Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”
The law of horror movie franchises is that eventually, without fail, you go to space.
It’s fitting, then, that the final outing for prolific Amityville writer/director Mark Polonia takes the “franchise” into the furthest reaches of space in the year 3015.
It’s been a few entries since Polonia’s last outing. He’s the creative responsible for Amityville Island, Amityville Exorcism, and Amityville Death House. Of these, Island has some amusingly self-aware bits, Death House has a great spider walk finale, and…well, the less said about Exorcism the better.
Where does Amityville in Space fall? Alas, it skews closer to Exorcism than the others. Not helping matters is that this latest film shares a character – Father Benna (Jeff Kirkendall...
The law of horror movie franchises is that eventually, without fail, you go to space.
It’s fitting, then, that the final outing for prolific Amityville writer/director Mark Polonia takes the “franchise” into the furthest reaches of space in the year 3015.
It’s been a few entries since Polonia’s last outing. He’s the creative responsible for Amityville Island, Amityville Exorcism, and Amityville Death House. Of these, Island has some amusingly self-aware bits, Death House has a great spider walk finale, and…well, the less said about Exorcism the better.
Where does Amityville in Space fall? Alas, it skews closer to Exorcism than the others. Not helping matters is that this latest film shares a character – Father Benna (Jeff Kirkendall...
- 2/20/2024
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”
I feel lied to.
While yes, technically Eric Roberts is in 2015’s Amityville Death House, he’s basically hidden under a mask and appears solo for his whole one minute of screen time (Clearly this cameo was filmed separately from the rest of the production and took approximately one hour to complete).
Barring the slightly misleading advertising, the twelfth Amityville film remains weirdly entertaining. It’s not good at all, but there’s something admirable about its “everything-but-the-kitchen-sink” approach to storytelling, which helps to offset the truly terrible acting. Because let’s be real: you can forgive amateur actors if there’s a spider woman in your film’s climax.
Death House marks the first of four Amityville films we’ll discuss from director Mark Polonia,...
I feel lied to.
While yes, technically Eric Roberts is in 2015’s Amityville Death House, he’s basically hidden under a mask and appears solo for his whole one minute of screen time (Clearly this cameo was filmed separately from the rest of the production and took approximately one hour to complete).
Barring the slightly misleading advertising, the twelfth Amityville film remains weirdly entertaining. It’s not good at all, but there’s something admirable about its “everything-but-the-kitchen-sink” approach to storytelling, which helps to offset the truly terrible acting. Because let’s be real: you can forgive amateur actors if there’s a spider woman in your film’s climax.
Death House marks the first of four Amityville films we’ll discuss from director Mark Polonia,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
"A giant black hole, a strange craft, and a derelict humanoid in suspended animation?" Wild Eye Releasing has unveiled one more "final" trailer for the wacky new horror sci-fi film Amityville in Space, which yes is a real thing. The Amityville name is now in public domain and filmmakers ahve been slapping onto every junk Amityville creation they can come up with, so inevitably it would one day lead to "in Space" and, now, here it is. From the same filmmaker that recently brought us Sharkula, if you want an idea of how bad this is going to look. So here's the pitch: the ultimate battle against the Amityville curse begins after the infamous murder house is exorcised from Earth and reappears in outer space in Amityville in Space Starring Titus Himmelberger, Cassandra Hayes, Tim Hatch, Ryan Dalton, and Jeff Kirkendall. This one looks absolutely terrible in a, maybe it's fun to watch,...
- 6/2/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Stars: Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Drew Patrick, Houston Baker, A.T. Tomas, Jeff Kirkendall, Cassandra Hayes | Written by John Oak Dalton | Directed by Mark Polonia
[Note: With the film now out on DVD, here’s a reposting of our review of Sand World, formerly Dune World, from its digital review last year]
With Denis Villeneuve’s Dune getting its first festival showings, Mark Polonia, is here to cash in with Sand World. And not only is it bad, but it may also be a new low even by his standards!
After a debate about marriage, “I believe marriage should be between two men and two women.”, the crew of the mining ship Robert Indiana, flying the Martian flag, are struck by a strange energy blast and crash on a desert planet.
Babylon, Kondor (Ryan Dalton; Invasion of the Empire of the Apes), Kidd (Drew Patrick; Return to Splatter Farm), Chafe and Link (A.T. Tomas), an android that needs to go on a diet, trudge along in front of a...
