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I was underwhelmed with this one, but it has its moments. Maybe it would be better remembered if it was more so-bad-it's-entertaining? Nevertheless, there's another slow-burn haunted house movie from the 1970s that seems even less remembered: Burnt Offerings. Probably because it wasn't as huge a hit, and didn't spawn a hundred plus sequels.

after reading the book, I was afraid that Jody the pig would show up my bedroom.

All I know is the book scared the living hell out of me as a young teen decades ago. Never saw the film but maybe I should give it a shot.

Underrated? It was a box office hit

At one time I thought the 2 Rosemary's baby movies were the prequel to the omen films but there not The 2 franchises are unrelated

You have some great points. I'm going to give this another try. I read the book, and it's one of the few horror stories I've lost sleep over. Some of the scariest scenes in the book were subtle, difficult to translate to film 📽️. I think my expectations were too high when I saw the movie

I have seen it a few times over the years and relatively recently. I think its a good film and it's sequel (prequel) is worth watching too.

I moved to the town next to Amityville (Massapequa) in 1979 when I was 10 and the moviev was just coming out. I didn't see the movie, but I DID read the book. And my supportive parents took me for a drive past the house. I don't think I got a good night's sleep for about a year without expecting to see something coming up the stairs, (which I could see from my open bedroom door) or avoiding looking out the bedroom window at night, for fear of seeing Jodie's eyes looking in. We also had a creepy basement with a closet under the stairs - luckily it wasn't painted red.

0:32 This is actually his second-most famous role behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Ashamed to say that I've never actually seen the OG film, but I actually really enjoyed the remake from 2005...Not sure if thats a spicy take or not lol I'll need to check out the original at some point mate.

I think it would be remembered better without all the sequels. I remember the second one being pretty fun, if a lot trashier.

The real house looks exactly like in the movie. It looks creepy has hell.

I totally agree, this film isn't perfect but seems to have become a forgotten underrated film in recent years. The scene with the priest in the bedroom has to be one of the scariest in film history. I love that the dog got saved in the end. I watched an old documentary about the real Amityville horror that scared the shit out of me. Even though it probably was just a hoax.

The house is meant to look like an upside down crucifix

Yup, it’s a schlocky flick but it’s fairly scary

Saw this originally in the theater on the first release. It didn't confuse me so much as it bored me to tears. And l don't bore easily. Now l just watched the four hour version, and it didn't impress me. Yes, the production detail is amazing and the music is sad and memorable. But the actors, with the exception of Woods and Weld, are flat and uninspiring. The lead character is a rapist? The other characters are voyuers, thugs and thinly drawn. And McGovern's character doesn't appear to age while everyone else does? Is this a metaphor l missed? Yes, l understand there is a lot going on here, but like ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, it seemed like more of a film about settling and and mood more than character and great story telling. And finally, the aging makeup is really sub par, and will look worse once an upgrade is provided. I do miss epic filmmaking on this scale, and God bless Leone for being able to make it. But the whole project felt cold and detatched, and l still am as unmoved by it as l was back in 1984. Just doesn't do it for me.

Discount Chinatown

The most underrated movie of all time.

Mona Lisa tragically neglected by wider public I saw I think three times at original run. George is one of the most relatable character in a gangster movie almost innocent abroad. Certainly about Simone sexuality and the abuses Mort lays on both him and Simone. Character interaction is totally believable amongst all the cast -not like the dreadful mcckney movies kick-started by lock stock a decade later. And caines performance as villain in chief aided and abetted by clarke peters are all superb

Bob Hopkins was as fine as any actor in that end scene. You have just watched a brutal gangster turned businessman getting his dues. His characterisation was so enthralling throughout the movie that we too, the audience, feel his realisation that his time is up. Bob was never knighted like other actors were but his powers on screen will be remembered for decades to come.

At first I thought Jeff was going to turn out to be some kind of informant or traitor but it seems he was protecting Shand from something he knew he couldn’t handle… But once it went wrong, he was only too happy to watch shand hang himself?

He ruled through violence and would have at least tried to grab at the gun Brosnan had pointed at him. It should have had Hoskins lunge forward then go blank screen. You dont just sit there waiting for it.

I've never interpreted any pacino role as villainous

Same thing happened in carlito's way, you see the end first but forget it as you recollect

Great analysis Jim. I like the way that as Penn's manipulative character reveals itself you become more and more worried about Carlito. There is a great court scene at the beginning when Pacino says he has been "reassimilated, reinvigorated, rejuvenated and reformed!". He then asks Dave Kleinfeld to take a bow! The book "After Hours" is well worth a read also.

Keaton seems like he's playing Beetlejuice instead of being Beetlejuice. It's like a Super Bowl commercial where the aging actor plays their iconic role just for the 30 second commercial. Keatons mannerisms don't seem as natural. It's like his studied his performance and is trying to recapture it. Also the scenarios are reused. Remember the scene where his face opens up and is scary? Remember? Let's do that again. Exact same thing.

Prey is so woke. All men sucks. A tiny girl kills the predator. Tbh, the only thing it does is to downgrade the predator to a complete noob. The most fearsome predator in the galaxy. Yeah right. If she died fighting it maybe. but the movie is not a good reboot.

The ending is not real and very surreal. Max jumping in the truck to his death makes no sense and is elaborate without witnesses that he would need to substantiate his death. Additionally, there is no blood in the truck blades (which they seem to want to show the audience) or evidence of his demise. The partiers driving by seem very out of place as well.

Whoever dislikes this film or don’t think it’s good enough is seriously smoking crack, because this is literally my number 1 favorite film of all time.

Where's david?'??

I loved the interplay between jack carter and eric (played wonderfully by Ian Hendry). Their sparring was magical with Carter's contempt for Eric not far beneath the surface. The remake did not convey the almost animalistic hatred that Carter had. I also love Roy Budd's soundtrack. Sadly Budd is no longer with us but he left behind a formidable collection of music.

Fans will hate this no matter what thr director did. This video is proof of that. If this was on a xeno planet you'd be bitching that it feels to Prometheus or Covenant. As for the lead, she would have been inevitably compared to Ripley no matter what. People think female characters can never match their precious Ripley and that also set a bar too high.

The Godfather movies didn’t really speak to me. I loved Pritzi’s Honor. I couldn’t stop watching this movie even though it was almost 4 hours. I did it in shifts around my work schedule. What did you think about the ending?

Apparently, this movie lost a lot of money,at least in the US. It was based on an autobiography about a young mobster. He wrote it to try to show the real side of that life that was undesirable. I guess people just love to romanticize these gangsters and want their Godfather pictures.