Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”
Last editorial, I pondered if the best films in the Amityville Horror franchise are the paired entries. As we cross off the seventh entry, that suspicion holds true. Amityville: A New Generation has decent ambition for a franchise creeping towards double digits; it simply needed a few tweaks in its execution. At the end of the day, the film feels aggressively early 90s direct-to-video horror, slightly better than something like a mid-range Candyman or Hellraiser.
The 1993 film is set in an apartment complex whose residents are an artist collective. The film uses the same formula as The Amityville Curse for its characters (a combination of lovers and friends), as well as It’s About Time and 3-D (a new haunted object). In this case,...
Last editorial, I pondered if the best films in the Amityville Horror franchise are the paired entries. As we cross off the seventh entry, that suspicion holds true. Amityville: A New Generation has decent ambition for a franchise creeping towards double digits; it simply needed a few tweaks in its execution. At the end of the day, the film feels aggressively early 90s direct-to-video horror, slightly better than something like a mid-range Candyman or Hellraiser.
The 1993 film is set in an apartment complex whose residents are an artist collective. The film uses the same formula as The Amityville Curse for its characters (a combination of lovers and friends), as well as It’s About Time and 3-D (a new haunted object). In this case,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Reviewed by Jesse Miller, MoreHorror.com
“Amityville: A New Generation” (1993)
Directed By: John Murlowski
Written By: Christopher DeFaria & Antonio Toro
Starring: Ross Patridge (Keyes Terry), Julia Nickson (Suki), Terry O’Quinn (Detective Clark), Lala Sloatman (Llanie), David Naughton (Dick Cutler), Barbara Howard (Janet Cutler), Jack Orend (Franklin Bonner), Richard Roundtree (Pauli), Robert Russler (Ray)
After seeing this films predecessor “Amityville 1992: It’s About Time” I had pretty high hopes for this movie as I felt that film at least gave some life back in to this aging franchise. When I was done watching “A New Generation” I was a bit let down. While this movie follows the same theme as the fourth and sixth movies, it is clearly the weakest in terms of keeping the story coherent.
The story involves a young man Keyes Terry who is given a mirror by a by a person he sees randomly on the side of the road.
“Amityville: A New Generation” (1993)
Directed By: John Murlowski
Written By: Christopher DeFaria & Antonio Toro
Starring: Ross Patridge (Keyes Terry), Julia Nickson (Suki), Terry O’Quinn (Detective Clark), Lala Sloatman (Llanie), David Naughton (Dick Cutler), Barbara Howard (Janet Cutler), Jack Orend (Franklin Bonner), Richard Roundtree (Pauli), Robert Russler (Ray)
After seeing this films predecessor “Amityville 1992: It’s About Time” I had pretty high hopes for this movie as I felt that film at least gave some life back in to this aging franchise. When I was done watching “A New Generation” I was a bit let down. While this movie follows the same theme as the fourth and sixth movies, it is clearly the weakest in terms of keeping the story coherent.
The story involves a young man Keyes Terry who is given a mirror by a by a person he sees randomly on the side of the road.
- 10/2/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Before I tell you about the VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul concert that will be airing tonight on VH1 at 9/8 C, I want to make something clear. I am an employee of VH1. Obviously. However, the raves you are about to read for this show, which I was lucky enough to attend last night at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom, have nothing to do with my employment at this fine company. Because really, of any event I’ve ever had to go to for work, this was above and beyond anything I’ve ever experienced. I almost want to take my paycheck this week and just tear it up as a thank you. (Shame I laminate my paychecks otherwise I seriously would.) Now last time I went to Divas, I wore a full-length gown and got my hair twisted into a prom updo, because I thought that was a kind of funny,...
- 12/19/2011
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
Celebrity Workout PlansFit and FabulousIf you think it's tough staying fit and maintaining a healthy size, imagine being a celebrity, and your weight is under constant surveillance. Luckily celebs like Halle Berry and Serena Williams have made staying fit look oh-so-good. From First Lady Michelle Obama's championing of a healthy lifestyle to Jennifer Hudson's dramatic (and inspiring) weight loss, take a look at how these celebs stay fit, fierce and fabulous.Halle BerryHalle Berry's body is the envy of most women. The Oscar-winner says she puts in an hour's workout, five days a week. Berry and her trainer switch up their workouts each week — from hiking to kickboxing or yoga.Mel BMel B. is so into staying fit she even has a fitness DVD and Playstation game. The mom of two says she works out three times a week, but doesn't believe in dieting. "I believe in listening...
- 2/17/2011
- Essence
As we left our screening of "Somewhere," a colleague observed that he'd never been to the Chateau Marmont, where much of the movie is set, but that he "couldn't believe how crappy it looked." I've never been there either, and while I'm not sure that that's the description I'd choose, as it's sketched out in the film the famous West Hollywood hotel doesn't conform to any of the expected trappings of luxury -- the grounds look rambling and overgrown, the eclectic furniture comfortably broken in, the overall air studiedly unpretentious. It's a very high-end version of what George Clooney's character in "Up in the Air" deemed "fauxmey" -- a shabby chic, sun-dappled aerie filled with beautiful, sometimes famous playmates, where everyone knows your name and room service is available 24 hours a day.
That sense of coddled coziness is important to Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff), because the Marmont is the...
That sense of coddled coziness is important to Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff), because the Marmont is the...
- 12/22/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
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