Khalfoun does disappointingly little with the scariest element of any Amityville film: those windows that resemble demonic eyes. Wracked with grief, Joan essentially leaves her daughters, Belle (Bella Thorne) and Juliet (McKenna Grace), to their own devices, moving them into the infamous Amityville house for a chance at a new beginning. ![]() Joan (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is a mother in denial about her son, James (Cameron Monaghan), who’s long been in a coma from which he’s unlikely to awaken. Perhaps taking a cue from the films of Mike Flanagan, Khalfoun establishes an emotional parallel between the demonic hugger-mugger and a crisis that’s already in effect among the iconic house’s new inhabitants. Franck Khalfoun’s Amityville: The Awakening is an elegant entry in a lame series of horror films.
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