Nightmare Fuel / Amityville II: The Possession

• The way the house seems to come to life while the family is getting ready for bed. As the camera glides through the house, all manner of disturbances occur. We hear various moans and cries, a tablecloth comes flying out of the kitchen and covers up a crucifix on the wall, and a mirror moves to watch Sonny as he leaves the bathroom.
• The entirety of Sonny's possession. His appearance alone is freaky as hell. The makeup effects get more and more hideous as the movie goes on, to the point that he ends up looking Gollum by the end.
  • The movie saves its most nightmarish effects for last, though, as the scene where his head essentially begins to fall apart is possibly the most terrifying scene in the entire Amityville series.
• Sonny being possessed. The way his chest essentially caves in is rather difficult to watch.
• Anthony is rather disturbing character in his own right. Unlike Simon, his actions are in no way excused by the influences of the Amityville House. It instead becomes increasingly apparent that the man is, at his core, an utterly monstrous husband and father. It's unsettlingly and uncomfortably the darkest acting performance of Oscar-nominee Burt "Paulie" Young, even nastier then his later performance as The Don who Fingore Eric Roberts in The Pope of Greenwich Village.
• The scene with the paintbrushes. While the sight of two paintbrushes floating in midair and painting the wall can be a little silly at first, that silliness begins to dissipate when you see just what it is they're drawing: Jody, the demonic pig from the original. Any remaining laughs the scene may contain go completely out the window once Anthony comes in and starts beating Jan and Mark.
  • The way Dolores scratches at Anthony's face shortly after is rather cringe-worthy as well.
• The whole Brother–Sister Incest subplot. While it is clear that much of Sonny's actions are the work of the demonic presence influencing him, he and his sister seem awfully close even from the very beginning.
• Sonny murdering his family. Of particular mention is the death of Mark, as lightning illuminates the background to reveal Sonny standing behind his brother with a shotgun.