just a bad movie, nothing more. and acting is quite tragic.

only good thing to take out of this was the work of Cameron Monaghan for this role.

The WORST Movie I've ever seen in history Of Movies I've watched 1 Star No Storyline No Interesting Character They Wasted Cameron Potential in this movie WASTE OF TIME, Waste of Film And Lastly Waste Of Release

Better than a lot of the sequels, but I guess that's not really saying much. Kind of dug the meta approach, but ultimately it's just too lazy, predictable and lacking of scares, the ending is way too abrupt and unsatisfying too.

Here's a little trivia you probably didn't know:

This movie was meant to be release on January 27, 2012, January 3, 2014, January 2, 2015, April 1, 2016, April 15, 2016, January 6, 2017 and June 30, 2017. It finally got a limited theatrical release on October 28, 2017, but instead went for a Blu-ray and DVD release.
I'm surprised who ever did the release dates still bothered about this; it wasn't worth it, despite the several failed releases.

There is absolutely nothing new in this version and shouldn't have never been filmed in the first place. These movies literally butcher the real Amityville horror story to the point where it's no longer interesting. Why are there so many movies of this story?

The Amityville films got more sequels than "The Nice Guys" and "Dredd".

poor movie bad at all don't waste your time

it's a poor,movie, with bad practical (I think the stole E.T's body and didn't know how to light it) what makes this thing so much worse though, is they say The original 'Amityville horror' movie is a movie!
So this is real people! but, this girl has never heard of Amityville. The reason they got the house , was due to it being a bargain. but it's a famous house, that the movie was shot in ... so its a million dollar home!

half star for the one freaky bit during the first night.

Rebooting the franchise, Amityville: The Awakening takes a fresh look at the haunted house that terrified a generation. The story follows a recently widowed mother who moves her two daughters and invalid son to a house in the country hoping that the change will help her son’s condition, and when he starts to improve the eldest daughter begins to question whether it’s really him or if he’s being possessed. Both Jennifer Jason Leigh and Bella Thorne give solid performances, and the film has an interesting meta quality to it where both the real life events and the films exist. But the horror is rather tame and the forces of evil are limited in their power and influence (not really going beyond possession). While it gets some points for creativity, Amityville: The Awakening doesn’t have much ambition and sets a rather low bar for itself.

this movie's release date was pushed back for years, and for good reason...[spoiler]it's bad[/spoiler]

A great follow up to the original film, interesting and kept me on my toes.

I expected it to be more scary tbh