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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.”

After toiling in the trenches with Nick Box’s three releases from the week of April 13, it’s something of a relief to jump ahead to May 8, 2023 with a discussion of Louis DeStefano’s Amityville Emanuelle.

Presumably influenced by the French book and film series of the same name (minus the extra “m”), Geno McGahee’s screenplay returns to a tried and true Amityville premise: a cursed object, a spectral haunting, and some sexy shenanigans.

Amityville: Emanuelle immediately situates itself within the “franchise”s canon with recreated footage of Ronald DeFeo’s murder spree in April of 1974. This is familiar territory: we’ve seen variations of the shootings in Amityville II, The Amityville Legacy, Amityville: The Awakening and more.

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New England filmmaker, Geno McGahee, is known for his Scary Tales franchise, beginning with his 2008 original Scary Tales, followed by Scary Tales: Last Stop, Scary Tales: Dead Zone and the upcoming October release, Scary Tales: Dark Walker. The interest in the series has led McGahee to release a series, featuring 8 episodes in season one and the same expected for season two, which is currently in development.

McGahee noted that “my anthology films have really taken off and it has led me to this decision to start a series. I’ve always been a fan of shows like Tales From The Darkside and Tales From The Crypt and I’m hoping to produce something similar with my own creations coming to life and entertaining the audience.”

Scary Tales: The Series has just hit Tubi and is already getting a lot of viewership, staying true to the success of the franchise. It...

Massachusetts filmmaker, Geno McGahee, traveled to California to team up with Gregory Hatanaka to produce two films. Combining the Cinema Epoch and Xposse Productions team proved to be a complete success as the group merged and created movies that they have just announced.

In the thriller Fatal Justice, Dennis (Eric Michaelian) is an accused killer that is released from prison after some police misconduct. The family of the victim comes face to face with Dennis and hold their own trial to decide his fate. When the system fails, family justice is the only way and Fatal Justice will be executed.

Fatal Justice stars Eric Michaelian (Rise Of The Scarecrows: Hell On Earth), Chris Spinelli (Love Crime), Lorrie Bacon (A Christmas Invitation), Nicole D’Angelo (Heartbeat), Shane Ryan-Reid (Bad Timing), Jaki Lauper, Sharon Marr (Rise Of The Scarecrows: Hell On Earth), Louis DeStefano (Another Way To Die), Brent Northup (Family Secret), Johnny Mask...