Monday, April 27, 2009

The Amityville Horror (2005)

3.5 / 5
Tagline: Katch 'em, Kill 'em
Directed by: Andrew Douglas
Written By: Scott Kosar, Jay Anson, Sandor Stern, George Lutz, Kathy Lutz
Actors include: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James
Genre: Drama, Horror
Length: 90 minutes
Banned: nope
Country: USA

Review:
One of the very rare cases where a remake exceeds the original. This one actually has a pace, and some action and even a bit of horrific imagery (although not the greatest). It's certainly entertaining enough to watch, and any curiousity based on that whole "true story" thing can be settled Hollywood style by watching this. We meet a young family who moves into a house with quite a reputation...in terror! See the family before was murdered and before long the couple's daughter has an imaginary friend...a dangerous one. It's sorta like the original story mixed in with some "Sixth Sense" but it did pep the story up a bit!

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