4. Amityville: The Awakening
Because Amityville is an actual place, the name cant be copyrighted by filmmakers and is therefore free to use, hence the existence of Amityville Dollhouse, Amityville Death House, Amityville Playhouse and why not? The Amityville Asylum. Due in April, Amityville: The Awakening is the 14th film in the series and the first to receive a theatrical release since Andrew Douglass 2005 movie, which was a remake of Stuart Rosenbergs 1979 movie, which was based on a book by Jay Anson, which was based on actual events. Its yet another ghost franchise from producer Jason Blum, who also gave us the Paranormal Activity, Sinister and Insidious movies, so you know exactly what to expect. The director is Franck Khalfoun, who also remade Maniac from a script by Alexandre Aja and Gregory Levasseur the writers of the remakes of Mirrors and The Hills Have Eyes. They also wrote P2, Francks first feature, which starred Rachel Nichols, who was in the 2005 Amityville Horror. One day, someone will create a game called Six Degrees Of Sequelisation.
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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
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