Amityville II: The Possession
Orion Pictures | Release Date: September 24, 1982 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
3
Negative:
6
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58
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Director Damiano Damiani opts for an approach that's simultaneously more shameless, tasteless, and entertaining than the original. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
There are some good performances here, by Jack Magner and Olson in particular, and some good technical credits, especially Sam O'Steen's editing. It's just that this whole Amityville saga is such absolute horse manure. Read full review
50
The New York TimesRichard F. Shepard
The new movie starts out eerily enough but soon manages even to make sensation, blood, sex and suspense become a monotonous way of life. After a while, one doesn't really care what happens to this family of five who had problems when they moved in and whom we never do get to know very well. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineNick Schager
Supremely awful. Read full review
30
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
There are actually two films meandering in this mess – one a second-rate horror flick about a family in peril, and another that is a slight variation on the demon-possessed Exorcist theme. Read full review
25
Washington PostGary Arnold
From the outset, The Possession is calculated to make an alternately ludicrous and sadistic spectacle of the family's victimization. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldTerry Kelleher
With their flair for wretched excess, Damiani and screenwriter Tommy Lee Wallace make it hard to bear Amityville II in good humor. [28 Sep 1982, p.D6]
20
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Clearly we are not meant to care when the eldest boy (Magner), who has been contacted by a demon on his Walkman and is gradually acquiring the rotten teeth and gooseberry eyes of the possessed, wastes the entire family. Awful. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Director Damiano Damiani occasionally conveys a few genuine chills between bouts of unintentional laughter, but overall the film is a failure. Read full review
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