Amityville Horror 4
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Amityville Horror 4 |
| Original title | Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sandor Stern |
| script |
John G. Jones , Sandor Stern |
| production |
Steve White , Barry Bernardi , Kenneth Atchity |
| music | Rick Conrad |
| camera | Tom Richmond |
| cut | Skip Schoolnik |
| occupation | |
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Amityville Horror 4 , also Amityville: The Evil Escapes (Original title Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes ), is a horror film from 1989 by Sandor Stern . It is the sequel to Amityville III and thus the third sequel to Amityville Horror from 1979. The film was produced for NBC .
action
In the Amityville horror house on Long Island , New York , an exorcism is carried out by six priests under the direction of Father Manfred . A ghost escapes and enters a floor lamp. He switched off father Kibbler and left him unconscious. However, Manfred believes that all spirits have now been driven out.
A few days later, all of the home's furnishings are sold at a home flea market. The floor lamp is sold to Helen Royce, who visits the flea market with her best friend Rhona. Helen wants to give the inexpensive lamp to her sister Alice on her birthday as part of a kind of junk gift tradition. However, it cuts itself when cleaning. She sends the lamp to her sister, but dies shortly after of a tetanus infection.
A week later, Alice receives her present. She recently moved to California and lives with her daughter Nancy and their three children in a three-story house near the beach. When they try out the lamp, the animals in the house behave strangely. Shortly afterwards, the lamp messes up the electrical devices and even kills the parrot with the help of a toaster. In addition, the friend of one of the daughters cuts off his hand in the kitchen waste shredder .
When the plumber tries to fix the sink, the lamp also kills him and also makes his car disappear. One of the daughters, the silent Jessica, suspects that her father's ghost is in the lamp.
Father Kibbler finally learns of the accidents and drives with father Manfred to the family, where the police are already investigating the case. In a murderous showdown, the family succeeds in destroying the lamp after the exorcism could not be carried out. The family now thinks they have destroyed the spirit. But the dead plumber is still in the house. In addition, the ghost travels from the remains of the lamp to the family cat.
Locations
- An original replica of the Amityville house was built at 402 East M St. in Wilmington, California . The interiors of the house were also filmed.
- The exterior of the Alice Leacock home was filmed on James Sharp, 11840 W. Telegraph Rd, Santa Paula , California. This is a historic Italian-style villa built in 1890.
- The interiors of the grandmother's house were filmed at the Woodbury - Story House in Altadena , California.
- John Marshall High School in California was used for outdoor shots.
Reviews
“Solid horror film with appropriate shock effects. The now fourth part of the horror series about the well-known possessed house on the east coast of the USA relocates the machinations of evil to California. At this video premiere, director Sandor Stern ('Glitz - Die Macht des Geldes') skilfully juggles, if not always original, with quotes (e.g. 'The Exorcist') and set pieces from the genre. The result should be able to build on the successes of earlier 'Amityville' horrors. "
Publications
The film was released in the USA as VHS by Vidmark Entertainment . In 2003 and 2007 it was released on DVD by Allumination Filmworks . In Germany the film has only been released on VHS until now, on October 16, 1990 by IMV .
Web links
- Amityville Horror 4 in the Internet Movie Database (English)