A contractor snaps and kills his entire family with a hammer. He claims he was possessed by a demon after doing work in “that house”. Before his execution, he confesses to a priest that he salvaged some lumber from “that house” and used it for his work. He now fears the lumber is haunted and the family who lives in the house he just renovated is in danger.
As someone who has sat through his share of fake Amityville movies, I must say that Amityville Exorcism is no dumber than many of the legitimate sequels in the official Amityville Horror franchise. I mean we’ve already had haunted clocks, lamps, and dollhouses in that series. Cursed scraps of lumber aren’t that much of a stretch.
Amityville Exorcism was directed by the prolific no-budget wonder Mark Polonia. If you’re familiar with Polonia’s filmography, you might already know what (not) to expect. Heck, this isn’t even his first rodeo when it comes to fake Amityville movies, having already made Amityville Death House and Amityville Island (which has got to be the worst fake Amityville flick I’ve seen). He also has Amityville in Space in production, which, of course, I will see, just because it’s called Amityville in Space.
To his credit, Polonia crams a lot of stuff into the seventy-seven-minute running time. In addition to the alcoholic father subplot (shades of Amityville 2: The Possession), there’s also a red specter that looks like the Masque of Red Death, killer dolls, a monster in the swimming pool, irritating POV shots of the ghost, possessions, photoshoots, a swarm of terrible looking CGI flies, a zombie attack, and of course, an exorcism. All this isn’t very good, but at least it’s not dull, which is usually the kiss of death for these kinds of things. I just wish the gore was better. (There’s a scene where a robber gets disemboweled, and his guts look like a balloon animal.) Either that, or there were some unintentional laughs to be had. Other than that, Amityville Exorcism is an OK no-budget horror flick.
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