| Amityville: The Awakening | |
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| Directed by | Franck Khalfoun |
| Written by | Franck Khalfoun |
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| Cinematography | Steven Poster |
| Edited by | Patrick McMahon |
| Music by | Robin Coudert |
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| Distributed by | RADiUS-TWC |
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Running time | 87 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $8.4 million[2] |
Amityville: The Awakening is a 2017 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Franck Khalfoun and starring Bella Thorne, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Cameron Monaghan, Mckenna Grace, Thomas Mann, Taylor Spreitler, Jennifer Morrison, and Kurtwood Smith. It is the tenth installment of the Amityville film series and a direct sequel/metafilm taking place in the "real world" outside of the continuity of the series which establishes The Amityville Horror (1979), the sequels from 1982 to 1996, and the 2005 remake of the original film as fiction. Its plot follows a teenager who moves into 112 Ocean Avenue with her family, who shortly find themselves haunted by a demonic entity using her brain-dead twin brother's body as a vessel.
Originally titled Amityville: The Lost Tapes, it was announced in May 2011, and was initially conceived as a found footage-style film and a separate entry in the franchise. However, the studio abandoned the film's original idea, and hired Khalfoun to write and direct a new draft in early-2012. Filmed in 2014, the film suffered numerous release delays before finally being released for free on Google Play on October 12, 2017.
Amityville: The Awakening was theatrically released by Dimension Films in a limited release on October 28, 2017. The film had grossed $8.4 million worldwide and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with criticism for its generic writing, horror cliches and reliance on jump scares. It is the last film to be released by distributor, as the company shut down along with Dimension and their parent company, The Weinstein Company, on July 16, 2018, following the sexual abuse allegations against its co-founder Harvey Weinstein.
- ^ "Amityville: The Awakening Available First on Google Play October 12". ComingSoon.net. September 21, 2017. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017.
- ^ "Amityville: The Awakening". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.