Yes, this is a series that started out promising, with the house with the evil windows that look like eyes. Then it was a killer lamp and in this thing a dollhouse and there have been several other Amirtyville films I have not seen. This one was just kind of stupid, but still entertaining as it was just so absurd. The dollhouse is obviously evil, but the little girl just yells at the thing rather than chuck it in the fire! An aunt and uncle sense it is evil, but would rather do some ceremony than just chuck the thing in the fireplace. You know how they defeat the evil dollhouse...they chuck it into the fireplace!
The story, a new family moves into a house that the father has built himself, so you know any troubles that is caused by evil can be blamed on dad. He has a son and daughter and now a new wife with a dorky son. They are completely not getting along and there is a subplot about the former mother of the husband that is never really rectified, so why introduce it? Well, the daughter is having a birthday and the dollhouse destroys her present, so dad gifts her the dollhouse that he found in a broken down shed he never thought to look in during the construction of his house. Soon wasps go into people's ears, giant mice hide under beds, everyone gets horny and former spouses come back to life and no one thinks to chuck the obviously evil dollhouse into the fireplace until the end...
No one of note really in this film, I did not really recognize anyone except the nerdy little boy. The stepmom was sexy and there are a couple of risque scenes, but nothing quite like that found in the second Amityville film. A couple of good effects here and there, but there is literally only one person killed in this thing and one person seriously burned.
This film was not horrible or anything, but it is frustrating when they make the thing that is evil so obvious! I know they cannot destroy the thing within the first 20 minutes or you have no movie, but come on! You have to be a bit subtle too, as any idiot should have been able to see what was going on, so you make a film where the characters are just stupid. The thing's fireplace starts smoking for crying out loud, during the party and the supposed aunt and uncle can sense evil and felt it. Why not tell the guy his gift to his daughter is evil and just chuck it in the fireplace?
The story, a new family moves into a house that the father has built himself, so you know any troubles that is caused by evil can be blamed on dad. He has a son and daughter and now a new wife with a dorky son. They are completely not getting along and there is a subplot about the former mother of the husband that is never really rectified, so why introduce it? Well, the daughter is having a birthday and the dollhouse destroys her present, so dad gifts her the dollhouse that he found in a broken down shed he never thought to look in during the construction of his house. Soon wasps go into people's ears, giant mice hide under beds, everyone gets horny and former spouses come back to life and no one thinks to chuck the obviously evil dollhouse into the fireplace until the end...
No one of note really in this film, I did not really recognize anyone except the nerdy little boy. The stepmom was sexy and there are a couple of risque scenes, but nothing quite like that found in the second Amityville film. A couple of good effects here and there, but there is literally only one person killed in this thing and one person seriously burned.
This film was not horrible or anything, but it is frustrating when they make the thing that is evil so obvious! I know they cannot destroy the thing within the first 20 minutes or you have no movie, but come on! You have to be a bit subtle too, as any idiot should have been able to see what was going on, so you make a film where the characters are just stupid. The thing's fireplace starts smoking for crying out loud, during the party and the supposed aunt and uncle can sense evil and felt it. Why not tell the guy his gift to his daughter is evil and just chuck it in the fireplace?