Shout! Factory wasn’t quite able to rouse itself up to its typical standard with The Amityville Horror Trilogy, which is understandable considering the general dullness of the films themselves. Horror fans are advised to look elsewhere.
It’s a film that has one opening scene after another, never seeming to run short of prologues and prefaces.
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