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Title: lame ain't quite saying it right
Review: I love the original version of "The Amityville Horror," and I even have a sneaky fondness for "Amityville II," and boy, did I hope this one was going to be great. I figured it had a shot, since the remakes of both "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Dawn of the Dead" turned out well.Uh uh.There is not one single -- NOT ONE SINGLE -- scare in the entire movie. There are lots of attempts, each of them backed by a musical stinger. None of them work.The movie is, at 89 minutes, over before it begins, with no time allotted to immerse the viewer in this house, to make the audience feel what it is like to be in a place that just isn't quite right.The acting is good; that's the best thing I can say. Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George do very well, and it's a shame the movie doesn't manage even to meet them halfway.This is a lame, crappy piece a crap.
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