10 Most Bizarre Items To Be Possessed In Horror Movies
2. Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes - A Possessed Lamp
Three years prior to Amityville 1992: It's About Time, the Amityville franchise first visited the concept of possessed household items by serving up a demonic lamp in Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes.
Attempting to make an everyday object terrifying is always a tough task, but Amityville 4 does an absolutely horrendous job of trying to generate any sense of genuine dread. Much like Amityville 1992 did with a clock, this '89 picture sees a family gifted with a lamp that was previously housed in the infamous Amityville abode.
From there, mysterious happenings commence and some people end up dead, yet The Evil Escapes never once manages to be actually scary. Instead, the overly serious approach of some overly serious actors means that it's impossible to take the film seriously.
The performances in Amityville 4 mean that it comes off as continuously schlocky, amateur and purposely overdone for laughs - yet make no mistake, this is a movie that is never intended to be played for the chuckles.
Those horrendous performances mixed with the utterly flaccid threat of a f**king lamp means that Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes is absolutely abysmal.
Seriously, try watching the below trailer with a straight face.