213 - Amityville II (1982) & Amityville Playhouse (2015) →

CW: Rape, incest

The Worst of 2021 - #1 Amityville Playhouse

It’s Amityville Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey botch an exorcism and inherit a theater!

Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!

The Classic Film: Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
"A dysfunctional family moves into a new house, which proves to be satanic, resulting in the demonic possession of their teenage son” (IMDb.com). The Amityville series hasn't quite gone bonkers yet, but this second entry is weird in uncomfortable ways. It's fairly interesting in its execution, but you couldn't say it's great.

The Modern Film: Amityville Playhouse (2015)
"A teenager and her friends become trapped in a haunted theater with a disturbing connection to Amityville's secret past” (IMDb.com). I'm sure we're tempting fate here, but there's certainly no way the franchise can get any worse than this, the 12th entry.

Audio Sources:
"Amityville II: The Possession" produced by Dino De Laurentiis Company, et al.
"The Amityville Horror" (2005) produced by Platinum Dunes, et al.
"Amityville Playhouse" produced by Scrapfilms
"April Fools" (2007) produced by Links Entertainment & Pa Pa Productions
"I Can't Believe You've Done This" via PWee28 @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKbU8B-QVZk
"Kung Pow: Enter the Fist" produced by Twentieth Century Fox, et al.
"The Nightman Cometh" (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S04E13) produced by Sunny Television Productions, et al.
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Pulp Fiction" produced by A Band Apart, et al.
"Rocky" produced by Chartoff-Winkler Productions
"So Good" written by LaTavia Roberson, et al., and performed by Destiny's Child
"The Wiz" (1978) produced by Universal Pictures & Motown Productions

050 - Double Feature - The Amityville Horror (1979 & 2005) →

CW: Domestic Abuse

It's another Double Feature week on Pod Sematary! This time, Chris & Kelsey examine that "true story" classic, The Amityville Horror!

First up is the original from 1979, starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder. The movie is way too long and nothing happens, but it's well-made and has some good performances. Can the good make up for just how boring it is?

Then it's on to the 2005 remake starring Ryan Reynolds and Chloë Grace Moretz! This one is shorter and delivers on the escalating events, but Reynolds goes from zero to fuckhead in the first 15 minutes and things are a little less believable. Does this remake squander everything it does better than the original?

Plus, spoiler-talk about the season finale of Castle Rock!

Audio Sources:
"The Amityville Horror" (1979) produced by American International Pictures, et al.
"The Amityville Horror" (2005) produced by Platinum Dunes, et al.
"The Amityville Horror" (In Search Of... S04E03) produced by Alan Landsburg Productions
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"Science Fiction/Double Feature" written by Richard O'Brien & Richard Hartley and performed by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
"Treehouse of Horror" (The Simpsons S02E03) produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television
"The Wedding Singer" produced by New Line Cinema, et al.