Stanley DeFeo gets an email from someone stating they are trying to settle an estate and are 99 percent sure Stan is the woman’s grandson and the inheritor of her house. It sounds like a scam, especially since the inquiry is through email. But Stan figures he’ll take a chance and heads out to Amityville to meet the lawyer.
After arriving at the run down house, Stan pads the film by walking around outside before heading in where he finds his grandmothers journal. As he reads, we get a flashback in which grandma Marie tells of moving to Amityville with her lawyer husband, feeling lonely, falling for a creepy guy who works with her husband, and devil worship. Well that escalated quickly.
Back in the present, Stan meets the lawyer at a local cafe to ask some questions. When the diary is mentioned, the lawyer becomes interested and asks Stan to bring it by the office. That’s pretty weird. But not as weird as a stranger who screeches warnings at Stan to get out of town and not trust anyone. Stan is alarmed, but the lawyer brushes it off. As they speak, we are treated what sounds like coffee grinding in the background.
Soon Stan will learn the devil cult is still in town and they’re interested in him. Stan will also discover that you can’t get out a door by jiggling the handle. We see multiple scenes of him jiggling door handles and panicking because he can’t open the doors. Just turn the handle, Stan.
There is tons of padding in this movie, including more than five minutes where we are literally shown footage we saw earlier in the film, but with a filter and whispering in the background. We also see Stan walking everywhere even though the size of the town is unclear. He drove for a long time to get to his house, yet he walks everywhere. He walks around his yard, through town, and follows the crazy guy into the woods.
Also is plating and putting dinner on the table for a person who isn’t home really a thing? Has anyone ever done this in real life? I’ve never run across this except in movies. If someone isn’t home, you either leave it in the oven to stay warm, or leave it in the serving dish.
Lastly in this day and age, how could Stan get an email saying he has an inheritance and not do any research on whether this is legit or not? He calls the lawyer to say he’ll drive out there. But he never googles the lawyer, his family name, the house, the town, or his grandmother.
Best line in the movie
Now run, you little idiot!
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| This is so awkward looking. They almost look conjoined. |
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| First day on the job and there’s a creepy guy |
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| Super creepy guy somehow steals his wife |
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| Oooo, it’s the Amityville house. Isn’t it scary, kids? |
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| The pumpkins are still good. How long has this house been empty? |
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| I like this building. |
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| Rats nest hair when meeting her husbands coworkers |
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| It looks like someone dropped a cloth rather than a baby on an orphanage doorstep. |
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