie so much. This movie has excellent pacing, it moves along very well. There are multiple parts that will make you laugh, and smile, and there are some great creepy moments as well, with scares as well. Avoiding all spoilers, this movie is one of the best sequels in this very large franchise, definitely, one you need to check out.
There will be many more
BandSAboutMovies30 May 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Amityville Zoo, Planet Amityville, Amityville Doorknob, Amityville Lockdown, Amityville Isolation, The Amityville Amityville and Amityville Fridge aren't real but I would totally watch them if they did. After all, this is the 53rd Amityville movie I've watched and I don't see stopping any time soon.
Movie Timelines host Josh Spiegel directed, wrote and stars in this as himself. In the middle of a new pandemic, separated from his wife Christie and daughter Stella (played by his real-life wife and daughter), he keeps trying to update his YouTube channel and have online meetings with horror fans in the midst of losing his job and being mailed a cursed doorknob from Amityville that puts him into his own horror movie.
Then everyone he meets has their heads explode and he learns from multiple Amityville director Lars Van Floof that every Amityville movie is cursed by an item sold from the original house. I believe this, as much as I believe that a demon has cursed me to watch every one of these films.
Made on a low budget and a found footage film, this feels made for people like, well, me. People who keep watching Amityville movies and get mad at themselves but then feel a sense of joy when a new one comes out. Josh is from Pittsburgh as well, even though we've never met, and therefore I feel some kinship for the terror he endures as he goes deep into the heart of 112 Ocean Avenue.
Movie Timelines host Josh Spiegel directed, wrote and stars in this as himself. In the middle of a new pandemic, separated from his wife Christie and daughter Stella (played by his real-life wife and daughter), he keeps trying to update his YouTube channel and have online meetings with horror fans in the midst of losing his job and being mailed a cursed doorknob from Amityville that puts him into his own horror movie.
Then everyone he meets has their heads explode and he learns from multiple Amityville director Lars Van Floof that every Amityville movie is cursed by an item sold from the original house. I believe this, as much as I believe that a demon has cursed me to watch every one of these films.
Made on a low budget and a found footage film, this feels made for people like, well, me. People who keep watching Amityville movies and get mad at themselves but then feel a sense of joy when a new one comes out. Josh is from Pittsburgh as well, even though we've never met, and therefore I feel some kinship for the terror he endures as he goes deep into the heart of 112 Ocean Avenue.
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