Tag Line: Beyond time...Beyond evil.

Done in much the same vain as Amityville 4, Architect Jacob Sterling (Stephen Macht) buy's an old antique clock for his new house, but of course you don't have to be a genius to work out where this clock has come from and what is going to happen next.

It starts off with him being bitten by his neighbours dog, despite the fact that his neighbour hadn't been out with her dog that day, black sludge comes out of the taps instead of water and time seems to slow down whilst everybody in the house starts experiencing strange hallucinations of death and murder.

One of the neighbours Mrs Wheeler (Nita Talbot) seems to know what has been going on, but before she can tell anybody gets run over by an ice-cream truck.

In the end, Jacob flips his lid and designs a whole housing estate full of Amityville style houses and then tries to kill his partner Andrea (Shawn Weatherly) and her counsellor Dr Stafford (Jonathan Penner) before being halted by getting stabbed in the leg with a pair of compasses. His daughter Lisa (Megan Ward) also goes a bit wacko and attacks her brother Rusty (Damon Martin), who manages to fend her off by shoving a guitar lead into her mouth and plugging her into his amplifier which proves to be quite comical.

Whilst none of the Amityville movies are particularly brilliant, this one is well below average. The film was inspired by the "Amityville-The Evil Escapes" novel which they also based part 4 on, but this film really seems to have missed the point and could almost have been made as a stand alone horror movie as it is so far removed from the other films. To be quite honest, I wouldn't bother with this film, unless you are a die hard fan of the series. Look out for B-movie actor Dick Miller who makes an appearance as one of the neighbours.

Overall Marks 3/10.

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• Alternate tag line "The Terror returns with a vengeance".

• Director Tony Randell had previously directed the Clive Barker sequel "Hellbound : Hellraiser 2" and went onto direct the bug B-movie "Ticks". He's also worked on "Def-Con 4", "Hellraiser 3" as well as directing the epic TV movie "Power Rangers in Space" (hold on, WHAT??????).

• Stephan Macht has had many and numerous roles in B-movies and TV series, from "Star Trek-Deep Space Nine" to Steven Kings "Graveyard Shift". He has also appeared in some of the "Trancers" film sequels playing the role of Harris, which also starred Megan Ward as Alice.

• Shawn Weatherly, who plays Andrea, previously starred in the cult TV show "Baywatch" in which she played Jill between 1989-90.

• Dick Miller, who makes a guest appearance as the next door neighbour Mr. Andersen, has had numerous roles in sci-fi/horror/fantasy films and TV series, including , "Pirahna", "Chopping Mall", and "The Terminator" (he was the gun shop clerk, that Arnie blasted) and has even had several differant "Star Trek" roles. Ultimately though, he is probably best remembered for his role as Mr Futterman in the "Gremlins" films

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