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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.”

With Amityville Uprising, Thomas J. Churchill joins illustrious company as the only director of three Amityville films.

After kicking off his run with Amityville Harvest (2020) which focused on a film crew interviewing a vampire, Churchill’s second entry was 2001’s “werewolf in a women’s half-way house” title Amityville Moon. Now he’s back for his third film in the “series,” a self-referential zombie outing.

What makes the new film intriguing is less the details of the plot – which include a chemical explosion at a military base with unleashes red acid rain on Amityville and reanimates the dead – but how the film acts as the last part of an unofficial Amityville trilogy.

The same issues that plagued Churchill’s previous entries pop up here: too many characters,...

"It's not about the algorithms, it's about friendship." Gravitas has revealed the trailer for a mockumentary comedy called Bootyology. When a documentary crew looks to explore the relationship between artificial intelligence and pop music, their journey takes an unexpected turn when they stumble across a mystery involving the disappearance of an infamous rap duo. The film is a lyrical satire following the re-discovery of The Booty Boys, who disappeared in the early 2000s. It's another riff on music docs, kind of like the genius Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. From the musical minds behind District 78, Bootyology is inspired by real-life rap act "The Booty Boys" formed by Chris “brownEye” Lightbody & Spencer “sixxxHole” Yaras. The duo is bringing their colorful characters back to center stage in this searing but heartfelt satire of the music industry and the true costs of chasing stardom. Featuring music by The Booty Boys and an...

"I just killed a dead guy!" Lionsgate has unveiled an official trailer for an indie direct-to-vhs horror film called Amityville Uprising, another B-movie creation from the genre filmmaker Thomas J. Churchill - of Amityville Harvest, The Business of Christmas, and Big Freaking Rat recently. The Amityville franchise has entered public domain, hence the over-use of the concept despite none of it having any real connection to the original story or the original ghosts or anything. Amityville Uprising takes place after a chemical blast at a military base sets off a supernatural disaster. The explosion unleashes a toxic acid rain that dissolves the flesh of anyone trapped in it. Even worse, it causes the dead to rise again and attack the living. How's that for a concept? The movie stars Mike Ferguson, Scott C. Roe, Tank Jones, Alysha Young, Michael Cervantes, and Barry Papick. This horror looks especially dumb, but sometimes...

A chemical blast at a military base sets off a supernatural disaster in this tense action-horror thriller Amityville Uprising, coming to On Demand, Digital and DVD January 11 from Lionsgate.

Here’s the new trailer:

A chemical blast at a military base sets off a supernatural disaster in this tense action-horror thriller. As Sgt. Dash tries to keep the peace at the local police station, the explosion unleashes a toxic acid rain that dissolves the flesh of anyone trapped in it. Even worse, it causes the dead to rise again and attack the living. Can Dash and fellow officer Nina Rossi figure out who is friend and foe, fend off the attacks, and defend their colleagues until the savage cataclysm subsides?

Amityville Uprising stars Scott C. Roe, Tank Jones, and Alysha Young

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