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3.0 out of 5 stars
Evil never stops, neither do sequels., 1 Sep 2004
This review is from: Amityville Dollhouse [DVD] [1996] (DVD)
The eight entry in the series is about a man and his family and woman and her kids moving togetter in to a new house wich actually isn't the Amityville house(!) However, the daughter in the family gets a dollhouse of the Amityville house. It has everything the original house had, including ghosts. Soon, odd, unexplained things starts to happen, such as dead insects coming to life, spotan fires, and one of the boys is haunted by the ghost of his father who becomes more decomposed and zombie-like each time he appears. And his evil plan is to kill the family and bring his son to "the other side" An okay and entertaining sequel. When you look at other long-running horror sagas such as Friday the 13th and Halloween, the recent entries are pretty bad. But Dollhouse is a good film with a ok plot, decent effects and acting.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
spooky, 29 May 2004
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overall an exceedingly scary film that id highly reccomend.Although the 18 certificate is a little high for it,it is remarkably entertaining if you enjoy films likeTHE RING,THE OTHERS,CARRIE AND LONG TIME DEAD.Filled with suspense and supernatural happenings this is a both spooky and enjoyable film.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
It was pretty good but not very scary., 22 Aug 2005
By Unicat "Cindy" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Amityville Dollhouse [DVD] [1996] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
I liked it, I think it was better than some of the other Amityville movies, but as for horror movies, I wasn't scared & I have seen better horror movies than this. So if you are looking for something scary than this isn't it, but if you just want to see a good sequel to the Amityville movies, then this is the one for you. I would have gave it a 5 star if it would have been scary. But like I said it is a good movie & I liked it alot, it just wasn't scary enough for my taste.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
a dollhouse.... ok sure, why not, 8 Oct 2005
By David M. Rossi - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Amityville Dollhouse [DVD] [1996] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
The makers of Amityville Dollhouse found a great way to bridge the gap between the movies that actually took place in the infamous house and the ones outside of it by creating a look-alike of the house in miniature form. An architect builds a new house on a property but a broken down old Shed remains after completion. In the shed, the owner discovers a detailed dollhouse. Yup, you guessed it, he brings it in and presents the family with it and lo and behold, the strange happenings begin. It all would be old hat were it not for the fact that even in dollhouse form, the house is still quite creepy. Interesting camera angles recall the terror of the real house. The pace is good and scares come quick but often predictably, yett this is a pretty decent sequel more in line with the original feel than some of the other Amityville sequels. Nice work indeed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Unwatchable?, 28 Nov 2006
By Cameron Craig - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Amityville Dollhouse [DVD] [1996] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
I can't believe there are people who say that this movie is unwatchable. I came across this movie right at the beginning while channel surfing past UPN. It was brilliant trainwreck from the beginning! I don't mean to say that it holds a candle to greats like Showgirls or Battlefield Earth, but it was a rollercoaster ride of bad acting, bad effects, bad characters, and almost too many plot lines to count.
I could see the movie being called "Amityville: Dollhouse" if it were just about the dollhouse. Instead, this movie is about the dollhouse, the really really creepy stepmother/stepson relationship, the chimney, the bees (and bee demons), the zombie dad, the sibling and step-sibling rivalry, the teenagers-should-not-be-getting-it-on-in-the-shed-with-bees-around concept, and it seems like there were at least 4 other plots going on in the meantime.
The bee demons were awesome, with their mean looking battle axes and stuff. The faux-Wiccan hippie aunt and biker uncle were comic genius. The is-it-the-chimney-or-is-it-the-dollhouse mass confusion kept me on my toes and on the edge of my seat.
It was a comic horror thrillride that I want to go on over and over and over again.
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