Review of The Amityville Haunting (2011) by Alex R — 26 Oct 2012

This movie has all the potential to be great... a combination of Paranormal Activity and The Amityville Horror, count me in! Unfortunately it is hampered by horrendously bad acting and gaping plot holes.

To recap roughly the first ten minutes of the film, the realtor showing the Benson family the house randomly dies in the driveway and nobody is bothered by it. The following day when the family is moving in, one of the movers falls down the steps and gets crushed by a cardboard box. Once again nobody seems all that bothered by this. As a matter of fact the father responds by saying 'these sorts of things happen all the time".

It is really a shame how little attention to detail has been given and how low of quality the acting is. Because there actually are scenes that could have worked, had they not been utterly ruined by the acting.