Synopsis
To debunk the Amityville house's infamous reputation and take advantage of a rock-bottom asking price, skeptical journalist John Baxter buys the place and settles in to write his first novel.
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Cast
- Tony RobertsJohn Baxter
- Tess HarperNancy Baxter
- Robert JoyElliot West
- Candy ClarkMelanie
- Leora DanaEmma Caswell
- John BealHarold Caswell
- John HarkinsClifford Sanders
- Lori LoughlinSusan Baxter
- Meg RyanLisa
- Neill BarryJeff
Recommendations
- 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
There is not really anything that could be called suspense in Amityville 3-D, at least, any more than the suspense involved in waiting for a pop tart to pop. [22 Nov 1983] - 40
The New York Times
The third in a 3-D series, as in Jaws 3-D or now Amityville 3-D, simply isn't a good idea. Once the first two films in a series have exhausted most opportunities for action, the third is liable to average half a dozen exposition scenes for every eventful episode. And 3-D exposition is the stuff of which headaches are made. - 37
Washington Post
The interludes of terror are strictly functional and literal-minded: If it's not a murder spectacle, it's a tease that anticipates a subsequent atrocity. [25 Nov 1983, p.C2] - 30
Time Out
A plummeting lift, seances, a spontaneous combustion set-piece and prophetic-of-doom photos are timed to keep us engaged, but never coalesce into a joined-up plot. - 25
Slant Magazine
Amityville 3-D—one-dimensional in every way but its hokey visuals—is too poorly written, awkwardly staged, and pathologically stupid to register as campy fun. - 25
Miami Herald
The film is even slower and less engaging than is standard for its undistinguished genre. [22 Nov 1983, p.B5] - 20
TV Guide Magazine
Director Richard Fleischer demonstrates a keen understanding of the potentials of the 3-D gimmick here, but there is little else to recommend this dull retread. - 20
Variety
There is hardly anything original about the picture. A new cast of characters and the addition of 3-D does little to pump new life, supernatural or otherwise, into this tired genre.