[Note: With the film now out on DVD, here’s a reposting of our review of Sand World, formerly Dune World, from its digital review last year]
With Denis Villeneuve’s Dune getting its first festival showings, Mark Polonia, is here to cash in with Sand World. And not only is it bad, but it may also be a new low even by his standards!
After a debate about marriage, “I believe marriage should be between two men and two women.”, the crew of the mining ship Robert Indiana, flying the Martian flag, are struck by a strange energy blast and crash on a desert planet.
Babylon, Kondor (Ryan Dalton; Invasion of the Empire of the Apes), Kidd (Drew Patrick; Return to Splatter Farm), Chafe and Link (A.T. Tomas), an android that needs to go on a diet, trudge along in front of a...
- 3/11/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Wild Eye Releasing, known for distributing some of the wildest low-budget genre films, have announced two more crazy-sounding titles from their catalogue – Freak, from writer/director Lucky Cerruti; and Amityville in Space, yes you read that right, from director Mark Polonia. Check out the details on both films below:
Freak
Jason Voorhees isn’t the only monster lurking in the woods. From writer-director Lucky Cerruti, and starring Jameson Batt, Dorran Boucher and Lucky Cerruti, comes the crafty practical-effects doused horror romp Freak, from Wild Eye Releasing, which stalks campers this May.
A bloody legend becomes all too real for a group of kids heading out for a weekend of camping and partying. Will they survive what waits for them in the woods?
Amityville In Space
From Wild Eye Releasing, pack your bags for a frightening intergalactic stay at Amityville…. coming this July!
The ultimate battle against the Amityville curse begins...
Freak
Jason Voorhees isn’t the only monster lurking in the woods. From writer-director Lucky Cerruti, and starring Jameson Batt, Dorran Boucher and Lucky Cerruti, comes the crafty practical-effects doused horror romp Freak, from Wild Eye Releasing, which stalks campers this May.
A bloody legend becomes all too real for a group of kids heading out for a weekend of camping and partying. Will they survive what waits for them in the woods?
Amityville In Space
From Wild Eye Releasing, pack your bags for a frightening intergalactic stay at Amityville…. coming this July!
The ultimate battle against the Amityville curse begins...
- 3/3/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
With so many Amityville movies, there was only one obvious choice for where to take this idea next.... space! Coming this July from Wild Eye Releasing, here's the trailer for Amityville in Space:
"From Wild Eye Releasing, pack your bags for a frightening intergalactic stay at Amityville.
The ultimate battle against the Amityville curse begins after the infamous murder house is exorcised from Earth and reappears in outer space in Amityville In Space - coming this July!
From director Mark Polonia (Sharkula), and starring Titus Himmelberger, Cassandra Hayes, Tim Hatch, Ryan Dalton and Jeff Kirkendall, Amityville In Space is set to remind you that screams go unheard in space."
The post Watch the Trailer for Amityville In Space appeared first on Daily Dead.
"From Wild Eye Releasing, pack your bags for a frightening intergalactic stay at Amityville.
The ultimate battle against the Amityville curse begins after the infamous murder house is exorcised from Earth and reappears in outer space in Amityville In Space - coming this July!
From director Mark Polonia (Sharkula), and starring Titus Himmelberger, Cassandra Hayes, Tim Hatch, Ryan Dalton and Jeff Kirkendall, Amityville In Space is set to remind you that screams go unheard in space."
The post Watch the Trailer for Amityville In Space appeared first on Daily Dead.
- 3/3/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Stars: Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Drew Patrick, Houston Baker, A.T. Tomas, Jeff Kirkendall, Cassandra Hayes | Written by John Oak Dalton | Directed by Mark Polonia
With Denis Villeneuve’s Dune getting its first festival showings, Mark Polonia, is here to cash in with Dune World. And not only is it bad, but it may also be a new low even by his standards!
After a debate about marriage, “I believe marriage should be between two men and two women.”, the crew of the mining ship Robert Indiana, flying the Martian flag, are struck by a strange energy blast and crash on a desert planet.
Babylon, Kondor (Ryan Dalton; Invasion of the Empire of the Apes), Kidd (Drew Patrick; Return to Splatter Farm), Chafe and Link (A.T. Tomas), an android that needs to go on a diet, trudge along in front of a green screen until they find a plastic...
With Denis Villeneuve’s Dune getting its first festival showings, Mark Polonia, is here to cash in with Dune World. And not only is it bad, but it may also be a new low even by his standards!
