<P> Amityville: The Awakening is a 2017 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Franck Khalfoun, and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bella Thorne, Cameron Monaghan, Thomas Mann, and Kurtwood Smith . It is the tenth installment of the main Amityville film series and a metafilm taking place in the "real world" outside of the continuity of the series which establishes The Amityville Horror (1979), the sequels from 1982 to 1996, and the 2005 remake of the original film as fiction . Its plot follows a teenager who moves into 112 Ocean Avenue with her family, who shortly find themselves haunted by a demonic entity using her brain - dead twin brother's body as a vessel . </P> <P> Filmed in 2014, the film suffered numerous release delays before finally being released for free on Google Play on October 12, 2017 . It was released by Dimension Films in a limited release on October 28, 2017 . </P> <P> Teenager Belle Walker moves to 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, Long Island with her mother Joan, little sister Juliet, and brain - dead twin brother, James . The family's impetus for moving there was to be closer to Dr. Milton, a neurologist hoping to treat James, who suffered an accident that has left him on life support . Upon moving in, Juliet tells Belle that James has been talking to her lately, "using a lot of curse words ." One night, James flatlines, but is mysteriously revived and opens his eyes . </P> <P> At school, Belle is taunted by her peers over moving into the home, which she learns was the site of a mass murder by Ronald DeFeo Jr. in 1974 . In her bedroom on the third floor, she discovers blood stains from the murder concealed under the wallpaper . One night, Belle invites acquaintances Terrence--an enthusiast on the Amityville haunting--and Marissa, over to watch The Amityville Horror (1979) at the house . At 3: 15am in the middle of the film, the power goes out, and the three go into the basement to locate the fuse box, where they are confronted by Joan, who thinks they are intruders . </P>

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