Amityville II: The Possession

5/24/2026

**_Prequel to the 1979 film opts for giggle-inducing overkill_** The original movie had the confidence to take its time to build suspense and develop several characters with the eventual horrific happenings being subtle and effective. There’s a reason it was a hit at the box office. This one eschews all that for blunt happenings right out of the gate, like paint brushes hovering in the air to paint an illustration & message on the wall. The Montelli family is a stand-in for the real-life DeFeo family in which the eldest son, Ronald Jr., shot to death his parents and four siblings while they were in bed on Nov 13, 1974. The creators obviously conjured the fictional version of the family because of the several changes from historical events, which I won’t list. In any case, the fami