Don't Believe the Hype

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I thought I would be soon over these stupid "Amityville" movies for Book Month, but there's always more of them! They just keep getting worse! This film once again starts by claiming it's based on a true story. For the umpteenth time, none of this was based on a true story and the author admitted to making the whole thing up! It was based on a novel, not a work of non-fiction! I hope James Randi cancels these films.This doesn't even have much to do with the actual Amityville story. There's a few allusions here and there, like the flies. This movie is dreadfully boring. It's basically trying to cash in on the "Paranormal Activity" movies and behaves exactly like them! Well, I guess a lot of found footage films act like this. The point is that new people are moving into the Amityville house and their son records everything weird that happens.There's a scene where a ghost just appears and does nothing for a full minute. I haven't seen every single "Amityville" so forgive me if I missed something. The ending is probably the worst as it features the dad going nuts and acting like an idiot. He's just beating up air in one scene. People are violently killed throughout the beginning of the film and the family still stays there! It's a pointless clichéd film and I'm glad to be done with these stupid movies. *

Found footage videos have overstayed their welcome, in my opinion.I can't believe I forced myself to watch the whole damn thing!! This is probably to lamest film to date and I can't even applaud the effort.If the acting weren't so terrible, especially the dad and son characters, it might have earned a 2.Nothing scary or believable in this movie, whatsoever. Fast forward to the last 5 minutes and you'll be good.

This film has absolutely no merits whatsoever. The dialog is dire, the acting is below pre-school levels.The characters have zero likability, you'll be waiting for them to die with joy especially the kid when he whines about his 'docoooomannary' and the less said about the father character who needs a good slap when he goes into 'military dad', the better.... mode. Scares are non existent. Whoever made and 'acted' in this drivel should never be allowed near a film set again. Moreover whoever wrote this should be exiled from the industry.Simply don't waste an hour of your life on this nonsense....you will regret it. This is a hideous mess from start to finish.

Okay so I actually managed to watch the whole thing. The dad (Doughlas) is so annoying throughout the whole film. He does nothing but yell and denies everything everyone says to him. Bad acting mixed with bad scripts. Also the deaths scenes are pretty laughable. It seems like they were trying to make a Paranormal Activity parody, like "Scary Movie" or whatever. It got 2 stars because it has a few small jump scares, which I appreciate. I know it's a low-budget movie but it's like they don't even try anymore. The young daughter was the only one with fair acting. Everyone else was horrible.Oh and once again, the dad was so annoying. I can't say it enough.