Amityville 1992: It’s About Time

Amityville 1992: It’s About Time

Year: 1992

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: English

Director: Tony Randel

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After a business trip, a successful architect brings home an ornate antique clock he salvaged from a mansion slated for demolition in Amityville, New York. The clock unleashes a relentless demonic force, reviving the town’s infamous horror and driving the architect into a desperate fight for survival.

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Timeline & Setting – Amityville 1992: It’s About Time (1992)

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Time period

Early 1990s

Set in a contemporary early-1990s suburb, the narrative unfolds with standard tech of the era and a troubling relic that bends time. The clock’s powers distort daily routines, aging and de-aging characters and turning familiar rooms into dangerous spaces. The period anchors the story in a world just before pervasive digital conveniences, heightening the eerie contrast of time manipulation.

Location

Amityville, New York, Burlwood, California

The story moves between Amityville, where the mantel clock originates, and the Sterling home in Burlwood, California. The Amityville connection grounds the relic’s sinister past while the Burlwood residence becomes the primary arena for its effects. The suburban setting contrasts ordinary everyday life with escalating supernatural disturbances linked to the clock.

🏡 Suburban 🗺️ Haunted 🧭 Architectural setting

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Main Characters – Amityville 1992: It’s About Time (1992)

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Jacob Sterling (Stephen Macht)

An ambitious architect from Burlwood who returns from Amityville with a mysterious mantel clock. He becomes increasingly fixated on his neighborhood design while the clock’s influence amplifies his aggression and detachment. The clock blurs his grip on reality, driving the family toward crisis.

🧭 Architect ⏳ Time-obsessed 🪄 Supernatural influence

Andrea Livingston (Shawn Weatherly)

An art student and Jacob’s ex-girlfriend who helps care for the Sterling teens. She experiences disturbing disturbances around the clock and fights to protect the family, ultimately taking decisive action to destroy the clock and escape the nightmare.

🧑‍🎨 Artist 🧩 Resourceful 🕯️ Clock-linked

Rusty Sterling (Damon Martin)

Jacob and Lisa’s younger son who becomes the clock’s focal point. The clock ages him and then de-ages him, forcing him to navigate the dangerous home while trying to protect his family. His experiences with time deeply affect his sense of memory and belonging.

🧒 Child ⏳ Time-affected 🧭 Survival

Lisa Sterling (Megan Ward)

Jacob and Andrea’s teenage daughter who endures the clock’s increasing manipulation. She faces escalating disturbances, culminating in a fatal crisis as the clock’s power runs its course. Her death marks a devastating turn in the family’s struggle with the artifact.

🧑‍🎓 Teen 🕳️ Peril 🪦 Victim

Iris Wheeler (Nita Talbot)

A neighbor who senses an ancient force in the home and helps Rusty interpret the clock’s danger. She warns the family and searches for the clock’s origin, but is killed when a stork statue falls from a truck.

👩 Neighbor 🧠 Intuition 🪄 Supernatural believer

Dr. Leonard Stafford (Jonathan Penner)

Andrea’s boyfriend and a physician who experiences disturbing hallucinations tied to Jacob’s presence and the clock. The clock’s influence seeps into his psyche, blurring professional and personal boundaries.

👨‍⚕️ Doctor 🧠 Psychologically affected 🪄 Clock-linked

Mrs. Tetmann (Terrie Snell)

A neighbor whose dog Peaches becomes part of the clock’s troubling events and whose home bears a disturbing symbol of the growing menace. She embodies the town’s creeping suspicion as strange occurrences spread.

🧓 Neighbor 🐶 Pet owner 🪦 Symbolic omen

Andy (Dean Cochran)

Lisa’s boyfriend who is pulled into the house’s danger as events escalate, experiencing the breakdown of rational explanations in a world under the clock’s sway.

👨‍💼 Romantic partner 🧪 Time-stressed 🌀 Collapse

Mr. Anderson (Dick Miller)

A neighbor figure who appears as the clock’s mischief grows, illustrating how ordinary town life unravels under supernatural pressure.

👨 Neighbor 🕰️ Clock-linked 🧭 Ordinary conflict

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Major Themes – Amityville 1992: It’s About Time (1992)

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🕰️ Time Manipulation

A mysterious mantel clock becomes the source of the film’s conflict by bending time around the Sterling family. It ages and de-ages Rusty, distorts memory, and causes rooms to morph into ancient spaces. Time distortions drive the plot and challenge how the characters understand themselves and their relationships.

👪 Family Under Siege

The clock’s intrusion fractures trust and cohesion within the family, pushing members toward suspicion, fear, and confrontation. Jacob’s behavior grows increasingly volatile as the clock asserts control, while Andrea struggles to protect the teens. The story probes what remains of family when time itself becomes the attacker.

🏚️ Haunting Home

The Sterling house functions as a conduit for supernatural forces, turning ordinary rooms into traps and hallways into extensions of the clock’s power. Doors slam, lights flicker, and walls reveal hidden mechanisms, making the home itself a battleground. The setting is inseparable from the clock’s influence, effectively turning the house into a character.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 15:21

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