Amityville: Dollhouse

Bill Martin has built a new house for his family on land that was previously empty, unaware that the site was once home to the notorious Amityville house. When he and his wife Claire give their young daughter Jessica a restored dollhouse for her birthday, the toy turns out to be a replica of that original house. Strange and increasingly dangerous events follow, straining the relationships between the parents and the children from their earlier marriages.

The film is a horror entry directed by Steve White, working from a screenplay by Joshua Michael Stern and produced by White with Zane W. Levitt and Mark Yellen. It belongs to the long-running Amityville series and follows the earlier installments in that chronology. Robin Thomas and Starr Andreeff play Bill and Claire Martin, with Allen Cutler, Rachel Duncan, Jarrett Lennon and Clayton Murray among the supporting cast.

Released in October 1996, it runs 96 minutes. Its reception has been modest: on IMDb it holds a rating of 4.4 from around 3,500 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 4.5 from roughly 125 votes. Both figures are low and closely matched, suggesting a small, largely unenthusiastic audience for this late-stage series installment.