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  • 75
    Christian Science Monitor | David Sterritt

    This remake stays close to the eponymous 1979 horror movie it's based on, except for being precisely 10,000 times scarier. Read full review

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Shorter and punchier but nearly as hokey as the original. Read full review

  • 50
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    Why remake a horror film if you can't make it scarier? Read full review

  • 50
    Miami Herald | Connie Ogle

    The good news is the updated version is scarier than the original, thanks to snazzier special effects, a shorter running time, moody lighting, a few solid jolts and one icky moment involving a bratty babysitter and a closet. The bad news is the film rehashes every horror movie cliché you can imagine. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe Stein

    The truly shocking thing about the new version is that it's not bloody awful. Read full review

  • 50
    Philadelphia Inquirer | David Hiltbrand

    With his beard and '70s clothes, Reynolds looks like Val Kilmer playing Jim Morrison. Before things go precipitously south, he gives an endearing performance that proves he's ready for far more substantial roles than Van Wilder. Read full review

  • 42
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Extraordinarily faithful to the spirit of that creaky, derivative, fly-infested, don't-go-in-the-attic boofest. Read full review

  • 25
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    The latest cannibalization of a popular older horror film. Read full review

  • 25
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Result? It's not scary, just busy. Read full review

  • 25
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    In this Amityville, the performances are bad, the special effects ho-hum, and it's not even particularly scary. Read full review

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