Amityville: The Awakening

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{{Infobox film
| name = Amityville: The Awakening
| image = AmityvilleAwakeningPoster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br> with original release date
| director = [[Franck Khalfoun]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jason Blum]]
* Daniel Farrands
* Casey La Scala}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]]
* [[Bella Thorne]]
* [[Cameron Monaghan]]
* [[Thomas Mann (actor)|Thomas Mann]]
* [[Jennifer Morrison]]
* [[Kurtwood Smith]]}}
| music = [[Robin Coudert]]
| cinematography = [[Steven Poster]]
| editing = Patrick McMahon
| studio = {{Plainlist|
* [[Blumhouse Productions]]
* Panic Ventures
* Baron Films}}
| distributor = [[Dimension Films]]
| released = {{filmdate|2017|10|28|United States}}
| runtime = 87 minutes<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/889539-amityville-the-awakening-available-first-on-google-play-october-12#/slide/1|work=ComingSoon.net|title=Amityville: The Awakening Available First on Google Play October 12|date=September 21, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922003144/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/889539-amityville-the-awakening-available-first-on-google-play-october-12|archivedate=September 22, 2017}}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $7.7 million<ref name=BOM>{{cite web |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=amityvillehorror12.htm|title=Amityville: The Awakening (2017) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |accessdate=October 30, 2017}}</ref>
| writers = Franck Khalfoun
}}

'''''Amityville: The Awakening''''' is a 2017 American [[supernatural horror film]] written and directed by [[Franck Khalfoun]], and starring [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]], [[Bella Thorne]], [[Cameron Monaghan]], [[Thomas Mann (actor)|Thomas Mann]], and [[Kurtwood Smith]]. It is the tenth installment of the main [[The Amityville Horror (film series)|''Amityville'' film series]] and a [[metafilm]] taking place in the "real world" outside of the continuity of the series which establishes ''[[The Amityville Horror (1979 film)|The Amityville Horror]]'' (1979), the sequels from 1982 to 1996, and the [[The Amityville Horror (2005 film)|2005 remake of the original film]] as fiction.{{efn|In ''Amityville: The Awakening'', the characters watch and discuss 1979's ''[[The Amityville Horror (1979 film)|The Amityville Horror]]'', and a character brings DVDs of the sequels and remake to the protagonist's house; thus, within the narrative diegesis of the film, the 1979 film and its subsequent sequels are 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 death|brain-dead]] twin brother's body as a vessel.

Filmed in 2014, the film suffered numerous release delays before finally being released for free on [[Google Play]] on October 12, 2017. It was released by [[Dimension Films]] in a [[limited release]] on October 28, 2017.<ref name=release/>

==Plot==
Teenager Belle Walker moves to [[112 Ocean Avenue]] in [[Amityville]], [[Long Island]] with her mother Joan, little sister Juliet, and [[brain death|brain-dead]] twin brother, James. The family's impetus for moving there was to be closer to Dr. Milton, a [[neurology|neurologist]] hoping to treat James, who suffered an accident that has left him on [[life support]]. Upon moving in, Juliet tells Belle that James has been talking to her lately, "using a lot of curse words." One night, James [[Asystole|flatlines]], but is mysteriously revived and opens his eyes.

At school, Belle is taunted by her peers over moving into the home, which she learns was the site of a mass murder by [[Ronald DeFeo Jr.]] in 1974. In her bedroom on the third floor, she discovers blood stains from the murder concealed under the wallpaper. One night, Belle invites acquaintances Terrence—an enthusiast on the Amityville haunting—and Marissa, over to watch ''[[The Amityville Horror (1979 film)|The Amityville Horror]]'' (1979) at the house. At 3:15am in the middle of the film, the power goes out, and the three go into the basement to locate the fuse box, where they are confronted by Joan, who thinks they are intruders.

Dr. Milton, who suspects James may have [[locked-in syndrome]], performs tests on James that show increased function; during the test, he witnesses an apparition of flies filling the room and attacking him, and leaves the house, shaken. James quickly gains the ability to communicate with the family via an [[Augmentative and alternative communication|AAC computer system]] that allows him to type by looking at the letters on a screen. Terrence suggests to Belle that James's sudden revival may be a result of [[Demonic possession|possession]] stemming from the house; he and Belle suspect that a ring on the ground surrounding the house may represent a [[magic circle]].

Belle asks James if someone else is inhabiting his body, and he replies "yes" and "help" via the computer. He asks her to kill him, and she begins to unplug the machine, but he suddenly attacks her. Joan enters the room, and finds that James is now breathing on his own. After finding the [[The Amityville Horror#Red Room|red room]] in the basement, which she believes to be the source of the power, Belle confronts her mother with the theory that the house is possessing James. Joan reveals to her that, having lost her faith in [[God]] after the death of her husband and James's subsequent accident, she moved the family to the home hoping to harness the demonic energy there in order to bring James back to life.

