Amityville: A New Generation(1993)
1993 · John Murlowski · 92 min
Keyes, a successful photographer who lives at the border of Skid Row, notices a homeless man with a strange old mirror. Immediately struck by it for reasons he cannot explain, he convinces the man to sell it to him, soon behaving in increasingly erratic and unhinged ways.
Horror
4.3111 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Amityville: A New Generation scares
Amityville: A New Generation leans on a cursed object slowly poisoning someone's mind rather than constant scares, with a low-budget, straight-to-video feel throughout. The dread builds through a character's mental unraveling more than through physical chases or gore. It's a minor, largely forgotten haunted-object story that aims for creeping unease but doesn't hit very hard. Fans of the series or cheap early-90s horror curiosities are the main audience here.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Amityville: A New Generation rates psychological 3/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 45 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow, moody build with sporadic unsettling moments that gradually tightens into a much more intense, chaotic final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is Amityville: A New Generation?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Amityville: A New Generation rates 2/5 — moderately scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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