Amityville II: The Possession

"If these walls could talk...They would shriek!"

1982 1h 44m EN

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★5.7TMDB · 419

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Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of paranormal experiences. When the abusive Anthony wrongly places the blame on the children, Dolores recruits a local Catholic priest to exorcise the house.

“If these walls could talk...They would shriek!”

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Cast

James Olson
Father Adamsky
Burt Young
Anthony Montelli
Rutanya Alda
Delores Montelli
Jack Magner
Sonny Montelli
Andrew Prine
Father Tom
Diane Franklin
Patricia Montelli
Moses Gunn
Turner
Ted Ross
Mr. Booth

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Damiano Damiani
Writers: Tommy Lee Wallace, Dardano Sacchetti
Languages: English
Countries: Mexico, United States of America

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ERA

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44 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Mexico, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Amityville Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Damiano Damiani, shot by Franco Di Giacomo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lalo Schifrin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Sam O'Steen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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James Olson and Burt Young and Rutanya Alda carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "If these walls could talk...They would shriek!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Damiano Damiani directs. Franco Di Giacomo behind the camera. Lalo Schifrin scores. Sam O'Steen cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Mexico, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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144 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2International production across 2 countries: Mexico, United States of America.
3Part of the "The Amityville Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Damiano Damiani, shot by Franco Di Giacomo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Lalo Schifrin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Sam O'Steen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7James Olson and Burt Young and Rutanya Alda carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "If these walls could talk...They would shriek!".
9IMDB entry: tt0083550 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 18 themes, including "child abuse", "sibling relationship", "abusive father", "exorcism".
11Released under 28 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Franco Di Giacomo
Original score: Lalo Schifrin
Editing: Sam O'Steen
Production design: Pier Luigi Basile
Costume design: Bill Kellard
Makeup / hair: Ed French
Sound: Dick Vorisek
Stunt coordinator: Victor Magnotta
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Box office: $12,534,817
Return: 251% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

Part of

The Amityville Collection

The Amityville Horror film series is a series of American supernatural horror films centered on events in a haunted house in Amityville, New York.

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Wuchak2026-05-24
★ 2/10
Prequel to the 1979 film opts for giggle-inducing overkill The original movie had the confidence to take its time to build suspense and develop several characters with the eventual horrific happenings being subtle and effective. There’s a reason it was a hit at the box office. This one eschews all that for blunt happenings right out of the gate, like paint brushes hovering in the air to paint an illustration & message on the wall. The Montelli family is a stand-in for the real-life DeFeo family in which the eldest son, Ronald Jr., shot to death his parents and four siblings while they were in bed on Nov 13, 1974. The creators obviously conjured the fictional version of the family because of the several changes from historical events, which I won’t list. In any case, the family is the opposite of the Lutz family in the 1979 film. Instead of a sense of warmth, the father is abusive (Burt Young) and so the family is somewhat dysfunctional. There’s a spirit of ugliness, which is augmented by the second half of the film borrowing from “The Exorcist,” albeit in a nigh laughable way. That said, winsome Diane Franklin is a highlight. She was 20 years-old during filming playing the 16-17 years-old daughter. Some respectable viewers prefer the overtness of this one to the original, not to mention the grotesqueness, but not me. I lean towards it being a tactless travesty. It runs 1h 44m and was shot in Mar-May 1982 with exteriors done at Toms River in east-central New Jersey (the house) while the church is located 20-minutes’ drive north of there at Point Pleasant Beach. Interiors were shot in the studio in (of all places) Mexico City with the house explosion scene done southwest of the city in Parque nacional Cumbres del Ajusco. GRADE: D

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