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Amityville 3-D (1983)

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Average Rating: 2.9/10
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The third installment in the haunted-house saga discards any pretense of being based on actual events in order to provide the requisite cheap thrills sought by audiences during the short-lived 3-D revival of the early '80s. When a skeptical reporter (Tony Roberts) with a penchant for debunking phony psychic hoaxes moves into the Long Island house to disprove its nightmarish legend, he and his family are set upon by all manner of supernatural beasties. Many such manifestations leap wildly out at

PG, 1 hr. 38 min.

Horror

Directed By: Richard Fleischer

In Theaters: Nov 18, 1983 Wide

On DVD: Apr 5, 2005

Cast

Tony Roberts
John Baxter
Tess Harper
Nancy Baxter
Robert Joy
Elliot West
Candy Clark
Melanie
John Beal
Harold Caswell
Leora Dana
Emma Caswell
John Harkins
Clifford Sanders
Lori Loughlin
Susan Baxter
Meg Ryan
Lisa
Neil Barry
Jeff
Rikke Borge
Elliot's Assistant
Pete Kowanko
Roger
Carlos Romano
David Cohler
Jorge Zepeda
Van Driver

Critic Reviews for Amityville 3-D

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (16) | DVD (5)

There is hardly anything original about the picture.

March 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

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The cast is good, but the characters are idiots.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

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Veteran director Richard Fleischer demonstrates a keen understanding of the potentials of the 3-D gimmick here, but there is little else to recommend this dull retread.

August 3, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

To pad things out characters argue over story-lines from previous Amityville movies, while for 3-D purposes, wasps, furniture and minor players are hurled in our direction at varying intervals.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

3-D, the stamp of greatness...

July 8, 2005 Comment

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

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Replaces derivation with gimmicks.

April 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

...presented in standard 2-D format and does not require special glasses to view. However, I don't see how wearing them can possibly hurt.

April 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

...thoroughly bereft of any interesting ideas, as evidenced by the film's absurdly underwhelming climax...

March 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Entirely flat, despite the gimmicky effects

January 9, 2003 Comment

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

Works as well as a 3-D sequel of a sequel (starring Tony Roberts in the lead role) can posibly work. And that ain't well.

September 8, 2002 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Better than the first two, but apart from the 3-D novelty not much

August 26, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Amityville is much like all the other third in series/3D outings in modern horror franchises. It's not all horrible, there is a good scene in a burning car and the last 10 minutes is great, albeit,so bad it's great territory, but entertaining all the same. Unfortunately the first 80 minutes are pretty awful. I would

September 28, 2011

Anthony Lawrie

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A low point in the Amityville series, this one is below average. It has hardly any good actors, a bad story, it's predictable, and I just didn't like it.

October 4, 2010