Amityville 3-D
Orion Pictures | Release Date: November 18, 1983 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
6
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37
Washington PostGary Arnold
The interludes of terror are strictly functional and literal-minded: If it's not a murder spectacle, it's a tease that anticipates a subsequent atrocity. [25 Nov 1983, p.C2]
30
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
A plummeting lift, seances, a spontaneous combustion set-piece and prophetic-of-doom photos are timed to keep us engaged, but never coalesce into a joined-up plot. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineNick Schager
Amityville 3-D—one-dimensional in every way but its hokey visuals—is too poorly written, awkwardly staged, and pathologically stupid to register as campy fun. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
The film is even slower and less engaging than is standard for its undistinguished genre. [22 Nov 1983, p.B5]
20
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Director Richard Fleischer demonstrates a keen understanding of the potentials of the 3-D gimmick here, but there is little else to recommend this dull retread. Read full review
20
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
There is hardly anything original about the picture. A new cast of characters and the addition of 3-D does little to pump new life, supernatural or otherwise, into this tired genre. Read full review
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