Aminityville Horror II (I think I spelt it right)

[JPickettIII]

I was watching this on Chiller TV a few nights ago and saw up to the part where the older brother went into the basement (after his family left and things were flying around (the suitcase coming out of a room towards his head, I would would have left the house after that) and noises were coming out of the walls) and lifted the fake wall and went under the house(???) and saw the arm in the wall.  What the heck was up with that?  What does the arm signify and was that block archway a shrine???  I need answers or I will not sleep at night.

Any help would be appreciated.

Later,

John

[JPickettIII]

I am surprised that there are no responses.  I would figure someone would know.  I will look into this.  Maybe the director just threw it in to make us go, "What?!?!?"

Later,

John

[Menard]

I am surprised that there are no responses.  I would figure someone would know.  I will look into this.  Maybe the director just threw it in to make us go, "What?!?!?"

Later,

John

Trying to make sense out of this movie is like looking to the West for a sunrise; it just ain't gonna happen.

Keep in mind that this film is a prequel to the original. The major element used for the possession was the son's walkman, a device which did not exist in the time-frame set for the film. The cars used in the film were all current the year the movie was made. Critics had a field day with this movie, and those of us who refused to listen the first time, and went to see it, were joining in the choir half way through this wretched experience.

If the film-makers had no concern for any time elements, or any other element of this film, what makes you think that anything in means anything?

The only thing this movie did was to give Burt Young yet another opportunity to play an ass; and I'm certain this is one that is not included on his resume.

[WingedSerpent]

I was watching this on Chiller TV a few nights ago and saw up to the part where the older brother went into the basement (after his family left and things were flying around (the suitcase coming out of a room towards his head, I would would have left the house after that) and noises were coming out of the walls) and lifted the fake wall and went under the house(???) and saw the arm in the wall.  What the heck was up with that?  What does the arm signify and was that block archway a shrine???  I need answers or I will not sleep at night.

Any help would be appreciated.

Later,

John

I don't know if this helps with movie logic or not-but the Ammityville house story was revealed to be a fake.  Nobody whose lived in the house since that one couple has reported any supernatural occurances, The husband and wife would tell different/contradicitng stories when questioned alone, and some other stuff. 

[Sister Grace]

Being a criminal justice major and in the last stretch of my classes, the DeFeo Family murders are just one of the many case studies I've had to look at. One of my professors who teaches forensics, loves this case because there is so much hype around it, but as with all cases it can be broken down and explained with science. Whenever there is a crime that has certain elements of what society deems 'evil', such as the Albert Fish (the boogeyman in grey) case, the story becomes sensationalized. I'm not saying that the acts commited by these people weren't evil or wrong, but some cases get more attention than others and The DeFeo family murders are a prime example. A house is just a house even if something horrible happened within its walls, hollywood just happened to make a buck off of this one... and many others.
When most people think of the Ammityville house, they think of the movie and I doubt that if many actually even know what really went on in the house. Anymore the statement "based on a true story" is used so loosely, that it has almost lost any meaning what-so-ever.

[RCMerchant]

I know this has nothing to do with the movie...(I can't make heads or tails off it either)-but I actually SEEN the house...(which doesn't have evil-eye windows) when I lived on LI in the mid '80's....didn't look occupied or haunted.I DO remember while I was there that some nut case named Ricky Kasso held a seance their once. I was In LI  (Mastic-Shirly,to be exact) when he got busted. He was arrested for killing one of his buddies. Never met the guy (thank Gawd!).

[Mofo Rising]

Bilal is a potential spammer, and probably needs to be deleted.

As to the original post, I don't remember the "arm in the wall." But I've seen all the Amityville movies, and the second is probably the sleaziest. Not only because it is based on the actual DeFeo murders and not the subsequent "haunting" garbage, but because it also depicts familial child abuse and incest for our entertainment. (And Burt Young is far too convincing in his role.)

Anyway, the second film was a rip-off of The Exorcist. The idea is that Ronnie DeFeo was inspired to kill by evil presences in the Amityville House. Any weird stuff in the film was designed to propagate that idea.