That night, as Belle prepares to leave, Joan knocks her unconscious. Belle awakens at 3:15am, just as her aunt Candice arrives at the house. James rises from his bed, and harnesses energy from the red room, which revitalizes his body. Belle makes her way downstairs as Candice enters the house, but James shoots Candice with a shotgun. Belle retrieves Juliet from her room, but is unable to open the front door. Joan is confronted by James in her bedroom; knowing she is facing death, she retrieves her [[crucifix]], and holds it toward James, but he is unaffected; he reminds her that with the loss of her faith in god, he’s now not here to save her. He shoots Joan in the chest before throwing her on her bed and shooting her in the head. James is able to lure Juliet to the third floor, where he attempts to kill her, but is stopped by Belle, who tackles him, resulting in them both falling from the window. She drags James outside the circle, after which his body withers, and he dies just after telling her "thank you."

A newsreel epilogue reveals that Belle is being questioned in the murders of her mother, aunt, and brother, but that her sister, Juliet, corroborates her story, and that James's fingerprints were discovered on the murder weapon. Another news report comments on yet another tragedy occurring in the Amityville house.

==Cast==
* [[Bella Thorne]] as Belle Walker
* [[Cameron Monaghan]] as James Walker
* [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]] as Joan Walker
* [[Mckenna Grace]] as Juliet Walker
* [[Thomas Mann (actor)|Thomas Mann]] as Terrence
* [[Taylor Spreitler]] as Marissa
* [[Jennifer Morrison]] as Candice
* [[Kurtwood Smith]] as Dr. Milton

==Production==

The film was initially conceived as a separate film entitled ''Amityville: The Lost Tapes''. [[Dimension Films]] and [[Blumhouse Productions]] were to co-produce the film together, with a screenplay by Casey La Scala and Daniel Farrands. It was to be a [[Found footage (film technique)|found-footage]] film in the style of La Scala and Blumhouse's highly successful [[Paranormal Activity (film series)|''Paranormal Activity'']] franchise; the plot involved "an ambitious female television news intern, on the verge of breaking the most famous [[haunted house]] case in the world, who leads a team of journalists, clergymen and [[Ghost hunting|paranormal researchers]] into an investigation of the bizarre events that will come to be known as ''The Amityville Horror'', only to unwittingly open a door to the unreal that she may never be able to close."<ref>{{cite web|work=Movie Web|url=http://movieweb.com/the-amityville-horror-the-lost-tapes-moves-forward/|archivedate=April 7, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407070356/http://movieweb.com/the-amityville-horror-the-lost-tapes-moves-forward/|title=The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes Moves Forward|author=Gallagher, Brian|date=May 15, 2011}}</ref>

