Amityville IV: The Evil Escapes (1989)
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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 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 a lava lamp from the accursed site that houses the evil, traveling cross-country from an Amityville garage sale (now there's a title for a sequel) to an oceanfront California estate, whereupon it releases the demonic forces within to exert their vile influence on a young girl by assuming the form of her late father. To this end, the demon animates various household appliances to whittle down the cast in death scenes which are neither shocking nor original -- much like the rest of this film. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sandor Stern
- Genres
- Television, Horror
- In Theaters
- May 12, 1989 Wide
- On DVD
- Dec 12, 1990
- Studio
- Trimark
Critic Reviews
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Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
Some things are really just too stupid to comprehend
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Why does this series keep passing building codes?
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Cast
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Patty Duke
as Nancy Evans
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Robert Alan Browne
as Donald McTear
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Gloria Cromwell
as Rhona
- Richard Crystal
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Aaron Eisenberg
as Brian Evans
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Brandy Gold
as Jessica Evans
- Lou Hancock
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Fredric Lehne
as Father Kibbler
- Peggy McCay
- Jack Rader
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Zoe Trilling
as Amanda Evans
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Jane Wyatt
as Alice Leacock
- John De Bello
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Norman Lloyd
as Father Manfred
- Alex Rebar
- David James Elliott
- Gary Michael Davies
- Warren Munson
- Frederic Lehne
- Aron Eisenberg
