Amityville 3-D (1983)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Richard Fleischer

Writer:

William Wales (written by)

Release Date:

18 November 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Enter the gateway to hell...at your peril!

Plot:

A reporter moves into the ominous Long Island house to debunk it of the recent supernatural events and becomes besieged by the evil manifestations which are connected to a hell-spawn demon lurking in the basement.

Plot Keywords:

House | Supernatural | Demon | Reporter | Third Part

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tony Roberts	...	John Baxter
Tess Harper	...	Nancy Baxter
Robert Joy	...	Elliot West
Candy Clark	...	Melanie
John Beal	...	Harold Caswell
Leora Dana	...	Emma Caswell
John Harkins	...	Clifford Sanders
Lori Loughlin	...	Susan Baxter
Meg Ryan	...	Lisa
Neill Barry	...	Jeff
Peter Kowanko	...	Roger (as Pete Kowanko)
Frederikke Borge	...	Elliot's Assistant (as Rikke Borge)
Carlos Romano	...	David Cohler
Josefina Echánove	...	Dolores (as Josephina Echanove)
Jorge Zepeda	...	Van Driver

Also Known As:

Amityville III: The Demon
Amityville: The Demon

Runtime:

105 min | UK:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG (Certificate #27133) | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Portugal:M/18 | Iceland:16 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Toms River, New Jersey, USA

Company:

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)

Trivia:

Although this film takes place at the Amityville House, it is not a sequel to The Amityville Horror (1979) or Amityville II: The Possession (1982). The events in the first two films were supposedly "real".

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the evil forces caused the elevator to malfunction, the man inside is shown pressed against the ceiling as the elevator is rapidly descending. The only way this could happen is if the elevator was accelerating downward faster than the force of gravity could pull it. That he should stick to the ceiling is against the laws of physics.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Emma Caswell: Good evening.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Land of the Dead (2005)

Clapped out horror

One of a spate of third chapters shot in 3-D (also 'Jaws 3-D', 'Friday the 13th Part III'), this redundant sequel uses the technique to make up for a lack of effort in every other department, like story, lighting, direction and editing. Plenty of familiar scenes are present – kids holding séances, self-slamming doors, red herring dream sequences – without much in the way of suspense or scares. Nothing happens, and it happens very slowly. The film is notable only for an early role for Meg Ryan, and even that's nothing to get excited about any more. All right, so these movies aren't exactly art, but would it kill them to put a bit of effort in?