Review – Amityville 2: The Possession

This picture takes a worst-of-both-worlds approach to combining the original Amityville Horror with The Exorcist. Of course by the time this one went into production the whole “true story” gag had fallen through, so it was either come up with something new or fall back on demonic possession clichés. Guess which path got chosen. The first half of the movie is okay despite inept film-making and an especially icky incest subplot. However, the inevitable family massacre occurs with a considerable amount of the movie still to go, and most everything after that is a dull battle between a latex-slathered teenager and James Olson as a lackluster priest. See if desperate