Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989) (TV)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Sandor Stern

Writers (WGA):

John G. Jones (book)
Sandor Stern (television story)

Release Date:

12 May 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

The demonic forces in the haunted Long Island house escape through a mystical lamp which finds its way to a remote California mansion where the evil manipulates a little girl by manifesting itself in the form of her dead father.

Plot Keywords:

Demon | Lamp | Supernatural | Garbage Disposal | Chainsaw

Cast

Patty Duke	...	Nancy Evans
Jane Wyatt	...	Alice Leacock
Fredric Lehne	...	Father Kibbler
Lou Hancock	...	Peggy
Brandy Gold	...	Jessica Evans
Zoe Trilling	...	Amanda Evans (as Geri Betzler)
Aron Eisenberg	...	Brian Evans
Norman Lloyd	...	Father Manfred
Robert Alan Browne	...	Donald McTear
Gloria Cromwell	...	Rhona
Jamie Stern	...	Danny Reade (as James Stern)
Peggy McCay	...	Helen Royce
Warren Munson
Alex Rebar
Jack Rader

Also Known As:

Amityville IV: The Evil Escapes
The Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes, Part 4

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Company:

Spectacor Films

Goofs:

Continuity: The amount of blood on Jessica's knife changes (and even disappears) between shots.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Fear of the Dark (2002)

Worth watching for Patty Duke...

The "Amityville Horror" series continues. Actually for anyone who is a fan of that series, this film is much better than the 2005 remake which is so derivative as it seems to owe royalties to the original director.

This time Patty Duke and family move out west; her mom is Jane Wyatt (always a nice TV presence).

While the story is a bit contrived, this time Wyatt's sister on Long Island has sent her a hideous lamp, which seems to be the key to the evil and insanity brought into the house. Sound silly? Well, it's better than the "ketcham and kill 'em" reference in the latest tired Amityville saga. In the new film the name Ketcham is invoked to imply a witch/warlock who lived in the Amityville L.I., NY original house. If you drive on Ketcham Street today you will see nothing except quaint souvenir shops and coffee shops; there was never a mystery, just a cottage industry.