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| Title: | Amityville II: The Possession |
| Director: | Damiano Damiani |
| Writers: | Tommy Lee Wallace; Dardano Sacchetti |
| Producers: | Bernie Williams; Dino De Laurentiis; Stephen R. Greenwald; Ira N. Smith; José López Rodero |
| Composer: | Lalo Schifrin |
| Cinematography: | Franco Di Giacomo |
| Editors: | Sam O'Steen |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Orion Pictures |
| Released: | September 24th, 1982 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 100 min. |
| Country: | USA/Mexico |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $11,328,000 (US) |
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| Previous: | Amityville Horror, The |
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Amityville II: The Possession is an American-Mexican co-production feature film of the haunted house subgenre of horror. It is a non-canonical prequel to the 1979 film The Amityville Horror. It was directed by Damiano Damiani with a screenplay written by Tommy Lee Wallace based on the book Murder in Amityville by Hans Holzer. It was produced by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group and Orion Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on September 24th, 1982. The film presents a fictionalized account of the actual 1974 murders committed by Ronald Defeo at 112 Ocean Avenue, though the family's surname in the movie has been changed to Montelli.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
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| James Olson | Father Adamsky |
| Burt Young | Anthony Montelli |
| Rutanya Alda | Dolores Montelli |
| Jack Magner | Sonny Montelli |
| Andrew Prine | Father Tom |
| Diane Franklin | Patricia Montelli |
| Moses Gunn | Detective Turner |
| Ted Ross | Mister Booth, the lawyer |
| Erika Katz | Jan Montelli |
| Brent Katz | Mark Montelli |
| Leonardo Cimino | Chancellor |
| Danny Aiello, III | Removal man #1 |
| Gilbert Stafford | Removal man #4 |
| Petra Lea | Mrs. Greer |
| Allan Dellay | Judge |
| Martin Donegan | Detective Cortez |
| John Ring | Police chief |
| Peter Radon | Assistant chancellor |
| Lawrence Bolen | Funeral director |
| Tony Boschetti | Elderly man in church |
| John Clohessy | Police officer #1 |
| Hollis Granville | Police officer #2 |
| Frank Patton | Police officer #3 |
| Kim Ornitz | Police officer #4 |
| Lindsay Hill | Police officer #5 |
| Rudy Jones | Gardener |
| Todd Jamie | Guest at birthday party |
| Ken Smith | Prison doctor |
| Anita Keal | Demons (voice) |
| Sondra Lee | Demons (voice) |
| Alice Playten | Demons (voice) |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this film is "If these walls could talk... they would shriek!"
- Amityville II and Amityville II: The Possession (1982) both redirect to this page.
- Executive producer Dino De Laurentiis is uncredited for his participation in this film.
- Production on Amityville II: The Possession began on March 8th, 1982. Principal shooting concluded in May, 1982.
- The exterior shots of the Montelli home were filmed at the residence located at 18 Brooks Road in Toms River, New Jersey. This is the same house used for the exteriors in The Amityville Horror.
Recommendations[]
See also[]
External Links[]
- Amityville II: The Possession at IMDB
- Amityville II: The Possession at Wikipedia
- Amityville II: The Possession at AllRovi.com
- Amityville II: The Possession at Popcorn Pictures
- Amityville II: The Possession at Obscurehorror.com
- Amityville II: The Possession at Classic-Horror.com
References[]
Keywords[]
1970s | Birthdays | Church | Dreams | Female topless nudity | Gunshot victims | Haunted house | Holy water | Incest | Matricide | Nightmares | Patricide | Possession | Profanity Rifle