Amityville 3-D (1983)

Director:

Richard Fleischer

Writer:

William Wales (written by)

Release Date:

18 November 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

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 | Demon | Reporter | Supernatural Power | 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
Raquel Pankowsky	...	Sensory Woman
Paco Pharrez	...	Maintenance Man (as Paco Pharres)

Directed by
Richard Fleischer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
William Wales		written by

Produced by
Stephen F. Kesten	....	producer

Original Music by
Howard Blake

Cinematography by
Fred Schuler		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Frank J. Urioste

Art Direction by
Giorgio Postiglione
Justin Scoppa Jr.

Set Decoration by
Justin Scoppa Jr.

Costume Design by
Clifford Capone

Makeup Department
John Caglione Jr.	....	makeup illusions
Vincent Callaghan	....	special makeup
Anthony Cortino	....	hair stylist
Doug Drexler	....	makeup/illusions crew
Kevin Haney	....	makeup/illusions crew
Neal Martz	....	makeup/illusions crew
David E. Smith	....	makeup/illusions crew

Production Management
G. Mac Brown	....	unit production manager
Moira Kelly	....	production supervisor
Jane Rayleigh	....	assistant production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ann Egbert	....	second assistant director
Joseph P. Reidy	....	assistant director

Art Department
Agustín Ituarte	....	assistant art director
Jack Wright Jr.	....	propman (as John Wright Jr.)
Thomas Wright	....	property master
Maurice Zuberano	....	production illustrator

Sound Department
Ronaye Boyle	....	assistant sound editor
John Fundus	....	sound
Peter Ilardi	....	sound
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carl Mahakian	....	additional sound editor
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jorge Palomino	....	boom operator
Jack Schrader	....	dialogue editor
Chester Slomka	....	additional sound editor
William L. Stevenson	....	supervising sound editor
Manuel Topete	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Connie Brink	....	special effects
Mike Edmonson	....	special effects crew
Tim Farrell	....	special effects crew
James Fredburg	....	special effects crew (as Jim Fredburg)
Al Griswold	....	special effects
Jeff Jarvis	....	special effects supervisor
Samuel E. Price	....	special effects crew
Bruce Robles	....	special effects crew
Gary Schaedler	....	special effects crew
Ken Sher	....	special effects crew
David Wood	....	special effects crew
Michael Wood	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Rick Fichter	....	optical effects crew
Gary Platek	....	optical effects crew
Peter Stolz	....	optical effects crew
Stuart Ziff	....	optical effects crew

Stunts
David Burton	....	stunts
Kimberly Epper	....	stunts
Tony Farentino	....	stunts
Chris Howell	....	stunt coordinator
Chris Howell	....	stunts
Harry Madsen	....	stunts
Hyla Marrow	....	stunts
Julia Orozco	....	stunts
Noon Orsatti	....	stunts (as Noon Orsati)
Victoria Vanderkloot	....	stunts
Scott Wilder	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Mel Brown	....	gaffer
Michael Brown	....	electrician
Norman Buck	....	grip
James Dillinger	....	electrician
Brian Hamill	....	still photographer
Gábor Kövér	....	assistant camera
Ed Quinn	....	grip
Schultz Richard	....	grip
William H. Steiner	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Toni Reed Baer	....	wardrobe supervisor
Barbara Hause	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Donah Bassett	....	negative cutter
Derek Brechin	....	assistant editor
Mark Eggenweiler	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Daniel Allan Carlin	....	music editor

Other crew
Laura Aguilar	....	production staff
Carmen Alba	....	production staff
Vebe Borge	....	production associate
Sherri Taffel Brown	....	assistant to unit production manager
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Dino De Laurentiis	....	presenter
Martha De Laurentiis	....	production accountant (as Martha Schumacher)
Steven Elliott	....	title mechanicals
Pablo Ferro	....	title designer
Benno Friedman	....	altered photographs
Eva Fryer	....	production office coordinator
James Giblin	....	teamster captain
Humberto Gurza	....	animal wrangler
Miguel Gurza	....	animal wrangler
Tom O'Neill	....	location assistance
Antonio Rubio	....	production executive
Tibor Sands	....	3-D coordinator
Marianne Scanlon	....	assistant accountant
Steve Sklar	....	production assistant
Lynne Twentyman	....	script supervisor (as Lynn Twentyman)
Tom Ventimiglia	....	location assistance

Production Companies

• De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)

Distributors

• Orion Pictures Corporation (1983) (USA) (theatrical)
• Succéfilm AB (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Astro Distribution (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• Live Video (video)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Mundial Filmes (Brazil) (VHS) (as "Pesadelo Mortal - Amityville 3")
• Thorn-EMI Video (198?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• VTI Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS) (as "Amityville 3 - O Demônio")
• Vestron Video (1984) (USA) (VHS)
• Vestron Video (USA) (laserdisc)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

105 min | UK:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

18 Brooks Road, 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:

Revealing mistakes: When they light the lighter after the first séance, John walks by with his lighter but the others are still lit from behind.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Emma Caswell:Good evening.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Phelous & the Movies: Amityville 4: The Lamp Escapes (#4.16)" (2012)

A solid horror film *** out of 5

At this point the true events that took place in the house are no longer relevant. This is an entirely different story concocted by the screenwriters and I must say it's the best work of fiction on film that involves the Amityville house.

The cinematography is great, the music, while not Schifrin, is still chilling, the acting is very very good. And there are some really scary moments in the film. The overall story I think engulfs the viewer. It's really interesting because the main character believes it's all a hoax, (much like a portion of the people do today) and he comes to find out that things in Amityville are much more unsettling than he thought they'd be.

The only thing (as with all 80's 3-D films) is that there are obvious things going on which were supposed to lurch out at the audience. It seems rather silly when the camera stays on a certain image for more than five seconds when it is no longer presented in it's 3-D image. It induces a chuckle when ever this happens, but it doesn't detract from the film itself.