The Amityville Podcast

A bit of a long episode, longer than the movie. We're starting to break. I can feel it. Tired. Angry. Resentful. But the end (for now) is in sight. We can do this.

Wait, an Amityville movie with a ghost? Is there also a house? We F'ed around so you can find out!

Is it a cult? Children of the Corn? Something else? We went into this one pretty blind, not a lot of info available when we recorded this episode. And now so can you! This plus other bonus topics as we distract ourselves like usual.

In the tradition of The Craft, Eastwick, and or The Worst, and or Police, Vice, Ski, and Bikini, there's finally a Witching school in the series. It was inevitable. The first movie was based on a book, and witch schools are the Amityville of young adult fiction. Sometimes entertaining, rarely great, usually debatably professional in quality, but easy to sell enough to keep going.

Content warning. The title may be a hint. We underestimated and overestimated what we were in for. They go for it, and we're in for it. But the discussion is frank if that's a concern.

The return of our podcast, AND the of Mark Polonia, who is never short on ideas! This was one we'd been excited about back at the beginning for a few reasons. One, it was at the very end of our journey, the latest one to come out. How many more could they make? Well, we're looking at a minimum of 16 more, so that was on us and our stupid optimism. The other draw was the shark on the cover. A possessed shark movie? Hell yeah! Does out optimism fail us again? Find out!

The last Amityville to be released before COVID-19, so also the last episode in a perfect streak while Pat and Tom catch up from both getting COVID-19. In our defense, Omicron sounds like a cool Transformer, and we're both collectors. This one is also a quasi-remake of Amityville II: The Possession, and from the writer of Halloween 666: The Curse of Michael Myers, here also directing. We'll be back in a few weeks, with at least 12 more of these already released. Sharks, werewolves, personal massagers... it's going to be a weird ride. 

A home movie version of a horror film. Does that mean it's a found footage movie? Not exactly. Actually we're not sure how to classify this. In the pre-movie segment we talk about other one-time film makers, then as usual distract ourselves.

Tom and Pat discuss all sorts of things, and occasionally touch on the movie. This is a studio one with some decent names in it. 

Once again a film was retitled in some releases, so we have to lock ourselves up with another independent production. Before the film we discuss "Oh him!" and "Hey that guy!" actors.