Thursday, December 22, 2011

[3.00/10] The Amityville Haunting (2011)

The Amityville Haunting (2011)

QuickRating: Set in a ridiculously inaccurate location, and featuring an implausible story, poor direction, annoying characters and tons of cheap thrills and overly-familiar horror gimmicks, The Asylum's "The Amityville Haunting" feels and looks like a lame "Paranormal Activity" rip-off, so terribly made and so un-scary, that even die-hard fans of the 'found footage' genre will find really hard to appreciate.

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11 comments:

  1. Alex J. CavanaughDecember 22, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    I'll be sure to avoid it!

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  2. George Beremov [Nebular]December 22, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    Alex, you better do.

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  3. George Beremov [Nebular]December 22, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    Maynard, the DVD screener leaked last week. I saw it the same night, but now I regret it. LOL.

    Thanks, but isn't it a bit too early for new year greetings? :)

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  4. Maynard MorrisseyDecember 22, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    Um, the 'Happy New Year' ironically relates to the fact that I'm gonna torture myself next year by watching 10(!) awful Amityville flicks.

    You see, it will be a 'Happy' new year for me :)

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  5. Maynard MorrisseyDecember 22, 2011 at 2:27 PM

    I just realized that next year's self-torture will be incredibly brutal:
    I plan to watch all 9 Hellraiser movies, all 9 Children Of The Corn movies, all 10 amityville movies and all 4 Wrong Turn movies.

    2012 - The year Maynard's becoming an Uber-Masochist :D

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  6. George Beremov [Nebular]December 22, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    Ah, silly me. I got it now. LOL.
    I try to avoid the Asylum films, but I was curious about this one.

    Harry, you're insane... that's really gonna be a pure cinematic torture. You naughty masochist! :)

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  7. Maynard MorrisseyDecember 22, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    LOL well, it's a dirty job but somebody's gotta do it :D

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  8. UnknownDecember 22, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    I usually avoid the Asylum craptacular specials. They bore me. Definitely will be avoiding this one, too. Great slice n dice, sweetie. :)

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  9. George Beremov [Nebular]December 22, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Mel, at first I didn't know it was an Asylum movie. Actually I found out right after I finished watching it. Saw it just because it was a FF horror flick, but it turned out HORRIBLE.

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  10. ✗✗December 27, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    Well I will be sure to avoid this one! It sounds a bit silly now after reading your review. I just wonder how people get away with making such poor/unscary horror films.

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  11. George Beremov [Nebular]December 29, 2011 at 3:33 AM

    Nicole, avoid this one at all costs. It's neither scary nor particularly interesting. I wonder the same thing. LOL.

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