(1989 TV movie) *
So Bad it’s Good *****
In the 4th installment
of this stupid franchise a realtor, eager to clean out the famous house, holds
a garage sale. During the sale (annoying)
Helen spies a HIDIOUS lamp and decides to ship it to her sister on the west
coast as a goof. While purchasing this
monstrosity she cuts her finger on the lamp and later falls into a
tetanus-induced coma.
Meanwhile, down-on-her-luck,
widowed, Nancy (Patty Duke) is forced to move back home to live with her mother,
Alice. Nancy ’s 3 kids join her including her teenage
daughter, pre-teen Brian, and 11-year old Jessica. Soon after the lamp arrives (Alice loves it, by the way) strange things
start happening in the home. Alice ’s parakeet is
killed in a toaster oven, a chainsaw comes to life, and an electrician’s son
loses a hand in the garbage disposal.
Oh, and Jessica starts talking to the lamp claiming that it is her
deceased father. Although never stating
it overtly, Alice
blames the kids for all of these horrors and there are several testy exchanges
between Alice and Patty Duke. Eventually
figuring out that the lamp is the source of all of the problems Nancy enlists the aid of
a priest to rid the house of evil.
This movie is so great for all the
wrong reasons! Patty Duke is at her
Patty Duke-iest, playing her silly role with incredible gravitas. The deaths are all ridiculous and no matter
how many bad things happen in the house no one ever suggests leaving. Nice kid, Brian, is at the most awkward stage
I’ve ever seen in a kid – Check it out, I took these with my iPhone,
As I work my way through the
Amityville series it is abundantly clear that there is not a single good film (including the original).
However, Amityville 4: The Evil
Escapes is a hoot and deserves repeated viewing. I found it on YouTube.
5 comments:
I can't believe there are aso many Amityvilles out there!
Patty Duke should make a horror movie where a hot dog makes her lose control and sends her on a murderous rampage.
Wow, this one looks like it would be fun to watch with friends. Those pictures of the kid are cracking me up.
The first picture looks like a Madball.
Oh, I love the idea of a cursed garage sale. The only problem is that it's pretty much the same idea behind that weird Friday the Thirteenth TV show.
I was just reviewing the Monster List and holy crap how many of these are there? Lamp, clock, mirror and doll house! It's like they all could have sprung from this garage sale.
just my cuppa! i agree, catfreeek, this is just primo for group viewing.
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