Amityville 4

Infobox Film
name = Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes


caption =
director = Sandor Stern
producer = Steve White,
Barry Bernardi,
Kenneth Atchity (NBC)
writer = John G. Jones (novel),
Sandor Stern
starring = Patty Duke,
Jane Wyatt,
Fredric Lehne
music = Rick Conrad
cinematography = Tom Richmond
editing = Skip Schoolnik
distributor = National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (TV)
released = 1989
runtime = 95 min
country = flagicon|USA USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = Amityville 3-D
followed_by = The Amityville Curse
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0096808

"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. It should be noted that this is the last Amityville to be in theaters.

Summary

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.

Cast

*Patty Duke - Nancy Evans
*Jane Wyatt - Alice Leacock
*Fredric Lehne - Father Kibbler
*Lou Hancock - Peggy
*Brandy Gold - Jessica Evans
*Zoe Trilling - Amanda Evans (as Geri Betzler)
*Aron Eisenberg - Brian Evans
*Norman Lloyd - Father Manfred
*Robert Alan Browne - Donald McTear
*Gloria Cromwell - Rhoda
*James Stern - Danny Read
*Peggy McCay - Helen Royce

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0096808|title=Amityville 4