★ 1 / 10
Exceedingly Boring
Uriah43
This film essentially begins with a couple of goofy looking television journalists initially discussing the fact that infamous house in Amityville has been…
This film essentially begins with a couple of goofy looking television journalists initially discussing the fact that infamous house in Amityville has been scheduled to be torn down before pivoting to the topic of alien spacecraft being spotted in several different places. The scene then shifts to a goth teenager by the name of "Marianne" (Kelsey Anne Baker) being informed by her brother "Nichols" (Hunter Redfern) that he has scheduled a big party at their house to take advantage of the fact that their parents are gone on vacation. For her part, Marianne is not at all interested in this party because she had previously made plans with her best friend "Annie" (Angel Nichole Bradford). It then transpires that Marianne has ordered the actual knife belonging to "Jack the Ripper" (played by Josh Allman) which was apparently being kept at the house in Amityville and has recently been sold at an auction to her. Sure enough, upon conducting the séance, Jack the Ripper does indeed appear--and he then begins to kill almost every person that crosses his path. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that I have seen a number of bad films which have used the word "Amityville" on its title. I have included this movie in that category because, other than possibly the acting of Kelsey Anne Baker, there is nothing really notable about this low-budget project at all. That said, rather than wasting any more time on this exceedingly boring film, I will just leave it at that.
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★ 5 / 10
Indie, homeade
UltraNeptuneCat
Hilariously and bad at the same time, some scenes should of hadded retakes, but I love the intro with the many media relevant ads. The movie poster is amazing…
Hilariously and bad at the same time, some scenes should of hadded retakes, but I love the intro with the many media relevant ads. The movie poster is amazing , this movie is such a comedy at how bad it was. There isn't much to say about the movie . Other than that it was ok, and if you are looking for a horror movie unlike others, this is interesting. With a probably low budget, you get unrestricted free ideas of young movie developers and directors. I think the idea and doing inside the movie was pretty alright. A comedy for inside october, or in the backround of a party. It also felt like people didn't know their lines by heart.
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★ 4 / 10
Fun
BandSAboutMovies
Amityville Ripper starts with a news segment of people hating Amityville movies, the original house being burned down, an auction of items that were in the…
Amityville Ripper starts with a news segment of people hating Amityville movies, the original house being burned down, an auction of items that were in the house, multiple UFO abductions, the Spider podcast, a commercial for Alien Mingle and another for Steve Martin's (not that one) Video Store. At some point, I was wondering if this was using Pond 5 footage like every other Amityville movie and just trying to pad a runtime with all of this footage, but then as the movie went on, surprise, this actually gets why I watch these movies.
Not just because a demon cursed me to watch all of them and would ruin our web traffic if I stopped.
This takes place in 2000 - the Y2K bug is a thing - and Marianne (Kelsey Ann Baker) and her brother - or step-brother - Nichols (Hunter Redfern) wake up to their parents going away on vacation for New Year's Eve. Marianne - known as M - had something big planned with her best friend Annie (Angel Nichole Bradford). And no, not lesbian stuff, as her brother and his wheelchair bound friend Chapman (Ryan Martel). Instead, she has had the knife of Jack the Ripper sent to her from that auction. And her friend Tony, who is now in Hollywood, said it's real because "he lived that Ripper lifestyle."
What is a Ripper lifestyle?
Also, Marianne has dreams of slow jams playing over stock footage of a jet ski, which makes her even more endearing to me and not just because she's a goth girl with shaved sides of her hair and looks a lot like Rainbow Harvest. She also mentions that she really wanted the clock from the house, but an architect - Jacob Sterling, right? - got it first.
While everyone - including way too nice cheerleader Liz (Anna Clary) - is partying and playing Sugar Ray, Marianne and Annie go up to her room and have a seance with a Ouija board, some tarot cards, Jack the Ripper's knife and plenty of candles. Also: If M is so goth, why is she wearing an N'Sync shirt when the rest of her room is full of Universal Monsters pillows, a black metal poster and a Killer Klowns poster? At least her closest is all full of black shirts.
Director and writer Bobby Canipe Jr. Has obliterated the fourth wall in this movie, as the characters even find the script, not that it keeps all of them alive. Just look at the dialogue:
Annie: Everything that happened in the Amityville house was true. And can you just imagine if this knife of Jack the Ripper's became imbued with the power of the Amityville house? It'd be like we had some sort of Amityville ripper on our hands.
Marianne: True, but I think that's kind of the point. I'm pretty sure that the name of this movie is Amityville Ripper.
Then The Ripper (Josh Allman) comes to life, wearing a Dracula costume, and also aliens.
There's a line that sums up this entire movie, as well as all Amityville sequels.
"Brother, it's an Amityville sequel. ***** different here."
Not all the humor hits perfectly, but who cares? This is way better than nearly any other Amityvlle sequel, which isn't saying much, but it does try. Which is, again, way more than almost every other sequel not made in Canada or by an Italian director.
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