Amityville 3-D (1983)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1983
Running Times: 105 mins
Length: 8370 ft
Format: colour     35mm     ArriVision 3-D     SpaceVision 3-D
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Stereo

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Dino De Laurentiis for Orion
Production Executive: Tony Rubio
Producer: Stephen F. Kesten
Location Unit Production Manager: G. Mac Brown
Production Supervisor: Moira Kelly
Assistant Production Supervisor: Jane Rayleigh

SCRIPT
Script: William Wales

DIRECTION
Director: Richard Fleischer
Assistant Director: Joe Reidy
Location Unit Assistant Director: Ann Egbert

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Fred Schuler
Camera Operator: William Steiner
3-D Coordinator: Tibor Sands
Assistant Camera: Gábor Kövér
Gaffer: Mel Brown
Electricians: Michael Brown, James Dillinger
Grips: Norman Buck, Ed Quinn, Schultz Richard
Stills: Brian Hamill

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Frank J. Urioste
Assistant Editors: Derek Brechin, Mark Eggenweiler
Negative Cutter: Donah Bassett

MUSIC
Music: Howard Blake
Music Performed By: Sinfonia of London
Music Editor: Daniel Allan Carlin, La Da Productions

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Peter Ilardi, John Fundus
Sound Mixer: Manuel Topete
Boom Operator: Jorge Palomino
Sound Re-Recordists: Michael Minkler, Rick Kline
Supervising Sound Editor: William Stevenson
Additional Sound Editors: Chester Slomka, Carl Mahakian
Assistant Sound Editor: Ronaye Boyle
Dialogue Editor: Jack Schrader

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Hair: Anthony Cortino
Costume Designer: Clifford Capone
Location Unit Wardrobe Supervisor: Toni Reed Baer
Wardrobe Assistant: Barbara Hause

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Make Up Illusions: John Caglione Jr
Special Make Up: Vincent Callaghan
Make Up/Illusions Crew: Kevin Haney, Neal Martz, David Smith, Doug Drexler

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Jeff Jarvis
Special Effects Coordinator: Michael Wood
Location Unit Special Effects: Al Griswold, Connie Brink
Special Effects Crew: Michael Edmonson, Jim Fredburg, Bruce Robles, Ken Scher, Tim Farrell, Sam Price, Gary Schaedler, David Wood

VISUAL EFFECTS
Optical Effects Crew: Rick Fichter, Stuart Ziff, Peter Stolz, Gary Platek
Title Designers: Pablo Ferro & Associates
Title Mechanicals: Steven Elliott

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Giorgio Postiglione
Location Unit Art Director: Justin Scoppa
Assistant Art Director: Agustín Ituarte
Set Decorator: Justin Scoppa
Property Master: Thomas Wright
Propman: John Wright Jr
Production Illustrator: Maurice Zuberano

OTHER CREW
Production Associate: Vebe Borge
Script Supervisor: Lynn Twentyman
Production Accountant: Martha Schumacher
Assistant Accountant: Marianne Scanlon
Production Staff: Laura Aguilar, Carmen Alba
Production Assistant: Steve Sklar
Production Office Coordinator: Eva Fyer
Assistant to Unit Production Manager: Sherri Taffel Brown
Set Medic: Bundy Chanock
Altered Photographs: Benno Friedman
Teamster Captain: James Giblin
Animal Wranglers: Humberto Gurza, Miguel Gurza

LOCATIONS
Location Managers: Tom Ventimiglia, Tom O'Neill

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Chris Howell
Stunts: Chris Howell, Noon Orsatti, Kimberly Epper, Tony Farentino, Victoria Vanderkloot, David Burton, Scott Wilder, Hyla Marrow, Julia Drozco

CAST
Tony Roberts (John Baxter)
Tess Harper (Nancy Baxter)
Robert Joy (Elliot West)
Candy Clark (Melanie)
John Beal (Harold Caswell)
Leora Dana (Emma Caswell)
John Harkins (Clifford Sanders)
Lori Loughlin (Susan Baxter)
Meg Ryan (Lisa)
Neill Barry (Jeff)
Peter Kowanko (Roger)
Rikke Borge (Elliot's assistant)
Carlos Romano (David Cohler)
Josephina Echanove (Dolores)
Jorge Zepeda (van driver)
Raquel Pankowsky (sensory woman)
Paco Pharres (maintenance man)

The Baxtor family are the latest residents of the Amityville house and before long, their daughter is dead in a boating accident. But her mother continues to see the dead girl around the house and her husband calls upon a paranormal investigator to help.

