Stu
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Conflict Scripts - Screenplays for Film and TV
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Post by Stu on Aug 3, 2005 8:27:40 GMT
Dir: Damiano Damiani
Some films simply don’t get the recognition that they deserve and ‘Amityville II The Possession’ is no exception to that fact. Being a sequel tends to hinder critical praise from the outset for most films but the fact that this motion picture is actually a prequel seems irrelevant in this case.
Director Damiano Damiani (Once upon A Time In Italy) uses the forces of evil to recreate the true story of a family murdered within their own home.
The Montellis, an Italian-American family, move into the infamous house with attic windows for eyes. What follows is torture and torment as the eldest boy Sonny is possessed by the Devil forcing him into all kinds of sadistic temptations, one example being the seduction of his own sister. Eventually he plots the slaughter of his whole family one by one.
This is a shocker as good as any other and still proves difficult to watch today. You can see the blatant influences of ‘The Exorcist’ but how many horrors were released around the late seventies and early eighties that weren’t influenced by William Friedkin’s groundbreaker?
An outstanding performance by the brilliant Burt Young as Sonny’s rigorous father helps pump an aura of reality into this supernatural chiller. Tommy Lee Wallace, frequent collaborator of horror master John Carpenter, manages to deliver a very eerie, suspenseful and at times heart-stopping screenplay that rivals any of it’s contemporaries.
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Post by leslieanus on Aug 4, 2005 13:30:05 GMT
review TCM next.
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Stu
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Post by Stu on Aug 4, 2005 13:39:02 GMT
I haven't seen either of them.
Do you prefer the original or remake?
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Post by leslieanus on Aug 4, 2005 17:23:47 GMT
I never saw the remake, but only because I heard it was shite compared to the original, which is teh boss.
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Post by xeron05 on Aug 5, 2005 6:16:09 GMT
Never seen either, so was the original good? Im debating whether to take a look at em.
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Post by leslieanus on Aug 5, 2005 10:13:24 GMT
It's a bit of a slow burner. A big attempt is made at the start to build up the atmosphere, but the personalities of the road trippers are never really explored. This is better, because it allows the viewer to remember that this is technically based on a true story (however loosely) and it could happen to anyone.
Leatherface is the fucking scariest freak ever. The whole film smacks of an amateurish, low budget affair, and it's all the better for it.
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