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Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989)

Country of Origin: USA
Dates of Original Broadcast: 12 May 1989
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 95 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Executive Producer: Steve White
Co-Executive Producer: Sandor Stern
Producer For NBC: Kenneth Atchity
Producer: Barry Bernardi

SCRIPT
Script/Story: Sandor Stern
Book: John G. Jones

DIRECTION
Director: Sandor Stern

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Tom Richmond

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Skip Schoolnik

MUSIC
Music: Rick Conrad

SOUND
Sound Editor: Michael Payne

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Kandy Stern

OTHER CREW
Accountant: Brent Armitage
Set Medic: Dwayne L. Shattuck

CAST
Patty Duke (Nancy Evans)
Jane Wyatt (Alice Leacock)
Fredric Lehne (Father Kibbler)
Lou Hancock (Peggy)
Brandy Gold (Jessica Evans)
Geri Betzler (real name: Zoe Trilling) (Amanda Evans)
Aron Eisenberg (Brian Evans)
Norman Lloyd (Father Manfred)
Robert Alan Browne (Donald McTear)
Gloria Cromwell (Rhona)
James Stern
Peggy McCay (Helen Royce)
Warren Munson
Alex Rebar
Jack Rader
Michael Korn
Richard Crystal
John De Bello
David James Elliott
Gary Davies
Jon Rice (evil in the lamp/Nancy Evans' dead husband - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

The haunting presence that has caused so much misery in Amityville escapes and finds its way to a mansion in California. There it begins to tormente a young family, trying to possess the daughter - and only a young priest can stop it.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Television Distributor: NBC
Video Distributor: Vidmark Entertainment

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

1989
May

12: USA - television broadcast (on NBC)

1991
April

Day Unknown: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies)

1993
February

10: UK - television broadcast

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes
The Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes, Part 4
Amityville IV: The Evil Escapes
Amityville Horror IV
- German title
Talo, jonka Jumala unohti - Finnish title
Amityville Horror - la fuga del diavolo - Italian title
Amityville: Ucieczka diabla - Polish title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
Amityville 3-D (1983)

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

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Starburst no.142 (June 1990) p.17 (UK)
illustrated interview with Sandor Stern (Stern Talking by Dave Hughes)

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.23
credits, review

Horror and Science Fiction Films Volume IV p.17
credits, review

KEYWORDS

demons, sequels, the supernatural, haunted houses, priests, exorcisms, possession

 


Last Updated: 1 January, 2009

 


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