After a series of unexplainable phenomena happens in the house, we get to the good stuff; dad Tony (Young), mom Dolores (Alda) and sister Patricia (Franklin) all find themselves terrorized by eldest son Sonny, who starts out hearing voices and eventually becomes thoroughly, demonically possessed.

Here's the skinny: Amityville II feels way too long for its type, and it's bogged down by over-the-top acting, a bizarre incest subplot between Magner and Franklin, and an obligatory, tacked-on exorcism climax.

Nonetheless, there are some occasionally scary moments, some lively make-up FX, and an adequate reprisal of Lalo Schifrin's marvelous score from the original.