Amityville 4

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Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes
Directed by Sandor Stern
Produced by Steve White,
Barry Bernardi,
Kenneth Atchity (NBC)
Written by John G. Jones (novel),
Sandor Stern
Starring Patty Duke,
Jane Wyatt,
Fredric Lehne
Music by Rick Conrad
Cinematography Tom Richmond
Editing by Skip Schoolnik
Distributed by National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (TV)
Release date(s) 1989
Running time 95 min
Country Flag of the United States USA
Language English
Preceded by Amityville 3-D
Followed by The Amityville Curse
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Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes was released in 1989 as a television film by NBC. It is the fourth installment in the Amityville Horror saga. It was released on home video by Vidmark Entertainment, then released on DVD twice by Allumination Filmworks in 2003 and 2007.

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The demonic force lurking in Amityville for over 300 years escapes to a remote California mansion. It encounters a struggling family living together by uncertain means. The beast manipulates a little girl by manifesting itself in the form of her dead father. Soon it will be able to possess her completely... is it too late for a young priest to defeat the demon and end the curse?

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The movie begins on a rainy night. We see the infamous Amityville Horror house. Six priests, led by Father Manfred (Norman Lloyd) enter the house and start to exorcise it. One of the priests, Father Dennis Kibbler (Fredric Lehne) is in an upstairs bedroom and begins to bless it when he sees a glowing brass floor lamp. As he begins to chant, a burst of energy emerges from the outlet, through the cord, and into the lamp. A demonic face appears in the large round bulb. Kibbler is knocked across the room and is unconscious.

A few days later, the real estate decides to have a yard sale by selling the items left in the house by the previous owners. Father Manfred believes that the evil spirits are finally gone from the house. Meanwhile, at the yard sale, a woman named Helen Royce (Peggy McCay) and her friend Rhona (Gloria Cromwell) are looking through the items when Helen finds the lamp. At only $100.00, Helen decides to buy the lamp. She even decides to send it to her sister as a birthday present, explaining that she and her sister send each other rather ugly gifts to each other as jokes. While checking the lamp, Helen cuts her finger on a brass collar around the bulb. Ignoring the cut on her finger, Helen buys the lamp. As the day goes on, Helen's finger begins to get infected and discolored.

One week later, the lamp arrives to the sister. Helen's sister, Alice Leacock (Jane Wyatt), lives in a large, three story home over a beach in a small town called Dancott, California. That day, Alice's daughter, Nancy Evans (Patty Duke) and her three children Amanda (Zoe Trilling), Brian (Aron Eisenberg), and the youngest child, quiet, mysterious Jessica (Brandy Gold) move in with Alice. Once they arrive, Alice decides to open the package containing the lamp. Nancy thinks the lamp is hideous, while Alice finds it to be interesting. Once the lamp is turned on, Alice's parrot, Fred, begins to act crazy, and her cat, Pepper, scratches Amanda. While the rest of the family pays little to no attention to the lamp, Jessica seems to be drawn towards it.

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The Amityville Horror
Main
Amityville Horror saga
The Amityville Horror (1979)  · II: The Possession (1982)  · 3-D (1983)  · 4: The Evil Escapes (1989)  · Curse (1990)  · 1992: It's About Time (1992)  · A New Generation (1993)  · Dollhouse: Evil Never Dies (1996)  · Remake (2005)