Review of Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989) by James M — 27 Mar 2010

In this installment, the evil is attributed to a lamp from Long Island's most famous haunted house... Says it all really.

This review of Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989) was written by James M on 27 Mar 2010.

Amityville: The Evil Escapes has generally received negative reviews.

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By Alex W (1,471) on 05 Nov 2007

The lamp (an eerie image from my childhood) haunts me to this day. But the movie is terrible…

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It's not that it is awful but it is a TV film about Amityville and horror without any horror and a killer lamp…

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House makes an appearance even though it blew up in part 3. A demon possessed lamp travels cross country to California…

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By Emerson 1 (21) on 24 Jan 2008

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