Amityville: It's About Time

Lore & Background

The plot follows architect Jacob Sterling, who returns from a business trip to Amityville, New York, bringing home an old mantel clock found in ruins. The clock becomes immovable and triggers supernatural events, including a living room transforming into a torture chamber, a neighbor's dog attacking Jacob, and time distortions. The clock is revealed as the source of evil, causing possessions, deaths, and a final explosion that hurls it into another dimension. The film ends ambiguously, with Andrea breaking the clock and leaving, while Rusty and Iris share a moment of mutual remembrance.

Reader's Guide

Amityville: It's About Time holds a 45% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 11 reviews. It was ranked no. 10 on Game Rant's list of the 'Best Amityville Horror Movies' in 2021. Released direct-to-video in 1992, it later received DVD and Blu-ray releases, including a 2019 Blu-ray in the US as part of the boxset 'Amityville: The Cursed Collection' by Vinegar Syndrome. The film's significance lies in its continuation of the Amityville franchise, exploring themes of supernatural possession through a cursed object rather than a house.

Did You Know?

• The film was released theatrically in the Philippines as Curse of Amityville: The Final Chapter on February 11, 1993.
• In Mexico, the film was released in theaters in 1992.
• The clock de-ages Rusty into a child during the climax.
• Andrea ignites a gas pipe to destroy the clock, causing an explosion that hurls it into another dimension.