IMDb plot summary: The demonic forces in the Amityville house transfer to an ancient lamp, which finds its way to a remote California mansion where the evil manipulates a little girl by manifesting itself in the form of her dead father.
Directed by Sandor Stern. Starring Patty Duke, Jane Wyatt, Fredric Lehne, and Lou Hancock.
I saw this as part of a Rifftrax Live event where they made a big deal out of the fact that this movie is centered around an evil lamp, and that deserved every joke it got, because it is a ridiculous premise, and it plays it too straight to be anything but ridiculous. Because of that, though, it does make for great riffing -- it's taking itself so seriously and yet being so utterly goofy, and there's plenty to laugh at. It doesn't deliver on scares or depth of storytelling, but it'd be plenty of fun to watch with some snarky friends.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Amityville: The Evil Escapes < The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Amityville: The Evil Escapes < A Prairie Home Companion
Amityville: The Evil Escapes < Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Amityville: The Evil Escapes < Clash by Night
Amityville: The Evil Escapes > Horse Sense
Amityville: The Evil Escapes < Miracles from Heaven
Amityville: The Evil Escapes < The Wild Bunch
Amityville: The Evil Escapes > God's Not Dead
Amityville: The Evil Escapes < Something's Gotta Give
Amityville: The Evil Escapes < 101 Dalmatians (1996)
Amityville: The Evil Escapes > Atlantic Rim
Amityville: The Evil Escapes > Carnival Magic
Final spot: #3354 out of 3479, or 4%.
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