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  <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Amityville II: The Possession]]''' ([[:Category:1982|1982]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Horror/Thrillers|Horror]] film directed by [[:Category: Damiano Damiani|Damiano Damiani]]. It is the sequel to ''[[The Amityville Horror]]'' and was followed by ''[[Amityville 3-D]]''.
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[Amityville II: The Possession (1982)|Poster Art]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]]
*'''Featured in''': [[Trailer Trauma 3: 80s Horrorthon (BluRay)]] | [[The Amityville Horror Trilogy (Blu Ray)]] | [[Drive In Delirium: The New Batch (BluRay)]]
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===Main Details===
 
* Released in 1982  
==Main Details==
* Released in 1982
* Color
* Color
 
* Running Time: 104 Min.
==Cast and Crew==
* Production Co: Dino De Laurentiis Company | Media Transactions
* Distribution Co: Orion Pictures (1982) (USA) (theatrical) | Ambassador Film Distributors (Canada) (theatrical) | Constantin Film (1984) (Germany) (theatrical) | Roadshow Entertainment (1983) (Australia) (theatrical) | Succéfilm AB (1982) (Sweden) (theatrical)
* Directed by Damiano Damiani
* Directed by Damiano Damiani
* Written by Tommy Lee Wallace
* Written by Tommy Lee Wallace
* Starring Burt Young, Jack Magner, Diane Franklin
* Starring Burt Young, Jack Magner, Diane Franklin
* Produced by Stephen R. Greenwald, José López Rodero, Ira N. Smith, Bernard Williams, Dino De Laurentiis
* Music by Lalo Schifrin
*Cinematography by Franco Di Giacomo
* Film Editing by Sam O'Steen


==Film Review==
===Plot Summary===
{{Horror}}
*A dysfunctional family moves into a new house, which proves to be satanic, resulting in the demonic possession of their teenage son.  
{{Occult}}
 
This prequel to 1979's THE AMITYVILLE HORROR is loosely based on the true story of the DeFeo family, murdered at the hands of their own son. The dysfunctional family here is the Montellis, whose verbally/physically abuse patriarch Anthony comes in the sloppy, lumpy form of Burt Young (ROCKY).  Its not long after the family gets settled in that oldest son Sonny (Jack Magner) begins hearing voices over his walkman telling him to kill his family. This doesn't come, however, before he turns the tables on his father and seduces his 15-year-old sister Patricia (Cutie Diane Franklin of THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN) into bed.


Its once Sonny has shotgun-blasted the entire household that the movie veers into EXORCIST territory.  While featuring all the usual physical staples of demonic possession -- Everything from the Whiskey-with-Drano- chaser voice to a body manifestation pleading for help -- it then proceeds to catapult itself over the top by having Sonny shed his human form to become a full-on demon. The real feat here doesn't come from his de-possession (Courtesy of the old-tried-and-true "Come in to me!" play) but in the aftermath Sonny is completely back to normal, having slipped back into his human form like it was some sort of flesh-coated Snuggie.
===Also Known As===
* Argentina - Amityville 2: La posesión
* Brazil - Amityville 2 - A Possessã
* Brazil (video title) Terror em Amityville
* Spain - Amityville II - La posesión
* Finland - Amityville 2 - paholaisen piiri
* France - Amityville II: le possédé
* Greece (TV title) - Amityville 2
* Greece - Ο Δαιμονισμένος
* Hungary - A démonok háza
* Italy - Amityville Possession
* Mexico - Amityville II: la posesión
* Poland - Amityville II: Opetanie
* Portugal - Amityville II - A Posse
* Sweden - Huset som gud glömde 2
* Soviet Union (Russian title) - Амитивилль 2: Одержимость
* Germany - Amityville II - Der Besessene


==Preceeded by==
===Taglines===
*[[The Amityville Horror]]
* If these walls could talk...they would SHRIEK!
* Don't forget to check under the bed...
* The night of February 5, 1976, George and Kathleen Lutz fled their home in Amityville, New York. They got out alive! Their living nightmare shocked audiences around the world in "The Amityville Horror." But before them, another family lived in this house and were caught by the original evil. They weren't so lucky... this is their story!


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Latest revision as of 03:16, 14 September 2022

Amityville II: The Possession (1982, USA) is a Horror film directed by Damiano Damiani. It is the sequel to The Amityville Horror and was followed by Amityville 3-D.

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Main Details

  • Released in 1982
  • Color
  • Running Time: 104 Min.
  • Production Co: Dino De Laurentiis Company | Media Transactions
  • Distribution Co: Orion Pictures (1982) (USA) (theatrical) | Ambassador Film Distributors (Canada) (theatrical) | Constantin Film (1984) (Germany) (theatrical) | Roadshow Entertainment (1983) (Australia) (theatrical) | Succéfilm AB (1982) (Sweden) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Damiano Damiani
  • Written by Tommy Lee Wallace
  • Starring Burt Young, Jack Magner, Diane Franklin
  • Produced by Stephen R. Greenwald, José López Rodero, Ira N. Smith, Bernard Williams, Dino De Laurentiis
  • Music by Lalo Schifrin
  • Cinematography by Franco Di Giacomo
  • Film Editing by Sam O'Steen

Plot Summary

  • A dysfunctional family moves into a new house, which proves to be satanic, resulting in the demonic possession of their teenage son.

Also Known As

  • Argentina - Amityville 2: La posesión
  • Brazil - Amityville 2 - A Possessã
  • Brazil (video title) Terror em Amityville
  • Spain - Amityville II - La posesión
  • Finland - Amityville 2 - paholaisen piiri
  • France - Amityville II: le possédé
  • Greece (TV title) - Amityville 2
  • Greece - Ο Δαιμονισμένος
  • Hungary - A démonok háza
  • Italy - Amityville Possession
  • Mexico - Amityville II: la posesión
  • Poland - Amityville II: Opetanie
  • Portugal - Amityville II - A Posse
  • Sweden - Huset som gud glömde 2
  • Soviet Union (Russian title) - Амитивилль 2: Одержимость
  • Germany - Amityville II - Der Besessene

Taglines

  • If these walls could talk...they would SHRIEK!
  • Don't forget to check under the bed...
  • The night of February 5, 1976, George and Kathleen Lutz fled their home in Amityville, New York. They got out alive! Their living nightmare shocked audiences around the world in "The Amityville Horror." But before them, another family lived in this house and were caught by the original evil. They weren't so lucky... this is their story!
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