This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Rebooting the franchise, "Amityville: The Awakening" does not take a fresh look at the haunted house that terrified a generation. The film does not escape the classic recipes of the genre and it is not a very enjoyable B-movie horror. Horror fans can probably give it a single viewing but if you aren't a fan of the genre, you could skip this one. Instead of tension and thrills, there's just a bunch of cliché and an overwhelming sense of déjà vu. "The Awakening" often feels as if it's starting all over again from scene to scene with Belle Thorne -she is a good actress but this movie was a bad choice- to wanders one shadowy corridor after another. Unfortunately the director and screenwriter Franck Khalfoun he has no clever ideas to justify the very obvious incidents.

Good movie. Suspenseful with some good jump scares. The script could be a bit more surprising but it was decent. Bella Thorne could try a little bit more. Acting was average.

My quick rating 4,6/10. Well by far better than the drivel they have been attaching to the original. The story is not bad, seems to deviate a bit from what world they have created. I found amusement in the kids watching "Amityville Horror" on DVD in the movie (not really a spoiler). Jennifer Jason Leigh does just fine in her role as the mother and Bella Thorne basically walks around for most of the movie with a dumb look on her face. There were some good scares, as you would expect from a haunted house movie and does justice to the original, but I cannot figure out for the life of me what the big hold up was since this movie was complete for a release in 2012 (so it was most likely finished in 2011). In that time there have been 8 movies tied to the Amityville House along with the countless short films. So the studio is wondering why no one cared about this movie anymore? Overall, just a run of the mill haunted house flick. Don't really need to know more than that, and nothing is going to surprise you or make it worth your while to go out and find. It has its score because it isn't bad it isn't good, just there.

Single White Mom (Jennifer Jason Leigh) moves her family into the Amityville murder house with a son (Cameron Monaghan) in a vegetative state. His bed is placed over "the" spot above the basement. With "awakening" being in the title, you should petty well have the film figured out in the first five minutes.Knowing where the film goes, it takes a long time to get there. The horror build up was slow and the best scenes were dreams. The rave reviews is in part based on the fan following of former child actress Bella Thorne. Better than most films with "Amityville" in the title.Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.