Amityville: A New Generation
Amityville: A New Generation is a 1993 direct to video American supernatural horror film directed by John Murlowski. It is the seventh film based on The Amityville Horror.
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| Directed by | John Murlowski |
| Written by | Christopher DeFaria Antonio M. Toro |
| Produced by | Barry Bernardi Steve White Christopher DeFaria |
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| Cinematography | Wally Pfister |
| Edited by | Rick Finney |
| Music by | Daniel Licht |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 91 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million (estimated) |
Plot edit
Before the DeFeos moved into 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, the house was occupied by the Bronners. In 1966, the Bronner family's eldest son, Franklin, killed his parents and two siblings during Thanksgiving dinner. Bronner, who had a long history of mental illness, claimed to have committed the familicide at the behest of otherworldly forces that resided within the house, and was committed to Danamore State Hospital. Years later, his wife and their young son, Keyes Terry, visited Bronner. Despite being sedated, Bronner killed his wife in front of Keyes. Keyes repressed the memory of visiting Danamore, and never received any kind of notification about his father being discharged from it in 1986.
In 1993, Keyes, now a photographer, lives in an inner city boarding house with his girlfriend, Llanie. The boarding house is owned by Dick Cutler, and its other tenants include a painter named Suki, and a sculptor named Pauli. Bronner tracks down Keyes, and gives him a mirror that he took from the house in Amityville. The mirror is demonic, and it kills Suki and her ex-boyfriend, Raymond. After Bronner is found dead, Keyes begins looking into his past, and realizes that Bronner was his father after visiting Danamore.
The demon in the mirror assumes Suki's form to kill Dick, and afterward begins tormenting Keyes by turning into Bronner. Keyes gets sucked into the mirror, which brings him to a Hellish version of Danamore where he encounters undead versions of Raymond, Suki, Dick, and Bronner. The demon then returns Keyes to the real world, and makes it clear that it wants Keyes to reenact the massacre of the Bronner family by shooting Llanie, Pauli, and Dick's wife at the boarding house's Thanksgiving art show. Keyes resists the demon's influence and breaks the mirror, prompting his friend Detective Clark to sardonically quip, "Seven years bad luck."
Cast edit
- Ross Partridge as Keyes Terry
- Jon Paul Steuer as Young Keyes
- Julia Nickson-Soul as Suki
- Lala Sloatman as Llanie (credited as Lala)
- David Naughton as Dick Cutler
- Barbara Howard as Janet Cutler
- Jack Orend as Franklin Bronner (as Jack R. Orend)
- Richard Roundtree as Pauli
- Terry O'Quinn as Detective Clark
- Robert Rusler as Ray
- Lin Shaye as Nurse Turner
- Karl Johnson as Cafe Owner
- Ralph Ahn as Mr. Kim
- Tom Wright as Morgue Attendant
- Bob Jennings as Rookie Cop
- Jon Steuer as Young Keyes
- Robert Harvey as Mr. Bronner (as Bob Harvey)
- Ken Bolognese as Critic
- Abbe Rowlins as Academic
- Joseph Schuster as Young Man
- J.P. Stevens as Teen
- Kim Anderson as Critic
- Claudia Gold as Critic
Release edit
It was released direct to video in 1993 by Republic Pictures Home Video in R-rated and unrated versions. Lionsgate Home Entertainment (under license from FremantleMedia North America) has released this film to DVD in July 2005. In 2019, Vinegar Syndrome (under license from Multicom Entertainment Group) released the film on Blu Ray in the US which was included in the boxset ‘Amityville: The Cursed Collection’. In 2022, the film was released on Blu Ray in the UK courtesy of Screenbound Pictures Ltd.