Amityville IV: The Evil Escapes

Amityville IV: The Evil Escapes (1989)

  • 19% of users liked it
    (638 ratings)

The fourth in a seemingly endless parade of Amityville sequels, this passable TV knock-off features an item of possessed furniture from the notorious haunted house -- a concept inspired by a series of novels by John G. Jones and exploited in no less than three films of the series. This time it's… More

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Television, Horror
In Theaters
May 12, 1989 Wide
On DVD
Dec 12, 1990
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Critic Reviews

  • Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

    Some things are really just too stupid to comprehend

  • Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

    Why does this series keep passing building codes?

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  • Jeff "


    Amityville IV: The Evil Escapes is one of those sequels that is over the top, but not as bad as others in the series. Acting wise this film still lacks big time, and is pretty stupid. Story wise, you're to be disappointed due to a poorly written script that offers nothing truly… More

  • Anthony L


    Oh dear. The evil entity in the Amityville house decides to see what the world has to offer, so 'transmodulates' (don't bother looking, it's not in the dictionary) into a lamp and moves out. The lamp then haunts a family in a completely different house and a… More

  • Lee ?


    To be honest I don't mind the Amityville films. This fourth film in the series has the evil demon move across from Long Island to California via a creepy looking lamp which it has transferred into ready to torment another family. It's not great but it has enough entertaining… More

  • xGary X


    A family are terrorised by a lamp. Yes, a LAMP. This lamp speaks to a small girl and persuades her that it's her dead father. I don't know about you, but I'm always mistaking my family members for pieces of furniture. Good luck on those SATs young lady...

  • Sylvester K


    Shockingly bad and predictable, and this is not the end of the series. Instead of having a haunted house, this time we have a haunted object: A Lamp, yes, A frigging Lamp.

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