Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions.
While it’s easy to appreciate the grounded, almost stoic nature of the original, it’s hard not to enjoy the outright campiness of Amityville 2: The Possession. The sequel, which never explicitly mentions the Lutzs due to real life legal issues, is an absolutely wild ride.
Written by Fright Night Part 2 and Halloween 3: Season of the Witch’s Tommy Lee Wallace, the second film in the Amityville franchise crams in over the top performances, incest and more than a few nods to horror trends, including both the infamous Pov shots from slasher films like Halloween and Black Christmas, and a narrative riff on The Exorcist.
The film tells the story of the Montelli family, an Italian American family that moves into the now iconic house.
While it’s easy to appreciate the grounded, almost stoic nature of the original, it’s hard not to enjoy the outright campiness of Amityville 2: The Possession. The sequel, which never explicitly mentions the Lutzs due to real life legal issues, is an absolutely wild ride.
Written by Fright Night Part 2 and Halloween 3: Season of the Witch’s Tommy Lee Wallace, the second film in the Amityville franchise crams in over the top performances, incest and more than a few nods to horror trends, including both the infamous Pov shots from slasher films like Halloween and Black Christmas, and a narrative riff on The Exorcist.
The film tells the story of the Montelli family, an Italian American family that moves into the now iconic house.
- 11/22/2022
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Full disclosure: The Amityville Horror films do not make up my favorite franchise. And it has nothing to do with the central “haunted house” premise, but rather the execution of the series thus far, from the serviceable ground zero template, The Amityville Horror (1979) through the (as yet unseen) upcoming Amityville: The Awakening, with some stops in between at DTVville (not to mention the Ryan Reynolds remake; but I said not to mention, so not mention I shall). The name is so shopworn now that “Amityville” has become synonymous with “poopy”.
But, but, But…let’s rewind to a time when a follow up to the kind-of goofy James Brolin (and his glorious perm) starrer was actually anticipated. That film was a smash success at the box office, and the powers that be wanted to revisit the village of Amityville to see what other demons they could find in the basement.
But, but, But…let’s rewind to a time when a follow up to the kind-of goofy James Brolin (and his glorious perm) starrer was actually anticipated. That film was a smash success at the box office, and the powers that be wanted to revisit the village of Amityville to see what other demons they could find in the basement.
- 3/18/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. Album: Technicolor Health Band Members: Lexy Benaim (lead vocals), Todd Goldstein (guitar, vocals), Brent Katz (drums, drum machine, vocals), Jose Soegaard (bass, vocals), Kendrick Strauch (keyboards, vocals) For Fans Of: Vampire Weekend, White Rabbits, Talking Heads
"Somehow pop just feels so fair / In this tangled, injured air,” sings Harlem Shakes frontman Lexy Benaim in a wonderfully nasal voice over a woozy synth on his band’s debut LP, Technicolor Health. The line captures the Shakes’ deft fusion of an upbeat sound with lyrics about life’s occasional bleakness, offering sonic group therapy via frenetic, Latin-tinged beats and wiry guitar, rallied by anthemic sing-along choruses. “Optimism can be confused for escapism pretty easily, and it’s not escapist,” explains keyboardist Kendrick Strauch. “It very much admits shitty stuff happens all the time.”...
"Somehow pop just feels so fair / In this tangled, injured air,” sings Harlem Shakes frontman Lexy Benaim in a wonderfully nasal voice over a woozy synth on his band’s debut LP, Technicolor Health. The line captures the Shakes’ deft fusion of an upbeat sound with lyrics about life’s occasional bleakness, offering sonic group therapy via frenetic, Latin-tinged beats and wiry guitar, rallied by anthemic sing-along choruses. “Optimism can be confused for escapism pretty easily, and it’s not escapist,” explains keyboardist Kendrick Strauch. “It very much admits shitty stuff happens all the time.”...
- 8/14/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Band Members: Lexy Benaim (lead vocals), Todd Goldstein (guitar, vocals), Brent Katz (drums, drum machine, vocals), Jose Soegaard (bass, vocals), Kendrick Strauch (keyboards, vocals)
Album: Technicolor Health
For Fans Of: Vampire Weekend, White Rabbits, The Shins
“Maybe it’s just like a personal delusion, [but] I feel like I relate to, say, Akon, more than I do Death Cab for Cutie,” quips Harlem Shakes lead singer Lexy Benaim. “I think the guitarist in my band would cut me with a knife if he heard me say that.” Though auto-tuned club hits didn't inform the band's effervescent debut LP, Technicolor Health, as much as classic rock and Latin radio, Randy Newman and Santana, Harlem Shakes are hell-bent on achieving that same sort of social quality as they carve out their niche in the vast landscape of pop music.
Band Members: Lexy Benaim (lead vocals), Todd Goldstein (guitar, vocals), Brent Katz (drums, drum machine, vocals), Jose Soegaard (bass, vocals), Kendrick Strauch (keyboards, vocals)
Album: Technicolor Health
For Fans Of: Vampire Weekend, White Rabbits, The Shins
“Maybe it’s just like a personal delusion, [but] I feel like I relate to, say, Akon, more than I do Death Cab for Cutie,” quips Harlem Shakes lead singer Lexy Benaim. “I think the guitarist in my band would cut me with a knife if he heard me say that.” Though auto-tuned club hits didn't inform the band's effervescent debut LP, Technicolor Health, as much as classic rock and Latin radio, Randy Newman and Santana, Harlem Shakes are hell-bent on achieving that same sort of social quality as they carve out their niche in the vast landscape of pop music.
- 3/23/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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