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What is on the Amityville Tapes?

Source:The Hollywood Reporter
January 19, 2009


Buried within a THR article announcing writer Neal Marshall Stevens' partnership with comic book entity Studio 407 (news we broken last May in this interview) is a reference to a film project entitled Amityville Tapes.

It appears this is the long-mooted sequel to 2005's The Amityville Horror and Stevens is attached to write it for MGM. It was revealed in September (here) that the studio was finally forging ahead with a follow-up that is said to take its cue from shows like Ghost Hunters. Insiders tell us the next chapter in the "Amityville" franchise has been a priority for company in the last few months.

Stevens, in addition to his comic endeavors at Studio 407, also penned Thirteen Ghosts and Hellraiser: Deader, a spec script which was re-tooled to fit into Pinhead's universe.

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Posted by: Ryan on January 19, 2009 at 12:29:36

Lame.


Posted by: Winchester on January 19, 2009 at 12:48:53

Honestly, can you contribute anything intelligent other than "lame"?

I liked the remake, want to see what they do next.


Posted by: Jake on January 19, 2009 at 12:53:06

Leave the story alone. That's just my opinion. The original was wonderful, the remake was terrible. The book was great and incredibly suspenseful.


Posted by: GEEKaholic on January 19, 2009 at 13:04:51

i hate it when people talk s h i t about movies just 'cause they're remakes or reboots .. it's so "in" to hate remakes that it's getting stupid ....


Posted by: Bobster52 on January 19, 2009 at 13:29:22

I hate remakes.


Posted by: Ryan on January 19, 2009 at 13:30:19

well enough is enough already with this crap the only good remake that is coming out so far is the wolfman and that's it. Come up with something original. Winchester the remake sucked it was horrible but if you like it fine.and geekaholic stop *****ing this a blog for people to express opinions that's the whole point of it. The original was great but if you guys dig on the new amityville flick's ok cool you don't see me jumping down your throats.


Posted by: A. Panzica on January 19, 2009 at 13:41:51

This is stupid. There should be no sequel to this film, the remake or the original. Nothing ever happened to anyone after the lutz family moved out. there is nothing to give the film the spark that the original did. Amityville is two towns over from me and im tired of hearing people talk about this house...its really starting to get annoying...besides the people changed the windows of the original house...


Posted by: Jack Burton on January 19, 2009 at 14:55:40

So basically it's Halloween Resurrection but at the Amityville House. I could wipe my ass with a reel of film and make a better movie than this crap.


Posted by: ico on January 19, 2009 at 15:00:00

I kind of liked 13 ghosts so i'd be willing to see this.

I found the original Amityville Horror boring as all hell and i've seen parts of the remake and what i saw was pretty cool but i've heard opposite opinions about it, they said it was either great or it completely sucked.


Posted by: Ruin_Jester on January 19, 2009 at 16:06:00

Amityville is best as a one-shot story. Any sequels are just a cash grab because of the recognizable title.

You did the remake, it was alright... now let it go.


Posted by: DarrenSuds on January 19, 2009 at 16:15:15

This sounds cool. I liked the remake even though it was really different from the original. I think both movies stand alone as good stories.


Posted by: joe asylo on January 19, 2009 at 17:14:15

man a follow up, man strange.


Posted by: Dude on January 19, 2009 at 17:32:18

I think the last Amityville was great as a horror film, alright as a remake, and terrible as a representation of the alleged events. That said, I'm curious about this film.


Posted by: Jrock on January 19, 2009 at 18:23:59

I would check out a sequel to the Amityville remake. I actually thought that the remake was an improvement over a lackluster made-for-tv movie that it's self was barely recognizable when compared to the book. I'm interested in this, and will give it a chance if it gets made.


Posted by: Doug on January 19, 2009 at 18:51:15

It's funny. i don't care about this yet i read the entire article, and all the comments. Weird.


Posted by: Haywood on January 19, 2009 at 20:23:54

It's not that I hate remakes...it's that I hate ****ty remakes like the steaming pile of **** that was the Amityville remake.


Posted by: bluerosekiller on January 20, 2009 at 01:05:47

As a fan of cinema verte, I think this approach to the next AMITYVILLE film could be a great fit if done right. And, with so many shows like GHOST HUNTERS, PARANORMAL STATE etc. being popular, now's obviously the time to do it.

And again, not only is the time right, but also the style. I think it could be the best opportunity to get some real scares out of the franchise again. For perhaps the ONLY time since 1982's initial sequel way back when.


Posted by: Mike on January 20, 2009 at 01:19:18

why not just make it a REAL reality movie? Just send real paranormal investigators in there with cameras. It would be the most boring 2 hours ever.


Posted by: d on January 20, 2009 at 08:39:05

This is the kind of **** we'll see since Obama is president.


Posted by: danny danger on January 20, 2009 at 13:24:46

I liked the remake. I had teenage girls crying behind me in the theater because they couldn't handle it. That made it that much cooler.


Posted by: ico on January 20, 2009 at 15:10:34

danny danger

Thats great. I havent seen the remake but i will now because of what you said.


Posted by: House of Blood on January 21, 2009 at 00:24:12

If you can bring back Halloween with H20, make Jason meet Freddy and have a blast, then you can bring back almost ANY horror franchise. They should just start as a sequel to what happened in the 70'S!! Not that crap remake.

Show bits of news footage and video of the original movie, newscasts from the original murders in Amityville, NY and start in 2009 with a family that has no clue what happened there. A young family, in a new house, kind of like the original movie. Just re-hash the original this way but make it seem like a "REAL EVENT" ala The Texas Chainsaw remake. Make it scary like Poltergeist. Create a big backdrop on how Indians were slaughtered on that spot, and buried. 5 decades later a cult on Long Island used that spot and its negative past as a conduit for satanic energy by commiting human sacrifices of runaways and derelict homeless. Have them "connect" with one of the dead Defeo children through a medium like John Edward. Helping this kid get the rest of his dead family to cross over will save the lives of the current family living there.

C'mon Hollywood, have an imagination...it aint that hard.


Posted by: Jamey Ganchou on May 8, 2009 at 11:54:36

Hi, there are 8 Deleted Scenes in The Amityville Horror 2005. there on the dvd, but not in the movie. I would like to know if the 8 Deleted Scenes will be put in the movie someday? so the movie will be uncut. P.S. I heard about The USA Network Amityville movie. and There coming out with 2 more Sequels to The Amityville Horror Remake. Thanks


Posted by: BoggyCreekBeast on May 8, 2009 at 12:11:39

Remakes are like asses. Some look dang good, but most just stink like ****.


Posted by: Space Monkey on May 8, 2009 at 13:08:49

I got a great idea. How about just doing an actual sequel to the 2005 movie instead of this lame idea? Last thing I want to see is Amityville Horror done Ghost Hunters style. I've actually been wanting a sequel on this, and I'm sure it would do well at the box office. Loved the remake!


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