[[Franck Khalfoun]] was set to direct, and filming was to begin in the summer and be released by January 27, 2012.
While at a press release, [[Bob Weinstein]] stated, “We are thrilled to return to the mythology of the Amityville Horror with a new and terrifying vision that will satisfy our existing fans and also introduce an entirely new audience to this popular haunting phenomenon.”<ref>{{cite web|work=Ghost Theory|url=http://www.ghosttheory.com/2011/05/17/the-amityville-horror-the-lost-tapes |title=Ghost Theory The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes|date=May 17, 2011|author=Ortega, Xavier | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105063912/http://www.ghosttheory.com:80/2011/05/17/the-amityville-horror-the-lost-tapes| archivedate=January 5, 2014}}</ref> After several delays, the film was re-written with a completely new story and screenplay by Khalfoun. In March 2014, this new iteration was retitled ''Amityville''.<ref>{{cite web|work=Fangoria|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/lost-tapes-to-remain-so-newly-titled-amityville-opens-january-2015/ |title=
“LOST TAPES” To Remain So; Newly Titled “AMITYVILLE” Opens January 2015 |accessdate=December 30, 2013|archivedate=March 4, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073425/http://www.fangoria.com/new/lost-tapes-to-remain-so-newly-titled-amityville-opens-january-2015/|author=Hanley, Ken W.|date=December 30, 2013}}</ref> That month, [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]] and [[Bella Thorne]] signed on to star.<ref name="TheWrap">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/disney-channel-star-bella-thorne-set-new-amityville-movie-exclusive/ |title=Disney Channel Star Bella Thorne Set for New ‘Amityville’ Horror Movie (Exclusive)|author= Sneider, Jeff|work=The Wrap |date=March 22, 2014|accessdate=March 22, 2014| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108001253/http://www.thewrap.com/disney-channel-star-bella-thorne-set-new-amityville-movie-exclusive/| archivedate= November 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Bloody-Disguting">{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3285156/exclusive-first-amityville-casting-news-director-confirmed/ |title=Fox Sets David James Kelly To Script Next ‘Wolverine’ |author=Fleming, Mike Jr.|work=Bloody-Disgusting|date=March 22, 2014|accessdate=March 22, 2014| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326085207/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3285156/exclusive-first-amityville-casting-news-director-confirmed/ | archivedate=March 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name="ComingSoon">{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=116360|title=Director and Cast Revealed for New Amityville Film|work=ComingSoon.net|date=March 22, 2014|accessdate=March 22, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327054923/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=116360|archivedate=March 27, 2014}}</ref> In April, [[Thomas Mann (actor)|Thomas Mann]], [[Taylor Spreitler]] and [[Cameron Monaghan]] signed on to the film,<ref name="DreadCentral">{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/75110/exclusive-thomas-mann-and-taylor-spreitler-check-amityville-house#axzz2yawThmXi|title=Exclusive: Thomas Mann and Taylor Spreitler Check Into the Amityville House
|author=Steve Barton|date=4 April 2014|accessdate=4 April 2014|work=[[Dread Central]]}}</ref> with principal photography beginning in May and a tentative 2015 release date.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/amityville-the-awakening-release-date-3/|title=Amityville The Awakening release date revealed|date=September 21, 2017|work=Slashfilm|access-date=October 1, 2017|language=en-US|author=Evangelista, Chris|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170922032528/http://www.slashfilm.com/amityville-the-awakening-release-date-3/| archivedate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> After another delay, the film's release was delayed to Q4 2016, and later early 2017, with reshoots taking place in February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beautifulballad.org/2016/02/12/bella-thorne-reshoots-scenes-for-amityville-the-awakening/|title=Bella Thorne Re-shoots Scenes for Amityville : The Awakening|work=Beautiful Ballad|date=February 12, 2016|accessdate=February 16, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809174807/http://www.beautifulballad.org/2016/02/12/bella-thorne-reshoots-scenes-for-amityville-the-awakening/|archivedate=August 9, 2016}}</ref>

==Release==
The film was originally scheduled for release on January 2, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/amityville-the-awakening-trailer/|title=Amityville: The Awakening Trailer Opens a New Chapter of an Old Franchise|work=Slashfilm|first=Angie|last=Han|date=August 22, 2014|accessdate=February 16, 2016|archivedate=December 27, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227062809/http://www.slashfilm.com/amityville-the-awakening-trailer/}}</ref> However, in September 2014, it was removed from the schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=123122|title=Dimension Films Reshuffling Release Dates for Demonic and Amityville|date=September 19, 2014|author=Douglas, Edward|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123171546/http://www.comingsoon.net:80/movies/news/123122-dimension-films-reshuffling-release-dates-for-demonic-and-amityville|archivedate=November 23, 2014|accessdate= September 20, 2014|work=ComingSoon.net}}</ref> In May 2015, it was announced the film would be released on April 15, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3346211/amityville-reawakening-gets-new-release/| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708044034/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3346211/amityville-reawakening-gets-new-release/ | archivedate= July 8, 2015|title=‘Amityville’ Won’t Haunt Until 2016|work=Bloody-Disgusting|first=Brad|last=Miska|date=May 21, 2015|accessdate=February 16, 2016}}</ref> When [[Filmyard Holdings]] sold Miramax to [[beIN Media Group]] on March 2, 2016, Miramax was no longer the production company of ''Amityville: The Awakening''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2016/03/bein-media-group-acquires-miramax-1201713199/|title=Miramax Acquired By Qatar-Based beIN Media Group|first=Anita|last=Busch|date= March 2, 2016|publisher=}}</ref> It was set to be released on April 1, 2016,<ref name="bloody-disgusting1">{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3346211/amityville-reawakening-gets-new-release/ |title='Amityville' Won't Haunt Until 2016 |work=Bloody-Disgusting |date= May 21, 2015 | archivedate=July 8, 2015| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708044034/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3346211/amityville-reawakening-gets-new-release/ |accessdate=May 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/657639-amityville-the-awakening-poster-revealed|title=Bella Thorne is Haunted in the Amityville: The Awakening Trailer|work=Comingsoon.net|date=February 16, 2016|accessdate=February 16, 2016|archivedate=October 6, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006121220/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/657639-amityville-the-awakening-poster-revealed}}</ref> but was delayed due to test screening responses and given the release date of January 6, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3382539/amityville-the-awakening-pulled-from-release-by-dimension-films/|title='Amityville: The Awakening' Pulled From Release By Dimension Films? |work= Bloody-Disgusting!|date= March 8, 2016|author=Miska, Brad| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006162024/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3382539/amityville-the-awakening-pulled-from-release-by-dimension-films/ | archivedate=October 6, 2017}}</ref> On December 16, 2016, just weeks away from the film's January 6 release date, the film was again pushed back, this time to June 30, 2017; it was eventually removed from there as well.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Andderson|first1=Derek|title=New Summer 2017 Release Date for AMITYVILLE: THE AWAKENING|url=http://dailydead.com/new-summer-2017-release-date-for-amityville-the-awakening/|website=Daily Dead|accessdate=December 16, 2016}}</ref> In September 2017, it was announced that it would be released in select theaters in the US on October 28, 2017, and for free on [[Google Play]] from October 12 to November 8, 2017.<ref name="release">{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2017/09/amityville-the-awakening-to-stream-on-google-play-for-free-gets-limited-theatrical-release-1202174538/|title=‘Amityville: The Awakening’ To Stream On Google Play For Free; Gets Limited Theatrical Release|work=[[Deadline.com]] |date=September 21, 2017}}</ref>

