Monday, April 20, 2015

The Amityville Horror

The Amityville HorrorThe Gist: A family moves into a big old house that was on the market below value because of the gruesome murders that happened in it a year earlier.  Unfortunately for them, the bargain comes with a generous helping of evil spirits.

I was looking forward to watching The Amityville Horror’s remake because I liked the original, I’m often curious to see the results when Hollywood tinkers with acclaimed works of the past, and because Ryan Reynolds is too handsome not to watch a movie he stars in Winking smile.

I’m happy to report that this remake is not only as good as the classic but it’s even better as far as the timeline goes.  In the original, things happen way too fast for the audience to buy into them, but the sequel is more stretched out, making it all more believable.

I’m also happy to report that Ryan Reynolds is as gorgeous as ever, provides a lot of eye candy, and that this is the movie his famous pictures bare chested wielding an ax come from.

The Bottom Line: A rare case when the new version of a movie holds up and even improves upon the more rushed original.  It has some good scares and is overall entertaining.

Grade: 7

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