After a debate about marriage, “I believe marriage should be between two men and two women.”, the crew of the mining ship Robert Indiana, flying the Martian flag, are struck by a strange energy blast and crash on a desert planet.
Babylon, Kondor (Ryan Dalton; Invasion of the Empire of the Apes), Kidd (Drew Patrick; Return to Splatter Farm), Chafe and Link (A.T. Tomas), an android that needs to go on a diet, trudge along in front of a green screen until they find a plastic...
- 9/21/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Stars: Moe Isaac, Nathan Faudree,Cassandra Hayes, Lillian Colvin, Natalie Colvin, Shain Hence | Written and Directed by Joshua Reale
Are you religious? Why yes, I follow the Necropath.
Necropath is three short films in one, as a grindhouse-style triple-header of stories all set in the same zombie outbreak. Made on a shoestring budget, and with a very lo-fi, student feel to it.
Our first tale kicks off with some of that classic B movie acting where you get the sense the actors have never experienced a real human interaction before. Even though this particular action is sexual in nature. Our unexpected, unappealing, car bound, oral sex is rudely interrupted by some neck slashing from a creepy looking Gollum type. Gollum proceeds to act very intensely, before taking vast quantities of an unspecified drug via injection. He then runs about again forcing a lady to say “get away from me, I...
Are you religious? Why yes, I follow the Necropath.
Necropath is three short films in one, as a grindhouse-style triple-header of stories all set in the same zombie outbreak. Made on a shoestring budget, and with a very lo-fi, student feel to it.
Our first tale kicks off with some of that classic B movie acting where you get the sense the actors have never experienced a real human interaction before. Even though this particular action is sexual in nature. Our unexpected, unappealing, car bound, oral sex is rudely interrupted by some neck slashing from a creepy looking Gollum type. Gollum proceeds to act very intensely, before taking vast quantities of an unspecified drug via injection. He then runs about again forcing a lady to say “get away from me, I...
- 3/19/2021
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
"Do you see where we are? We're in hell right now!" Gravitas Ventures has released an official trailer for Necropath, a deranged maniacal horror from filmmaker Joshua Reale. The award-winning film, created with the thought of what happens to the movie monsters who wander freely during extreme pandemics, is available to watch on VOD services starting today. A mentally deranged maniac stalks victims to fulfill his drug addiction and sedate psychosis until he becomes the victim of an unexpected invasion of the undead. The film stars Moe Isaac, Nathan Faudree,Cassandra Hayes, Lillian Colvin, Natalie Colvin, and Shain Hence. It looks a bit too low budget and too dark to be good, but maybe some horror fans will dig it. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Joshua Reale's Necropath, direct from YouTube: Encompassing many elements relating to issues today, this Grindhouse-style piece tells of a mysterious virus, plague,...
- 2/9/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Watch the Short Film The Lonely Host: "‘The Lonely Host’, starring Lulu Antariksa (‘Legacies’), Emily C. Chang (‘Babysplitters’) and Katie Featherston (‘Paranormal Activity’) made its international online debut this week on Gunpowder & Sky's hit Horror YouTube Channel Alter. The short was written and directed by Lisa J Dooley and produced by Supersight Media, Inc.
Nightmarish Conjurings praised 'The Lonely Host', saying "From compelling characters to a clever plot, 'The Lonely Host' is the total package" (Adrienne Clark), and Morbidly Beautiful raved "Lisa J Dooley's horror short 'The Lonely Host' is a sharp and gripping ride that'll have you hooked until the very last frame." (Claire L. Smith). 'The Lonely Host' also won 'Best Horror Comedy Short Film' at the 2020 Seattle Film Festival, and 'Best Actress in a Horror Comedy Short Film' (Emily C. Chang) at the 2020 Fright Night Horror International Film Festival.
Dooley, who recently graduated from USC’s Mfa Film/TV program,...
Nightmarish Conjurings praised 'The Lonely Host', saying "From compelling characters to a clever plot, 'The Lonely Host' is the total package" (Adrienne Clark), and Morbidly Beautiful raved "Lisa J Dooley's horror short 'The Lonely Host' is a sharp and gripping ride that'll have you hooked until the very last frame." (Claire L. Smith). 'The Lonely Host' also won 'Best Horror Comedy Short Film' at the 2020 Seattle Film Festival, and 'Best Actress in a Horror Comedy Short Film' (Emily C. Chang) at the 2020 Fright Night Horror International Film Festival.
Dooley, who recently graduated from USC’s Mfa Film/TV program,...
- 2/5/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
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