The film was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital HD on November 14, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|work=Irish Film Critic|url=http://irishfilmcritic.com/amityville-awakening-haunts-blu-ray-dvd-digital-hd-demand-november-14/|author=McDonald, James|title="Amityville: The Awakening" Haunts Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD & On Demand November 14|date=October 16, 2017|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

===Box office===
Despite the US delays, the film began its theatrical run in Ukraine and Central America on July 20, 2017, where the film grossed $580,466 from 830 screens. The film was released in the Philippines on August 2, 2017.<ref name=NUM>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Amityville-The-Awakening#tab=summary |title=''Amityville: The Awakening'' (2017)|publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|accessdate=July 14, 2017}}</ref>

The film opened in the US on a limited release on October 28, 2017. Playing in 10 theaters the film made just $742 in its opening weekend (an average of $74 per venue), finishing 60th at the box office.<ref name=opening>{{Cite web |url=http://deadline.com/2017/10/the-square-bill-nye-gods-own-country-specialty-box-office-1202197005/|title=The Square’ Runs Circles Over Most Openers; Weinstein‘s ‘Amityville’ Bombs – Specialty Box Office|author=Brian Brooks|work=[[Deadline.com]]|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>

===Critical response===
On [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 15% based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 3.7/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/amityville_the_awakening|title=Amityville: The Awakening (2017)|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=October 28, 2017}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/amityville-the-awakening|title=Amityville: The Awakening reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=October 28, 2017}}</ref>

Witney Siebold of ''[[IGN]]'' gave the film a score of 5.5/10, saying "while largely a generic haunting film without much in the way of a hook beyond its famous setting, can at least claim to be one of the more watchable ''Amityville'' films, for whatever that praise may be worth," and deemed it the "perhaps the best ''Amityville'' film since 1983."<ref>{{cite web|work=[[IGN]]|title=Amityville: The Awakening Review|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/10/13/amityville-the-awakening-review|date=October 13, 2017|author=Siebold, Witney|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Dread Central]]'' gave the film two and a half stars out of five saying "At the end of the day, this isn’t such a bad flick, but viewers looking for an insane new ''Amityville'' experience will just have to keep chasing that dragon."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/257076/amityville-awakening-2017/ |title=Amityville: The Awakening (2017) |last=Ruiz |first=Freddy |date=2017-10-20 |website=[[Dread Central]] |access-date=2017-10-22}}</ref> ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' gave the film two out of four stars and called it "an elegant entry in a lame series of horror films."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/amityville-the-awakening |title=Amityville: The Awakening |last=Bowen |first=Chuck |date=2017-10-23 |website=[[Slant Magazine]] |access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>

===Home media===
The film was released on [[Blu-ray]], DVD, and [[video on demand|on demand]] on November 14, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|work=Arrow in the Head|url=http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/amityville-the-awakening-blu-ray-release-date-special-features-273|date=October 2, 2017|title=Amityville: The Awakening Blu-ray release date & special features|author=Sprague, Mike|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Noteslist}}
a sequel to the awakening is planned it will be directed by Harvey Weinstein and starring Christine Morro and Trey McDonald it will be release sooner than The Awakening ..October 18,2019 filming is to start filming this Fall.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1935897|Amityville: The Awakening}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|amityville_the_awakening}}

{{The Amityville Horror}}
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