Japan
DVD Distributors: Toshiba (MED 0109)

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia-EMI-Warner
DVD Distributors: MIA (DVB1026)

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Orion Pictures Corporation
Video Distributors: Live Video
Laserdisc Distributors: Vestron Video

Australia
Rating: M

Finland
Rating: K-18

Norway
Rating: 18

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: PG

1986
Fantasporto
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film (Richard Fleischer) - nominated

1983
October
7: USA - theatrical release

December
25: Sweden - theatrical release

1984
July
13: Finland - theatrical release

1986
February
Day Unknown: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival

1999
August
27: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 5)

2000
October
9: UK - DVD release (MIA (DVB1026))

2003
January
4: UK - television broadcast (on Five)

2005
January
15: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

July
27: USA - television broadcast (on Showtime Beyond)
28: USA - television broadcast (on Showtime Beyond)

August
9: USA - television broadcast (on TMC Movie Channel)
12: USA - television broadcast (on TMC Movie Channel)
22: USA - television broadcast (on TMC Movie Channel)
23: USA - television broadcast (on TMC Movie Channel)

Enter the gateway to hell... at your peril!

WARNING: in this movie you are the victim.

Amityville III: The Demon
Amityville: The Demon
El pozo del infierno - Spanish title
Saatanan riivaama - Finnish title
Amityville 3 - French title
Amityville III - Italian title
Huset som gud glömde 3 - Swedish title

SEQUEL TO
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

SEQUELS
Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989)
The Amityville Curse (1990)
Amityville 1992: It's About Time (1992)
Amityville: A New Generation (1993)
Amityville: Dollhouse (1997)
Amityville 2000 (2000)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Boxoffice vol.120 (February 1984) p.R29 (USA)
review (by B. Krohn)

Cinefantastique vol.13 no.6/vol.14 no.1 (September - October 1983) p.34 (USA)
illustrated note (by James Van Hise)

Cinefantastique vol.14 n.3 (1984) p.58 (USA)
illustrated review (Script cliches sidetrack yet another trip to Amityville by P. Curren); illustrated article (Special effects in Amityville 3-D enliven stock cliches by Michael Mayo)

Cinefantastique vol.14 no.3 (May 1984) p.58 (USA)
illustrated credits, review (by Patrick Curren)

City Limits no.137 (18 May 1984) p.30 (UK)
review (by Kim Newman)

The Film Journal vol.87 (January 1984) pp.15-16 (USA)
review (by M. Neuhauser)

Films and Filming no355 (April 1984) pp.31-32 (UK)
review (by N. Sinyard)

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.51 (March 1984) p.73 (UK)
illustrated credits, synopsis, review (by Kim Newman)

Sight and Sound vol.10 no.12 (December 2000) p.61 (UK)
video review (by Geoffrey Macnab)

Sight and Sound vol.14 no.12 (December 2004) (.74 (UK)
DVD review

Starburst no.69 (May 1984) p.39 (UK)
illustrated review (by Alan Jones)

Time Out no.717 (17 May 1984) p.49 (UK)
illustrated review (by Anne Billson)

Variety vol.313 (23 November 1983) p.14 (USA)
credits, review (by Jagr)

Visions no.26 (February 1985) p.24 (France)
article (by C.H. Felix)

NEWSPAPERS

The New York Times vol.133 (20 November 1983) p.68 (USA)
review (by Janet Maslin)

KEYWORDS

sequels, haunted houses, 3d, demons, journalists, the supernatural, the occult, possession

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008