Amityville: A New Generation

Lore & Background

The film's plot begins before the DeFeos moved into 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York, when the house was occupied by the Bronners. In 1966, the Bronner family's eldest son, Franklin, killed his parents and two siblings during Thanksgiving dinner. Franklin, who had a long history of mental illness, claimed to have committed the familicide at the behest of otherworldly forces that resided within the house, and was committed to Danamore State Hospital. Years later, Franklin's wife and their young son, Keyes Terry, visited him. Despite being sedated, Franklin killed his wife in front of Keyes. Keyes repressed the memory of visiting Danamore, and never received any kind of notification about his father being discharged from it in 1986.

In 1993, Keyes, now a photographer, lives in an inner city boarding house with his girlfriend, Llanie. The boarding house is owned by Dick Cutler, and its other tenants include a painter named Suki, and a sculptor named Pauli. Franklin tracks down Keyes, and gives him a mirror that he took from the house in Amityville. The mirror is demonic, and it kills Suki and her ex-boyfriend, Raymond. After Franklin is found dead, Keyes begins looking into his past, and realizes that Franklin was his father after visiting Danamore.

The demon in the mirror assumes Suki's form to kill Dick, and then begins tormenting Keyes by turning into Franklin. Keyes gets sucked into the mirror, which brings him to a Hellish version of Danamore where he encounters undead versions of Raymond, Suki, Dick, and Franklin. The demon then returns Keyes to the real world, and makes it clear that it wants Keyes to reenact the massacre of the Bronner family by shooting Llanie, Pauli, and Dick's wife Janet at the boarding house's Thanksgiving art show. Keyes resists the demon's influence and breaks the mirror, prompting his friend Detective Clark to sardonically quip, 'Seven years bad luck.'

Reader's Guide

Amityville: A New Generation is notable as the seventh film in The Amityville Horror franchise, released direct-to-video in 1993. It expands the mythology by introducing a demonic mirror taken from the Amityville house, which drives a new cycle of violence. The film features a cast including Ross Partridge, Julia Nickson-Soul, Lala Sloatman, David Naughton, Richard Roundtree, and Terry O'Quinn. Its release in both R-rated and unrated versions on VHS by Republic Pictures Home Video, followed by DVD in 2005 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Blu-ray in 2019 from Vinegar Syndrome as part of the boxset 'Amityville: The Cursed Collection', and a 2022 UK Blu-ray from Screenbound Pictures Ltd, demonstrates its enduring cult status. The film's plot, centered on a photographer named Keyes Terry confronting his father's legacy and a supernatural mirror, adds a unique entry to the series.

Did You Know?

• The film is the seventh based on The Amityville Horror.
• It was released direct-to-video in 1993 by Republic Pictures Home Video.
• The plot involves a demonic mirror taken from the Amityville house.
• The film was released in both R-rated and unrated versions.