Product: Amityville 3-D [Region 2] (includes 3-D glasses) (1983)
Rating: 2.0
mediocre and hum-drum
At the time this movie was made it was probably a great gimmick to release the third film in the series in 3-D (as with Jaws 3 and Friday the 13th Part 3). Also in order to make the film more 'kid-friendly', the producers shot for a PG rating totally going against the well earned R of the second film. Ok ok thats fine. I can live with the 3-D and the PG rating, but what about the film. The film itself is the real problem as it is so hum drum and mediocre. The story has a reporter who is stubborn and "refused to believe the stories" and buys the historic haunted house. Everyone else sees the spooks except him and predictable outcomes occur. The plot is just tame and predictable. There are many sub-plots that don't work too hot either, like that re-occuring "demon" thing. A lady developes a picture to find a "demon" head in it and the same demon comes out of a demonic well at the end. With the stale story and limp directing, its no wonder Amityville 3-D put the final nail in the coffin for further Amityville films not to be released theatrically.What I found curious is that the MGM box set I got this film in states on the bottom of the box in tiny writting that "This is not a sequel to The Amityville Horror or Amityville II: The Possession". Urghh? Uh, yes it is. Just cause its the first not be based on a 'true' story doesn't make it not a sequel. It even mentions the events of the first films! Amityville 3-D was released overseas as Amityville III: The Demon and it was followed by Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes. Sounds like a sequel in my book...