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A new family moves into the infamous house which doesn't look anything like the original house ( I guess it did burn down a few times). It doesn't take long for the mayhem to start and we get to see the crappy CGI. Compared to the last couple of Amityville outings like Amityville Playhouse (2015) and Amityville Death House (2015) this one is a masterpiece which isn't saying much. There is a couple different spins in the story and way more nudity and violence than the Amityville house is used to.

I thinks its best to stay away from Amityville films for a bit. I say that but as soon as something like Amityville Zombies comes out I'll probably watch it.

In all of the worst new horror movies a funny thing is happening, zero likable characters. When my friends and family and I everyone wants a horror movie we all have our favorite style one wants monster another slasher, someone else wants vampire and so on so it my take a while to pick and when we see a movie is shaping up to be crap we salvage movie night whit a sort of bad movie version of clue. The great thing about modern crap horror you hate almost all characters so It makes it very to root for how, when, and by who the characters are done away with. As you see I said nothing about this god awful piece of crap, I set out to savage this garbage movie but all that work had been done by others.

First, despite the title this film has nothing to do with anything remotely Amityville. The effects were so poor. Come on folks, CG software is cheap and there are plenty of out of work effects people that could have done better with freeware. Of course there is always the story line. Except in this movie. Did these people make this up on the fly? So with no effects, no story line and no script how could you expect anything more? THere is always a place for mindless sex and violence on the screen, but here you won't find mindless, just useless. I must admit I am something of an Amityville Horror snob. I owned my first home in Nassau SHores only 1 mile from the actual Amityville Horror house. Yup, there really is a house that the first movie was based on. It was on a side street and the traffic got so bad the town of Amityville had to post no parking signs for a couple of blocks and post cops to keep the traffic moving. Well, the house in this movie was probably owed by the producer and he got a write off to use it for the film. I think that's the best thing that could have ever come form this piece of trash. To sum it all up.... don't waste your time on this treasure.

I am a big fan of the previous Amityville movies, and I suppose this lame (straight to) DVD (?) production was targeting fans like me. This movie has some of the worst sfx I have ever seen. It is the kind of sfx quality a 16 year old produces on a PC for a you tube videos. Scenario ? Basic stuff, written by someone who obviously has no idea how teens talk nowadays, and had no intention of actually trying to write something even remotely interesting. I have seen many movies trying to cash in on popular franchises over the years, and this is one such movie. Do not even try watching it on DVD ...huge waste of time and money!

I read some of the reviews going into the movie. But I still decided to watch. Everyone has different tastes after all.......

Except for this little gem. I don't think anyone could sit thru this movie (if they managed to make it to the end) and say WOW that was great. Heck they wouldn't even say it wasn't that bad.

There are absolutely NO redeeming qualities in this movie. The acting. The special effects. The plot. The script. All were so bad that all you wish is to go back in time to the video store and when you are about to pick this movie the wall of DVDs crash down knocking you out for a few hours. Seriously you would enjoy that more.

If you are, like me, thinking surely these people jest. Go ahead. Watch it. Then come back here and write how you wish you would have listened.

Why? That is the question. Why? I am a huge follower of anything relating to the Amityville Haunting case, especially 112 Ocean Ave. This movie has NO RELEVANCE whatsoever to this topic. It seems that they added the name Amityville into the title to encourage people to watch. I wouldn't bother! I bet the Defeo and Lutz families are turning over in the grave at this awful movie. Poor acting Poor story lines Poor everything. If you are looking for a scary, jumpy haunting movie, them I am afraid this is not what you'll be looking for. I was very excited when I sat in the movie theatre seat, coffee and popcorn all ready. The curtains opened, the lights went down, and the hairs on my neck stood tall. Fast forward half hour, and people around me were not taking any notice, nodding off to sleep, some even yawning.

Probably the worst installment of the franchise and that is saying something. This film should never have been made. "The Amityville Terror" is an even bigger dud than "The Amityville Curse" (1990).

The original three films (1979, 1982, 1983) weren't great works of cinematic history but they were professionally acted, well directed and had good production values. This installment had NONE of those things.

Hollywood et al just need to stop with creating additions to this franchise. Its played completely out.

The only good thing I can say about this Amityville movie is the actress playing the mom is very hot. Everything else sucks. Story stinks, acting is terrible, direction is juvenile. Women in their late 20s and early 30s playing high school kids?? An entire town that is evil? Nothing about this movie bears any resemblance to the original story although supposedly this takes place in Amityville. Boring, boring, boring. How did this movie get made?? How can the cast consider themselves actors and actresses? Like I said the mom is very good looking but other than that I had zero interest in this. Seems entertainment industry makes films to feed their own egos because nothing about this is worth watching. Like much of today's films this one just plain stinks and insults the audience's intelligence.

I've been binge watching the Amityville films and they've ranged from below average to absolutely dire (More of the latter) I expected them to continue this trend until the end and then Amityville Terror came along.

With a name like that and a generic cover like it has I expected the worst but within moments I realised this was different.

For a start it has a budget, it looks great and has been well cast. Next it actually has a decent enough plot, far exceeding anything I've seen before in an Amityville film.

