AKA: Amityville 1993: The Image of Evil

Tag Line : The Image of Evil

Another unrelated direct-to-video sequel inspired from the "Amityville : The Evil Escapes" novel by John Jones. In this, Ross Partridge plays a character called Keyes, a young photographic artist whose friends start dying in mysterious circumstances after he's given an old ornamental mirror from a down-and-out living rough on a street corner.

Shortly after bringing the mirror back to his apartment, Keyes next door neighbour Suki and her ex-boyfriend both meet a mysterious end after looking into the mirror. Then poor old Keyes starts hearing strange voices and experiencing weird visions about a shooting that took place at the old Amityville house.

As the story unfolds it turns out that the old mirror was once part of the Amityville house and the tramp was another lunatic who shot his family there. Matters are also confused after the police officer investigating the two deaths, detective Clark (Terry O'Quinn), discovers that the old tramp is also Keyes father and it turns out that he had deliberately tracked down Keyes to pass this mirror onto him.

Further weird things happen at the films climax, during an art exhibition at Keyes apartment which is supposed to end with a re-enactment of the shooting from his visions, and so has enlisted the help of all his friends to play the roles of the characters that get shot. However, towards the end of the evening, the power goes out, ghostly apparitions of Suki appear, then Keyes turns up for the re-enactment armed instead with a pump-action shotgun, rather than a super-soaker loaded with red ink.

Whilst not the greatest of horror films this is still relatively watchable movie, although lacking in originality. The film also features appearances from many horror B-movie actors, such as David Naughton, Richard Roundtree and of course Terry O'Quinn. If there's sod all else on TV, I'd say give it a try.

Overall marks : 4/10.

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• Alternate tag line, "Terror Has a Reflection All its Own".

• David Naughton had previously played the role of David Kessler, in the cult werewolf movie "American Werewolf in London".

• Terry O'Quinn is probably best known for playing the title role in the film "The Step Father".

• The films original title was going to be "Amityville 1993".

• Richard Roundtree had previously appeared in "Maniac Cop" and "Q-The Winged Serpent". He is undoubtedly best known for his his role as the lead character in the 70's blaxploitation pic, "Shaft".

• Barry Bernadi, who also worked on part 4, returned to produce this latest sequel. Author John Jones, whose book "Amityville Horror : The Evil Escapes" was the inspiration for this, along with parts 4 and 6, also worked on the film as a producer.

• The nurse at the old institution was played by Lin Shaye, who'se the sister of New Line Cinema founder Robert Shaye. She has also had minor roles in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" film, which Robert Shaye produced.

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