History YMMV / AmityvilleIIThePossession

* SpiritualAdaptation: This film has more in-common with the sleazy, stylized European horror films director Damiano Damiani and writer Dardano Sacchetti (of LucioFulci fame) hail from than the glossy, big-budget studio horror of the [[Film/TheAmityvilleHorror1979 original film]], down to it's second half being [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of ''Film/TheExorcist''.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: In a gray atmospheric film, a DysfunctionalFamily led by AbusiveParents lives in haunted house where they are tormented by evil demons and eventually gets killed by their possessed teenage son. During his DemonicPossession, the son has BrotherSisterIncest with his sister, who on his birthday gets slapped by her mother for committing the incest sin. Unlike the first film, the Montellis who are haunted are the least sympathetic, especially the AssholeVictim parents. [[spoiler:Then at the end of the film, despite exorcising the son, the priest gets possessed himself instead and ending indicated the haunting would never stop]].

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While it's lower-budget and far sleazier than the original, many horror fans consider ''Amityville II: The Possession'' to be this; it's faster-paced and scarier than the first film, which many find boring.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Who would've thought the usually easy going Burt Young can play such a despicably brutal AbusiveDad.

* MoralEventHorizon: Anthony crosses this on-screen when he attempts to beat his small children with his belt out of blame for painting on the walls, slapping around his wife in the process for being in the way and later slapping his young daughter for a mess in the kitchen. Dolores crosses this when she sunk to her husband's low by slapping Patricia for committing BrotherSisterIncest. Due to this, the [[AssholeVictim parents would not be missed when they are killed but Sonny]].

* MoralEventHorizon: Anthony crosses this on-screen when he attempts to beat his small children with his belt out of blame for painting on the walls, slapping around his wife in the process for being in the way and later slapping his young daughter for a mess in the kitchen. Dolores crosses this when he sunk to her husband's low by slapping Patricia for committing BrotherSisterIncest. Due to this, the [[AssholeVictim parents would not be missed when they are killed but Sonny]].

* SpiritualAdaptation: This film has more in-common with the sleazy, stylized European horror films director Damiano Damiani and writer Dardano Sacchetti (of LucioFulci fame) hail from than the glossy, big-budget studio horror of the [[TheAmityvilleHorror1979 original film]], down to it's second half being [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] of ''TheExorcist''.

* TheScrappy: Unlike the Lutz family in the first film, no one liked the [[BigScrewedUpFamily Montellis]], [[AssholeVictim especially]] [[AbusiveParent Anthony]] (who could be a [[IntendedAudienceReaction deliberate]] HateSink) and [[HystericalWoman his wife]] [[HolierThanThou Dolores]].

* TheScrappy: Unlike the Lutz family in the first film, no one liked the [[BigScrewedUpFamily Montellis]], [[AssholeVictim especially]] [[AbusiveParent Anthony]] (who could be a [[IntendedAudienceReaction deliberate]] HateSink) and [[HolierThanThou Dolores]].

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While it's lower-budget and far sleazier than the original, many horror fans consider ''Amityville II: The Possession'' to be this; it's faster-paced and scarier than the first film, which many find boring.