Amityville: Evil Never Dies
The evil of 112 Ocean Avenue lives on in cursed objects.
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The story follows a married couple who buy a monkey doll that serves as a doorway to evil.[1] Dustin Ferguson both wrote and directed this 2017 American horror feature.[2]
Making and release
The film was released direct-to-video.[2] It is a sequel to Ferguson's 2016 film The Amityville Legacy.[1] The film is also known as Amityville Clownhouse.[2] Kristopowitz of 411mania.com described it as a sequel to Amityville Toybox.[3]
Kristopowitz called it a "mega low budget horror flick" written and directed by Dustin Ferguson.[3] Allan stated the film was later re-released as Amityville Clownhouse.[4] The plot picks up the narrative of a possessed monkey toy that clangs cymbals, which was removed from 112 Ocean Avenue.[2] A ScreenRant article by Allan describes how the 2016 film The Amityville Legacy (also called Amityville Toybox) centered on a cursed antique monkey toy from the DeFeo house, and that its 2017 sequel Amityville: Evil Never Dies (later re-released as Amityville Clownhouse) continues following that same cursed toy.[4]
What the cited sources add
Charlie Cargile of PopHorror reviewed the film on June 19, 2017.[1] Cargile noted the film has a "micro budget charm" and is "a fun take on Amityville lore."[1] Cargile wrote that the monkey doll is possessed by the force behind the original Amityville murders.[1] Cargile stated the film "mostly succeeds at delivering a solid film" despite technical issues.[1]
Kristopowitz described the film as "a bit of a romp."[3]
References
- Cargile, "Amityville: Evil Never Dies (2017) Movie Review", pophorror.com, 19 June 2017. facts only, no text reused. pophorror.com
- Wikipedia, "Amityville: Evil Never Dies" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Christopher Berry-Dee, "Serial Killers at the Movies: My Intimate Talks with Mass Murderers who Became Stars of the Big Screen", Ad Lib Publishers, 2020; Kristopowitz, "The Gratuitous B-Movie Column: Werewolves on Wheels", 411mania.com, 3 October 2020; Allan, "5 Best Movies Based On The Amityville Murders (& 5 Worst)", screenrant.com, 27 October 2020 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Kristopowitz, "The Gratuitous B-Movie Column: Werewolves on Wheels", 411mania.com, 3 October 2020. facts only, no text reused. 411mania.com
- Allan, "5 Best Movies Based On The Amityville Murders (& 5 Worst)", screenrant.com, 27 October 2020. facts only, no text reused. screenrant.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Amityville: Evil Never Dies (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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- Wikipedia: Amityville: Evil Never Dies (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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