I didn't think that any Amityville movie would come out better than the original (And remake) but I can confidently say that this is the best of the bunch by far.

Don't get me wrong it's not perfect, but it's a well delivered effort and I personally enjoyed it.

The Good:

Decent opening

Competent cast

Good soundtrack

The Bad:

Fumbles a bit in places

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Clearly filmmakers think people don't know what the Amityville house looks like

There may be hope for the Amityville name after all

man,this thing was awful.brutally awful.bad acting.bad writing.bad everything.it was not realistic.the characters were not believable in the slightest.this film uses the tag line "based on true events".that is such a cliché nowadays and means absolutely nothing.it is simply a marketing ploy to lure consumers in.there's really not a lot of positive things I can say for this piece of work.i just found the whole thing ridiculous and tedious.of course that's subjective.others may find this to be good movie.i did see a positive review on this site.the current rating of this movie on this site is 3.3/10.but for me,Amityville Terror is a 2/10

I went into this with hopes of it being decent. As I've always been a fan of the Amityville films since I was a young kid. However, this left me cringing. Painful cringes. I thought my bones would snap from how hard I was cringing. The acting is terrible. Actually, terrible isn't even the right word for how bad the acting is but it's the best one for now. The characters are unlikable. The pace of the film is excruciatingly slow. It's just all around, BAD. If you are a fan of horror then my best advice is to Stay Away From This Film. Stay FAR Away! Rob Zombie makes better horror than this. And THAT'S saying something.

Well, given the title of the movie "The Amityville Terror" then you just know that chances of this being a good movie were going to be slim to none. And with that information, I still decided to sit down to watch it. After all, it is still a horror movie.

But my suspicions did ring true, and this turned out to be a dreadful movie that just carried the title of a once glorious movie; a movie that has been diluted beyond recognition by one questionable sequel after another.

This movie was atrocious, and it didn't take long before I found myself sitting with my mobile phone in hand and perusing the social media when I should be watching the movie. But it was just so awfully boring and unappealing that it was hard to find any enjoyment in the movie. Well, aside from the production level, at least.

I do believe that with this movie, then it will be my last venture down to Amityville, because nothing good comes from there, anymore apparently. The first original movie was good, then it was a steady sloped downhill ride picking up momentum and speed as one more questionable movie than the next were spewed forth with the "Amityville" name in the title.

The acting talents in the movie had virtually nothing to work with in terms of a proper storyline or script, and everything was just working as an anchor around their leg, dragging them down as director Michael Angelo steered on the sinking storyline concocted by Amanda Barton.

Stay well clear of the 2016 "The Amityville Horror" movie, some of us suffered through the ordeal so you don't have to.

Oh Dear and in the very beginning our Faith is gutted and strung up!!! Sorry Faith!!!

But, cut to the new couple which is of course moving into this House....and their daughter, and the alchoholic sister!!!

+1 Star for a couple of scenes of T&A. That was good.

-1 Star for the smoking in the bathroom and apparently the teacher couldn't smell it when she walked in, derrrrrr.......

The movie just gets worse and worse. It's really hard to put all the bad into anything shorter than a book. I did make it to the end, so this one can end with a 2/10.

I literally watched 3 min of this movie before Turing it of. What a waste of 3 min!!! In 3 min I determined that it had Bad acting, Bad Makup, Bad Cinimatography, and bad effects. Don't waste your time.

This was hard to watch...from the writing, to the directing, to the special effects. Total nowhere film. This WILL haunt me, but not in a good way. This film needs the RiffTrax treatment.

This is a great movie. It is very scary. This is part 16 to the Amityville series. It is a lot better then the 15th one Amityville no escape. That is not very good. Part 19 to the Amityville series Amityville awakening is better. But still this is a great movie. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. If you like horror stories you will like this movie.

Maybe I'm just a bad judge of movies- but I enjoyed the movie a lot. It definitely can be watched without prior Amittyville movie knowledge. This movie had a lot of different elements that made it enjoyable to watch- awkwardly funny interactions between characters, sex, jump scares, slight humor, etc. I don't think it was the best movie but I don't feel like it was a complete waste of time- worth a go in my book

My quick rating - 4,5/10. Just a standard demon in the house movie. It deeps into every cliché possible for this. Not saying it is done poorly, it is just there. The stereotypical characters of a small town are all present, usual romance, and people who don't leave a house that is clearly out to kill them. Expect everything you have seen before so if you enjoy these types of movies, it is just fine. One thing that really bothered me, the massively cheap, amateur burn effects. I swear for an extra hundred bucks they could've bought the upgraded plugin to make it look a bit more real then the free version they used. This distraction aside and you have a mediocre flick that won't bother you or make you want to see more. Bring on Amityville The Awakening.

The only terror in this movie is the mind within whoever wrote the dialogue. It's melodramatic, unnatural nonsense that might seem compelling to neurotic people. For anyone with a normal psychology, these characters are unrelatable, weak, and foolish. And who wants to watch a cliché horror plot with unintelligent and unnatural characters?