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It was only a matter of time, I guess

"TotesMarissa"

"The tweets are coming from inside the house!"

Wouldn't you think they'd have just torn this house down by now?

Werewolf by Night wrote:Wouldn't you think they'd have just torn Blumhouse down by now?

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The problem is that losing the house doesn't help stop the curse, as in an attempt to prolong the franchise I seem to remember that the evil got transferred into various inanimate fixtures and furnishings such as in Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (a standing lamp), a clock in Amityville: It's About Time, a mirror in Amityville: The New Generation, Amityville: Dollhouse (a...dollhouse) and of course Ryan Reynolds in that Amityville Horror remake.

Idea for next sequel: they tear the house down, but all the furnishings get distributed around the town via a yard sale and the whole town becomes haunted. The level of haunting in each household is proportional to how much was spent at the yard sale. A family who bought a couple of 25¢ paperbacks finds a few flies in their laundry room, but the family who bought the dinette set get the whole demonic possession treatment.

I really like Werewolf by Night's concept for the sequels, but it's mostly because I imagine the neighbors engaging in weekly/occasional conversations with one another across their yards, or over their fences, or hanging out on their driveways where they compare their level of haunting with each other and discuss everyday handyman remedies for the various situations. I would assume that eventually the level of haunting becomes a status symbol within the community, which in turn ends up as a source of unspoken jealousy.

Werewolf by Night wrote:Idea for next sequel: they tear the house down, but all the furnishings get distributed around the town via a yard sale and the whole town becomes haunted. The level of haunting in each household is proportional to how much was spent at the yard sale. A family who bought a couple of 25¢ paperbacks finds a few flies in their laundry room, but the family who bought the dinette set get the whole demonic possession treatment.

You came worryingly close to how the Evil actually did Escape Werewolf By Night!

Really if any horror franchise could legitimately have a killer haute couture handbag, the Amityville one might just be it!

I look forward to seeing where this conversation goes, and hopefully we'll start some discussions of other horror franchises. I'm excited about the possibility of exploring the auteur theory as it applies to Don Mancini's Child's Play saga.

Wow 16 executive producer credits and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Some people really do take a long time to craft the perfect response to a tweet

Franck Khalfoun's Maniac remake seemed to point to him as a director to watch, but based on the trailer for this and his barely-released iLived (which you watch along with your iPhone - yes, really), seems that one was a one-off.

Now being given away for free.