I've been binge watching the Amityville films and they've ranged from below average to absolutely dire (More of the latter) I expected them to continue this trend until the end and then Amityville Terror came along.

With a name like that and a generic cover like it has I expected the worst but within moments I realised this was different.

For a start it has a budget, it looks great and has been well cast. Next it actually has a decent enough plot, far exceeding anything I've seen before in an Amityville film.

I didn't think that any Amityville movie would come out better than the original (And remake) but I can confidently say that this is the best of the bunch by far.

Don't get me wrong it's not perfect, but it's a well delivered effort and I personally enjoyed it.

The Good:

Decent opening

Competent cast

Good soundtrack

The Bad:

Fumbles a bit in places

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Clearly filmmakers think people don't know what the Amityville house looks like

There may be hope for the Amityville name after all

The Jacobson family, the only ones in America who don't know the Amityville story, move into "the house." The house needs to be occupied and to kill people. Many of the townsfolk want them to stay there. The film centers around Haley (Nicole Tompkins) the daughter, who does the investigation work while dealing with the "Mean Girls" at high school, and oh yea, a boy.

Compared to the rash of independent low budget films with Amityville in its title, this one was a breath of fresh air, although not the most intense entertaining "B" horror out there. Crystal magic (or is it with a "k"?) seems to work against it.

Guide: 1 F-word. Sex. Nudity (Amanda Barton, Tonya Kay) Filmed in the section of LA that looks like Long Island. 8 stars on the Amityville scale.

Well, given the title of the movie "The Amityville Terror" then you just know that chances of this being a good movie were going to be slim to none. And with that information, I still decided to sit down to watch it. After all, it is still a horror movie.

But my suspicions did ring true, and this turned out to be a dreadful movie that just carried the title of a once glorious movie; a movie that has been diluted beyond recognition by one questionable sequel after another.

This movie was atrocious, and it didn't take long before I found myself sitting with my mobile phone in hand and perusing the social media when I should be watching the movie. But it was just so awfully boring and unappealing that it was hard to find any enjoyment in the movie. Well, aside from the production level, at least.

I do believe that with this movie, then it will be my last venture down to Amityville, because nothing good comes from there, anymore apparently. The first original movie was good, then it was a steady sloped downhill ride picking up momentum and speed as one more questionable movie than the next were spewed forth with the "Amityville" name in the title.

The acting talents in the movie had virtually nothing to work with in terms of a proper storyline or script, and everything was just working as an anchor around their leg, dragging them down as director Michael Angelo steered on the sinking storyline concocted by Amanda Barton.

Stay well clear of the 2016 "The Amityville Horror" movie, some of us suffered through the ordeal so you don't have to.