Amityville II: The Possession

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Director Damiano Damiani occasionally conveys a few genuine chills between bouts of unintentional laughter, but overall the film is a failure.

Washington Post by Gary Arnold

From the outset, The Possession is calculated to make an alternately ludicrous and sadistic spectacle of the family's victimization.

The A.V. Club by Keith Phipps

Director Damiano Damiani opts for an approach that's simultaneously more shameless, tasteless, and entertaining than the original.

Slant Magazine by Nick Schager

Supremely awful.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

There are some good performances here, by Jack Magner and Olson in particular, and some good technical credits, especially Sam O'Steen's editing. It's just that this whole Amityville saga is such absolute horse manure.